From Garlic and Blueberries to Haskap Wine

Photo by Amy Zambonin
Thea Pratt, top right, Tom Bernier and their two children camped out in a shipping container on weekends on their Farrellton property for four years as they rebuilt the farmhouse and planted garlic, and, more recently, blueberries and haskaps. To go with their garlic crop, Pratt and Bernier have planted 800 blueberry and 1000 haskap bushes that are spaced widely apart to provide room for livestock to help in crop management.
Pratt and Bernier sell most of their garlic crop to friends and family in Montreal, with a few heads making it to the General Store in Wakefield and The Village House restaurant. This year, Pratt expects to harvest 340 pounds of garlic scapes, much of which she'll make into her special Great Escape pesto to sell at her new farm kiosk.