Whitaker Farm, established 2014, was founded with the desire to feed our families, our community and our soil as ethical stewards for the future.
We focus on using best practices to grow our vegetables, feeding our community year round using a combination of storage crops, climate appropriate growing and season extension tools.
You can find our produce at the Comox Valley Farmer’s Market and Cumberland Market, and our farm store.
Marigolds: Flowers That Feed the Soul 🌸🐝
“Some flowers are just pretty… but marigolds are garden superheroes!”
Meet the mighty Marigold — not only a gorgeous burst of color in your beds and borders, but also a powerhouse for pollinators and a natural pest deterrent.
These vibrant blooms attract bees, butterflies, and beneficial insects, while helping to protect your veggies from unwanted pests.
Whether you’re growing them for bouquets, pollinators, or companion planting, marigolds are a must-have for every garden.
🌿 Why Pre-Order?
✔️ Guarantee your favorite flowers before they sell out
✔️ Get expert advice on the best varieties for your garden
🌱 At Whitaker Farm, we love marigolds because they bring color, life, and balance to the garden—plus, a vase full of homegrown blooms just makes any day better.
💐 Reserve yours now and grow something beautiful!
🔗 https://whitakerfarm.square.site/
#MarigoldMonday
#GardenBliss #FlowerPower #PollinatorFriendly #PlantSale #BuyCanadian #BuyLocal
Marigolds: Flowers That Feed the Soul 🌸🐝
“Some flowers are just pretty… but marigolds are garden superheroes!”
Meet the mighty Marigold — not only a gorgeous burst of color in your beds and borders, but also a powerhouse for pollinators and a natural pest deterrent.
These vibrant blooms attract bees, butterflies, and beneficial insects, while helping to protect your veggies from unwanted pests.
Whether you’re growing them for bouquets, pollinators, or companion planting, marigolds are a must-have for every garden.
🌿 Why Pre-Order?
✔️ Guarantee your favorite flowers before they sell out
✔️ Get expert advice on the best varieties for your garden
🌱 At Whitaker Farm, we love marigolds because they bring color, life, and balance to the garden—plus, a vase full of homegrown blooms just makes any day better.
💐 Reserve yours now and grow something beautiful!
🔗 https://whitakerfarm.square.site/
#MarigoldMonday
#GardenBliss #FlowerPower #PollinatorFriendly #PlantSale #BuyCanadian #BuyLocal
The Cherry Tomato You Can’t Stop Snacking On 🍅✨
Warning: These cherry tomatoes may cause uncontrollable snacking!
Introducing Supersweet 100—the cherry tomato that keeps on giving!
✔️ Incredibly sweet & juicy – Lives up to its name with intense, candy-like flavor.
✔️ Massive yields – Long clusters of 15-20 bright red fruits keep coming all season long.
✔️ Perfect for snacking, salads & roasting – Enjoy straight off the vine, toss in a salad, or roast for a concentrated burst of flavor.
✔️ Vigorous, indeterminate growth – Keeps producing until frost, so you’ll never run out!
🌿 Why Pre-Order?
✔️ These tomatoes fly off the shelves—reserve yours now!
✔️ Get expert advice on the best varieties for your growing space.
✔️ Enjoy a continuous harvest of sweet, delicious cherry tomatoes all summer long!
🌱 At Whitaker Farm, we love cherry tomatoes because they’re like nature’s candy—sweet, juicy, and always irresistible!
🍅 Snag yours before they’re gone! 🔗 https://whitakerfarm.square.site/
#CherryTomatoObsession #Supersweet100 #GardenersKnowBest #PlantSale #BuyCanadian #BuyLocal
The Cherry Tomato You Can’t Stop Snacking On 🍅✨
Warning: These cherry tomatoes may cause uncontrollable snacking!
Introducing Supersweet 100—the cherry tomato that keeps on giving!
✔️ Incredibly sweet & juicy – Lives up to its name with intense, candy-like flavor.
✔️ Massive yields – Long clusters of 15-20 bright red fruits keep coming all season long.
✔️ Perfect for snacking, salads & roasting – Enjoy straight off the vine, toss in a salad, or roast for a concentrated burst of flavor.
✔️ Vigorous, indeterminate growth – Keeps producing until frost, so you’ll never run out!
🌿 Why Pre-Order?
✔️ These tomatoes fly off the shelves—reserve yours now!
✔️ Get expert advice on the best varieties for your growing space.
✔️ Enjoy a continuous harvest of sweet, delicious cherry tomatoes all summer long!
🌱 At Whitaker Farm, we love cherry tomatoes because they’re like nature’s candy—sweet, juicy, and always irresistible!
