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Appropriate with the extremely warm weather in this part of Canada for July to be known as National Grilling Month. Cooking on a barbecue – hopefully set up in the shade – is a much [...]

This is a week filled with graduations – be they from high school, middle school, elementary school, or kindergarten. Do you have someone completing a level of schooling? We have all sorts [...]

Do you have special plans with dad, grandpa or another man who’s been a great influence over the years? The nicer weather opens up a host of outdoor activities – swimming, boating, [...]

All good things must come to an end. The 2017 strawberry season at our local farm has wrapped up. So the last of our hand dipped chocolate covered strawberries are in the store today, Saturday [...]

Our expert strawberry farmers were spot on when at the start of this week they gave us the heads up on how much longer they expected their plants to produce. We are right at the end of our [...]

We’re into the second full week of July, and week four of our chocolate covered strawberry season. According to the farm we are starting to wind down for the year. We expect to have them [...]

July kicked off with a bang, celebrating Canada’s 150 years as a nation. Many people are travelling this great country, both short and long distances. Others are venturing even further. [...]

It’s finally time! Locally grown Ontario strawberries are now available to us for dipping in chocolate. Today is our first day to have these delectable treats in store. Each morning the process [...]

July 15th is the latest anyone here can remember still being able to dip fresh Ontario strawberries. There were years the season was over by June 15th! The later beginning on June 20th at first [...]

All things considered this year has been a pretty good run for chocolate covered strawberries. But we now know for sure Friday July 15th will be the final day of 2016 for this well loved treat. [...]