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23 | The IFP -H alton H ills | T hursday,July 4,2019 theifp.ca ON NOW AT THE BRICK! SAVING YOU MORE For more details go instore or online @thebrick.com. Dental Implants It feels great to smile with Available here... New Patients Welcome Family and Cosmetic Dentistry Marketplace Dental Centre Georgetown Marketplace Mall HOURS: Monday & Wednesday 8:00am - 8:00pm • Tuesday & Thursday 8:00am - 6:00pm • Saturday 8:00am - 3:00pm 905-877-CARE (2273) • www.georgetowndental.com • Proudly Serving Georgetown Since 1994. expert advice? breaking news? today's top stories? where you live? crime? events? what to read? cooking? SIGN UPNOW We've got a newsletter for that. Care about /newsletters Not sure what fruits and veggies are in season? A lo- cal farm market, the Hen House, sells a weekly basket of fresh vegetables grown locally. Amber Smiley, her husband, Jeremy Knapp, and their three daughters, Addison, Scarlet and Clara, maintain about an acre of vegetables from lettuce and garlic to cucumbers and to- matoes throughout the sea- son. The family moved to the 44-acre farm in 2015. "Jeremy grew up farm- ing and wanted to get back to it," Smiley said. Prior, the family had lived in down- town Toronto, where she maintained a small vegeta- ble garden in their urban yard. "I'd never lived on a farm," Smiley said, adding that once she started farm- ing in a rural setting she grew an abundance of pro- duce. Smiley was already selling eggs from the fami- ly's laying hens. "I love doing it," Smiley said, "and I get to stay home with my kids. We just keep getting bigger year after year." Now, about an acre of the property is used for farm- ing. "We plant with our hands, we weed with a hoe, and we don't spray anything at all," Smiley said. "We don't put anything unnatu- ral on our food at all." However, the Hen House has yet to be certified organ- ic. Customers can pick up their food order from Thurs- day to Saturday, with an op- tion for delivery in George- town on Sundays available. Smiley and her family harvest vegetables for each order on the morning of scheduled customer pick- ups. "You're getting every- thing that is available," Smi- ley said, adding that substi- tutions are welcome as are additional produce. Vegetables are washed before going into baskets, with no plastics used, and bunches tied with twine. "Most people come here to pick up their basket and they see the food and can see what is and isn't being done to it," Smiley said. "It's sus- tainable, we put back into the land what we take out of it." Prices vary throughout the season between $20 at the start of the season, and $35 when more fresh pro- duce is ready for harvest. "We don't want waste," Smiley said. "We don't make extra so we don't waste any- thing." More information about The Hen House is available at www.facebook.com/pg/ Henhousefarmfresh or by contacting thehenhouse- farmfresh@gmail.com. NEWS THIS FARM SELLS A VARIETY OF FRESH PRODUCE BRYAN MYERS bmyers@metroland.com