Grown by Hand, with love…
Courtenay, BC
Meet Your Farmer
Hello! My name is Cassia and we grow on our leased plot at Minto Farm. You can usually find me farming with our little one. I do the manual labour and he is our dedicated DJ and ‘machine operator’ (he loves the lawn mower and the water pump).
We love farming for many reasons, for the work out, spending time together, planning in winter, new life in spring, and the wind down in fall.
After years of growing mixed fruits and vegetables in Aldergrove and attending the University of the Fraser Valley for horticulture, I decided to focus my efforts on less crops and spend more time with family.
We currently grow our favourite crops, garlic, dahlias and some seasonal flowers.
Our Products
Red Russian Garlic
Garlic is amazing! It goes in almost every meal so why not get some locally grown garlic that packs a punch?
We grow our garlic with all natural amendments. No chemicals, no pesticides as nature intended.
Our garlic can be found exclusively at the Butchers Block starting around mid August, until supplies last.
Dahlias
The colours, shapes and sizes you can get from this flower is just incredible. We grow a selection of classics, popular varieties, as well as our favourites to bring you a unique collection.
Our bouquet bunches can be found in typically between August and October at Seeds Food Market in Cumberland, drop off days are Fridays- get them while they last.
Tubers available to the Comox Valley and surrounding areas mid November.
Garlic Powder
We like to offer our very best when it comes to selling our freshly cured garlic, so we keep our small and imperfect garlic to make our incredibly potent garlic powder.
This is the best hack in the kitchen once all the local garlic is gone, the flavour and intensity in this powder will bridge the gap until the next season’s garlic is ready.
Bath Salts
Bath Salts was an idea that came out of the Lavender that was grandfathered in with the farm. Also, being a farmer and a mom, there is a lot of bath time in our house, so it made sense to spice up our bath time routine.
Our Bath salts are made with our farm grown Lavender, Bachelor Buttons, and Calendula from the farm. We use less than 1% dilution in our salts to be safe for everyone.
What are people saying?
BEST GARLIC POWDER HANDS DOWN! Every time I show my friends or family this garlic powder (yes I love it so much I show it off!) and let them smell it they inevitably want some for themselves. I am a huge garlic fan and Minto’s Red Russian Garlic Powder is absolutely packed with flavour and aroma, I use it for all of my sauces and recipes – HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
-Jenna-Lee Perkins
I’ve bought Cats home-grown garlic powder many times, and this stuff is unreal. The second I opened the jar, my whole kitchen smelled like someone’s Italian grandma showed up to take over dinner. I threw it on some roasted potatoes, and I swear those potatoes became spiritual. Put it on steak, and the steak basically thanked me. It’s crazy how much flavour this has compared to store-bought stuff. If you want garlic powder that actually tastes like real garlic and hits way harder than you expect, this is it. 10 out of 10.
-Bryan
High quality products, high quality people. I’m stoked to support Minto Farm and all that farmer Cassia does to protect, restore, and nourish the land she cultivates!
-Emily Beattie
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