🍅 Snag yours before they’re gone! 🔗 https://whitakerfarm.square.site/
#CherryTomatoObsession #Supersweet100 #GardenersKnowBest #PlantSale #BuyCanadian #BuyLocal
🌱 Every Seedling Matters 🌱
Every single seedling you put in your soil? I’ve touched it. I’ve looked at it, evaluated it, made sure it was strong and healthy before sending it home with you.
Why? Because before I was a farmer, I was a gardener.
Back then, my choices were big box stores—leggy seedlings in sad peat moss, already struggling before they ever reached my hands. So, I started my own seeds. I turned my city kitchen and living room into a humid jungle, just so I could grow strong plants—not just for me, but for my friends and neighbors. Because I knew: quality matters.
I want you to have a successful garden. You know why?
So you can feel the joy of growing your own food. 🌿
So you can grow a little more next year—and the year after that.
Seems counterintuitive for a farmer, doesn’t it? But honestly? I’d love to work myself out of a job. Could you imagine a Comox Valley so full of home growers that we don’t need farmers?
I love the magic of growing food. It’s delightful, and I want you to experience that. So if I can enable your addiction to that joy—trust me, I’m gonna try. 💚
Check them out: 🔗 https://whitakerfarm.square.site/shop/seedlings/3
#GrowYourOwn #SupportLocalGrowers #ComoxValley #FarmersAndGardeners #PlantTheFuture #GardenJoy #FromMyHandsToYours #GrowingTogether #FarmersLoveGardeners
🌱 Every Seedling Matters 🌱
Every single seedling you put in your soil? I’ve touched it. I’ve looked at it, evaluated it, made sure it was strong and healthy before sending it home with you.
Why? Because before I was a farmer, I was a gardener.
Back then, my choices were big box stores—leggy seedlings in sad peat moss, already struggling before they ever reached my hands. So, I started my own seeds. I turned my city kitchen and living room into a humid jungle, just so I could grow strong plants—not just for me, but for my friends and neighbors. Because I knew: quality matters.
I want you to have a successful garden. You know why?
So you can feel the joy of growing your own food. 🌿
So you can grow a little more next year—and the year after that.
Seems counterintuitive for a farmer, doesn’t it? But honestly? I’d love to work myself out of a job. Could you imagine a Comox Valley so full of home growers that we don’t need farmers?
I love the magic of growing food. It’s delightful, and I want you to experience that. So if I can enable your addiction to that joy—trust me, I’m gonna try. 💚
Check them out: 🔗 https://whitakerfarm.square.site/shop/seedlings/3
#GrowYourOwn #SupportLocalGrowers #ComoxValley #FarmersAndGardeners #PlantTheFuture #GardenJoy #FromMyHandsToYours #GrowingTogether #FarmersLoveGardeners
Grow Your Own Hot Sauce 🌶️🔥
Why buy hot sauce when you can grow the perfect pepper to make your own?
Meet Sriracha Peppers—the key to creating homegrown, custom-blended hot sauce with the exact flavor and heat level you crave!
✔️ Medium heat with incredible flavor – The perfect balance of warmth and sweetness, just like the famous Sriracha sauce.
✔️ Great for fresh eating, fermenting, or drying – Make hot sauce, spicy stir-fries, or smoky pepper flakes!
✔️ High-yielding & easy to grow – Get loads of peppers all season long!
🌿 Why Pre-Order?
✔️ Popular hot pepper varieties disappear fast!
✔️ We’ll nurture your plant until it’s warm enough to thrive in your garden.
✔️ Skip the store-bought stuff—make YOUR perfect sauce from scratch!
🌱 At Whitaker Farm, we love hot peppers because making your own sauce means getting the perfect heat and flavor—just the way you like it!
🔥 Turn up the heat—order yours now! 🔗 https://whitakerfarm.square.site/
#DIYHotSauce #GrowYourOwn #SrirachaPeppers #SpicyAndSweet #PlantSale #BuyCanadian #BuyLocal
Grow Your Own Hot Sauce 🌶️🔥
Why buy hot sauce when you can grow the perfect pepper to make your own?
Meet Sriracha Peppers—the key to creating homegrown, custom-blended hot sauce with the exact flavor and heat level you crave!
✔️ Medium heat with incredible flavor – The perfect balance of warmth and sweetness, just like the famous Sriracha sauce.
✔️ Great for fresh eating, fermenting, or drying – Make hot sauce, spicy stir-fries, or smoky pepper flakes!
✔️ High-yielding & easy to grow – Get loads of peppers all season long!
