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Land owners got the same in return for donating their land. Operating a CSA was a challenge

and a reward for Payne, who still supplements his farming income with software development. The CSA concept works because the farmer has a definite income up front to buy seeds and prepare the soil, but there’s pressure to deliver those weather- dependent vegetable baskets cus- tomers have already paid for. Last year’s weather was “horrific,”

Payne recalls. “The season started off cold and rainy and then it was super- hot and my new seedlings burnt” and it took five weeks longer than he thought it would to make deliveries. But the weather improved so much that Payne extended the season to the end of October, supplementing deliveries with surprises like home- made crab apple jelly and recipes. Payne wants to double garden

space this year, and needs plots of at least 93 square metres (1,000 square feet). The weekly prep and delivery of all those baskets is time-consum- ing for a one-man operation. “I had lots of great volunteers out last year,” Payne remembers fondly, and he’s looking for “extra hands to help with planting, weeding and harvesting.” If you live in Westboro,

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Nepean and want to reduce your 100-mile diet to a few kilometres, Payne offers a season’s delivery of 16 weekly baskets for $550, or eight biweekly baskets for $275. Check www.vegetablepatch.ca to find out more. Payne will add more locations if enough people sign up. «oo

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