About Sitka Farm and it's owners, Oliver, BC, Canada
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See the update info and photos below. Some History |
Kathy and Mark have always loved the farm / ranch life! They were married in 1988 and owned Hidden Acres Farm on the Saanich Peninsula,
Vancouver Island. It was Mark's grandparents berry farm for years prior to that, but they converted it to a horse farm where they kept
draft horses for a number of years. They also had large gardens on the property. |
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They completely renovated their house from 2017 to 2021. Each year during this period saw them taking a fall vacation to the Okanagan
where they enjoyed the wine tasting and the area itself ... the thought was that south Okanagan might make a great place to retire. At
that point in time they were thinking maybe in 5 to 10 years ... ? |
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At the time of putting this web site together, February 2022, there was still snow sitting on top of very frozen ground so farming was
just a plan. The plan was to grow garlic for commercial sales, both table garlic and seed garlic if the crops produce a good enough quality
bulb. We grew a lot of garlic at the ranch and it was always a great crop! We also grew a lot of tomatoes and peppers which we may
continue to grow, hopefully with enough to sell along side the garlic. |
The Start of Sitka Farm
October 27th, 2022 |
A huge thanks to Anne and Ian Richardson of Rocky Ridge Farm for suppling us with the awesome looking Yugoslavian bulbs that we'll use for seed. Check the clove size against the loonies in the 2nd row end photo - they look great. They supplied us with amzing garlic bulbs for years now. Also thanks for all the mentoring and answering our endless questions ... as they slow down to try and enjoy retirement, we hope we can produce as good a quality garlic as they have over the years! Thank you Ian and Anne! Rocky Ridge Farm: 250-838-2221 or see then on FaceBook Some of the preparation work and planting in 2022. The following photos will enlarge if you click on them. | |||
Sitka Farm, Kathy & Mark McMillan, 265 Sitka Road, Oliver, BC, Canada, V0H 1T7 Email: Sitka Farm Garlic or Phone: 250-395-0960 See our other business website: BCTractorParts.com |