🌿 Why Pre-Order?
✔️ Popular hot pepper varieties disappear fast!
✔️ We’ll nurture your plant until it’s warm enough to thrive in your garden.
✔️ Skip the store-bought stuff—make YOUR perfect sauce from scratch!
🌱 At Whitaker Farm, we love hot peppers because making your own sauce means getting the perfect heat and flavor—just the way you like it!
🔥 Turn up the heat—order yours now! 🔗 https://whitakerfarm.square.site/
#DIYHotSauce #GrowYourOwn #SrirachaPeppers #SpicyAndSweet #PlantSale #BuyCanadian #BuyLocal
The Tomato That Wins the Taste Test 🍅🏆
“We asked gardeners to taste-test… and this tomato won hands down!”
Meet Costoluto Genovese—a tomato so rich, sweet, and juicy that it’s been an Italian favorite for centuries! With its deep ridges, bold flavor, and meaty texture, this heirloom beauty is perfect for slicing, roasting, or turning into the most incredible sauce you’ve ever made.
✔️ Intensely flavorful & naturally sweet – The kind of tomato that reminds you why homegrown always wins.
✔️ Classic Italian heirloom – Perfect for caprese salads, summer pasta, or homemade tomato sauce.
✔️ Beautifully ribbed & meaty – A showstopper in both the garden and the kitchen!
🌿 Why Pre-Order?
✔️ This variety sells out FAST!
✔️ Guarantee you get the best tomatoes for summer.
✔️ No last-minute scramble—secure yours now!
🌱 At Whitaker Farm, we love growing tomatoes because every bite brings a burst of summer to your plate!
🍅 Don’t miss out—secure yours today! 🔗 https://whitakerfarm.square.site/
#GardenToTable #TomatoObsessed #CostolutoGenovese #PlantSale #BuyCanadian #BuyLocal
The Tomato That Wins the Taste Test 🍅🏆
“We asked gardeners to taste-test… and this tomato won hands down!”
Meet Costoluto Genovese—a tomato so rich, sweet, and juicy that it’s been an Italian favorite for centuries! With its deep ridges, bold flavor, and meaty texture, this heirloom beauty is perfect for slicing, roasting, or turning into the most incredible sauce you’ve ever made.
✔️ Intensely flavorful & naturally sweet – The kind of tomato that reminds you why homegrown always wins.
✔️ Classic Italian heirloom – Perfect for caprese salads, summer pasta, or homemade tomato sauce.
✔️ Beautifully ribbed & meaty – A showstopper in both the garden and the kitchen!
🌿 Why Pre-Order?
✔️ This variety sells out FAST!
✔️ Guarantee you get the best tomatoes for summer.
✔️ No last-minute scramble—secure yours now!
🌱 At Whitaker Farm, we love growing tomatoes because every bite brings a burst of summer to your plate!
🍅 Don’t miss out—secure yours today! 🔗 https://whitakerfarm.square.site/
#GardenToTable #TomatoObsessed #CostolutoGenovese #PlantSale #BuyCanadian #BuyLocal
Farming and space exploration might seem worlds apart, but at their core, they share something powerful: hope, resilience, and the belief in a future worth working toward.
Chris Hadfield once said:
“Being an astronaut is like being a farmer. It takes relentless, competent optimism.”
And Audrey Hepburn put it beautifully:
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.”
Both remind me that success—whether in growing food or reaching for the stars—requires skill, perseverance, and deep trust in the process.
Every seed we plant is an act of faith. Every garden we tend is a commitment to nurturing life despite uncertainty. And every season, we show up with relentless competent optimism, believing that our efforts will bear fruit—literally and metaphorically.
So here’s to all the gardeners, growers, dreamers, and future-believers. Keep planting, keep reaching, and keep weeding for a fruitful future.
#GrowWithHope #PlantTheFuture #AstronautsAndGardeners #FarmingIsHope #GrowingForTomorrow #RelentlessOptimism #SpringPlanting #ChrisHadfield #AudreyHepburn #GardenDreams
Farming and space exploration might seem worlds apart, but at their core, they share something powerful: hope, resilience, and the belief in a future worth working toward.
Chris Hadfield once said:
“Being an astronaut is like being a farmer. It takes relentless, competent optimism.”
And Audrey Hepburn put it beautifully:
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.”
Both remind me that success—whether in growing food or reaching for the stars—requires skill, perseverance, and deep trust in the process.
Every seed we plant is an act of faith. Every garden we tend is a commitment to nurturing life despite uncertainty. And every season, we show up with relentless competent optimism, believing that our efforts will bear fruit—literally and metaphorically.
