The Ripe Tomato Farms

The Ripe Tomato Farms is a forward-thinking micro-farm located on beautiful South Vancouver Island. It is a small-plot intensive farm, run by one guy, Jeff. He lives and breathes gardening and personal food production. Join him and explore the many new and progressive methods of highly-productive organic farming on a small scale and be a part of the paradigm shift in how we think about food, and where it comes from.


The Ripe Tomato Farms

Basil Bolting Early? Here's 4 ways to prevent it!

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Basil is bolting, but so is the Rosemary! As a perennial though, it doesn't affect the harvest and as a bonus, its an absolute bee-magnet!

3 days ago | [YT] | 265

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Basil already flowering and it's not even May? Why you gotta do me like that man?

5 days ago | [YT] | 335

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The time to harden off our seedlings is fast approaching. Let's do it the right way!

1 week ago | [YT] | 46

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Hardneck Porcelain Garlic about to enter beast mode! 2-ish months until harvest, let's do this!!

1 week ago | [YT] | 313

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It's gonna be a bountiful year for Allium flowers.....you're welcome my pollinating friends.

1 week ago | [YT] | 269

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Let's Harvest Some Dill Together!

1 week ago | [YT] | 36

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It doesn't matter what time of year it is, it's hard to beat harvesting endless bunches of fresh Dill!

1 week ago | [YT] | 229

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Thinking of switching to metal garden beds? Let's take a look and see if they are worth it!

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 35

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13 years in, raised bed upgrades are coming! Was hoping to reach 15, but the old faithful are just disintegrating in my hands. I will miss them!

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