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Welcome to Otty Shores Homestead!! Born from a love of growing food for our family, I am now sharing the abundance of the gardens with you! By appointment only 🙏

Local, organic produce nurtured near the shores of Otty Lake, Perth, ON.

11/04/2026

The 🧄🧄🧄 planting has finally begun.... I got about halfway through what I intend to plant today.... Filled 2 garden boxes... And I've got another 200 or so cloves to plant between 4 (more) varieties to get in the ground. That'll be a Friday thing I think.... And then it's tuck them in to bed w some hay & let the waiting game begin.

This growing garlic thing is becoming a little obsessive 🫣😂 but I use so much of it between my preserves & fire c***r that more is required.... And y'all seem to love what I grow as I sold out my available stock very quickly this past year 🙏 🤯 (almost to the point I didn't have enough seed garlic of my own 🤦‍♀️).

Here's to another growing season winding down & the hope for 2027 already in motion.

PS... That funky wooden tool was designed by a friend of mine. She offered it up for me to test when I got around to bulb planting..... Solid wood, etched lines at every inch to help gauge depth as you go along. It worked great for me today between planting some spring bulbs in the yard & getting the garlic started ☺️

11/02/2026

Nov 2nd /26

Still harvesting salad greens 🥗🥬🌱

All those nights /days covering the gardens did wonders 🙏

We have a warm spell this week along w rains coming in. Likely the last push before everything is torn out (other than beets & carrots which I'll loosely cover for easier cold weather harvesting)

Separated my garlic into cloves yesterday🧄 .... Big plans for garlic growing for next season underway 🫣

10/23/2026

Carrots🥕 , salad greens🥬 , squash , cucumber 🥒 & celery🌱 ... Oh my!!

Oct 23rd, 2026 & we've still got some goodness coming from the garden boxes.

I'm slowly emptying the boxes out in prep for garlic 🧄 planting next week. I'm hoping to plant up 3 boxes & maybe half of another w garlic this season🤞. All depends on what the remaining bounty from this year + a couple other varieties being added 🫣 will permit lol.

2 of my 9 boxes I plant to keep running for as long as possible w beets & carrots that I will shelter in an attempt at winter harvesting this year.

For now, I will keep covering the tender plants still in the ground (more salad greens, cucumbers & celery) until I'm ready to harvest & process. It's a big task & I've learned I need to break those tasks down into smaller chunks so produce isn't wasted bc I can't preserve it all in the same day. 😬🫣

It's been a wonky season, but I'm grateful for the food we've been able to enjoy despite the challenges. Every growing season feels like unlocking another level in this game of gardening & homesteading 😜

10/14/2026

🌿 We're excited to welcome Dr. Shelley Ball to our Smiths Falls location this Sunday, October 18th!

Shelley is a biologist and the founder of Biosphere Native Plants in Westport. She'll be joining us to talk all things native plants, from the important role they play in our ecosystems to how we can incorporate more of them into our own gardens.

If you've been wanting to learn more about native plants, come join us! You can save your spot on our website here 👇

https://shop.gemmellsgardencentre.com/item/35616/Native-Plants-Seminar-Sunday-October-18-1pm-Save-Your-Spot

10/14/2026

The garden tear down has begun 😢

It's that time of year where many veggies & herbs in my gardens are near spent.

Ran out of steam with the plant material I pulled, so there's a temporary compost pile beside my gardens 🫠🫣

Today I pulled all the tomato 🍅 plants & most of the squash vines.... The butternut squash is still growing like crazy.... Harvested a few & still more to come 😱 not bad for a slow start with that plant earlier this year 👌

Cut all the basil & will dry it for storage over the coming days. I already have enough pesto in our freezer. 🌱

It's a bittersweet time of year... But I think of ALLLLL the room I'll have for garlic 🧄 planting in the coming weeks & that makes it a little better.

STAY TUNED FOR PICKLES AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE & END OF SEASON VEG 🥒👌

09/07/2026

Thanks to all that have purchased garlic from me this year. Your patronage is appreciated 🙏🙏🙏

I am officially sold out of all varieties. What I have left is my seed garlic for next year and a bit for our own consumption 🧄

08/16/2026

🧄🧄 GARLIC IS READY🧄🧄

2026 Varieties available are....

🧄 Chesnok (red/purple stripe)
🧄 Creme de la Rasa (red/purple stripe)
🧄 Music (porcelain)
🧄 Georgian Fire (porcelain)
🧄 Northern Quebec (porcelain)

DM me or email me w your orders

All details are on the info sheets

Limited quantities as I am a small, organic, grower 😊

07/25/2026

It's that time of year where things are starting to explode in the gardens!

Welcome to garden season 2026 at the homestead 🙌

To keep up w all the things, please. Follow my Instagram page

Buzzy bee 🐝 in squash blossom

Beauty dragonfly just hanging out

Go time for garlic! 🧄🧄🧄

Yesterday we pulled 182 viable heads of garlic and laid them out for drying 💕

Now to fill up & turn those garlic beds into homes for carrots, more green onions & other goodness ☺️

Elephant garlic still needs to be brought it. That will be a Sunday thing I think. 😜

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