So here’s to all the gardeners, growers, dreamers, and future-believers. Keep planting, keep reaching, and keep weeding for a fruitful future.
#GrowWithHope #PlantTheFuture #AstronautsAndGardeners #FarmingIsHope #GrowingForTomorrow #RelentlessOptimism #SpringPlanting #ChrisHadfield #AudreyHepburn #GardenDreams
Peppers for Every Heat Level 🌡️🌶️
“How hot do you like it?” 🔥❄️
From sweet bells to ghost peppers, we’ve got them all—but today, we want to introduce you to the Aji Cristal Pepper!
✔️ Heat Level: 30,000 Scoville Heat Units – That’s about six times hotter than a jalapeño, striking the perfect balance between fiery heat and tangy sweetness.
✔️ Flavor That Evolves – Starts off bright and citrusy when young, then develops a richer, fruitier heat as it ripens to red.
✔️ Perfect for fresh salsas, hot sauces, and stir-fries – A must-have for those who love heat with depth!
✔️ Early producer & thrives in containers – Get a steady supply of peppers all season long!
🌿 Why Pre-Order?
✔️ Find the perfect heat level for you—whether you like a little warmth or full-on fire!
✔️ We’ll care for your plant until the weather is just right for planting.
✔️ Secure your plants early—popular peppers sell out fast!
🌱 At Whitaker Farm, we love peppers because they’re a powerhouse ingredient—fresh, dried, or pickled, they bring bold flavor all year long!
🌶️ Spice up your garden—reserve yours now! 🔗 https://whitakerfarm.square.site/
#HotPeppers #AjiCristal #SpiceUpYourGarden #PlantSale #BuyCanadian #BuyLocal
Peppers for Every Heat Level 🌡️🌶️
“How hot do you like it?” 🔥❄️
From sweet bells to ghost peppers, we’ve got them all—but today, we want to introduce you to the Aji Cristal Pepper!
✔️ Heat Level: 30,000 Scoville Heat Units – That’s about six times hotter than a jalapeño, striking the perfect balance between fiery heat and tangy sweetness.
✔️ Flavor That Evolves – Starts off bright and citrusy when young, then develops a richer, fruitier heat as it ripens to red.
✔️ Perfect for fresh salsas, hot sauces, and stir-fries – A must-have for those who love heat with depth!
✔️ Early producer & thrives in containers – Get a steady supply of peppers all season long!
🌿 Why Pre-Order?
✔️ Find the perfect heat level for you—whether you like a little warmth or full-on fire!
✔️ We’ll care for your plant until the weather is just right for planting.
✔️ Secure your plants early—popular peppers sell out fast!
🌱 At Whitaker Farm, we love peppers because they’re a powerhouse ingredient—fresh, dried, or pickled, they bring bold flavor all year long!
🌶️ Spice up your garden—reserve yours now! 🔗 https://whitakerfarm.square.site/
#HotPeppers #AjiCristal #SpiceUpYourGarden #PlantSale #BuyCanadian #BuyLocal
Why This Spring is Different 🌱✨
Mornings are a little slower this spring. Normally, we’d be racing to get two rotations in before the season kicks off—fighting frost, rain, and mucky fields. But this year, we’re doing something different.
We’re giving the soil (and ourselves) a chance to rest this month, focusing on plant sale. Because after years of pushing at full speed—through COVID, burnout, and backbreaking schedules—we’re realizing sustainability isn’t just about how we farm. It’s about how we live.
So this spring, we’re taking a step back—not away, just back—to move forward stronger. To focus on what truly matters. To make the summers we have left count.
Please check out the blog post https://whitakerfarm.ca/why-this-spring-is-different/
#SmallFarmLife #SustainableFarming #WhyThisSpringIsDifferent #FarmLifeReflections #elbowsupca
Why This Spring is Different 🌱✨
Mornings are a little slower this spring. Normally, we’d be racing to get two rotations in before the season kicks off—fighting frost, rain, and mucky fields. But this year, we’re doing something different.
We’re giving the soil (and ourselves) a chance to rest this month, focusing on plant sale. Because after years of pushing at full speed—through COVID, burnout, and backbreaking schedules—we’re realizing sustainability isn’t just about how we farm. It’s about how we live.
So this spring, we’re taking a step back—not away, just back—to move forward stronger. To focus on what truly matters. To make the summers we have left count.
Please check out the blog post https://whitakerfarm.ca/why-this-spring-is-different/
#SmallFarmLife #SustainableFarming #WhyThisSpringIsDifferent #FarmLifeReflections #elbowsupca
