Understory Fields
Hazelnuts · Flowers · Specialty Garlic

Understory Fields

Grown under the canopy. A small farm, three crops, one ridge.

Vol. I Fort Langley, BC Est. MMXXVI Five Acres
Plate I. Hazel grove · plot 03 · 06:42
Dahlia Dahlia variabilis Hazelnut Corylus avellana Red Russian Garlic Allium sativum Zinnia Benary's Giant Sunflower Helianthus annuus Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus Cosmos Double Click Amaranthus caudatus Dahlia Dahlia variabilis Hazelnut Corylus avellana Red Russian Garlic Allium sativum Zinnia Benary's Giant Sunflower Helianthus annuus Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus
No. 02

Three crops, one ridge.

From the catalog
No. 01 Bulb · Cured
Specialty Garlic

Red Russian Garlic

Allium sativum · hardneck heirloom

A purple-streaked hardneck with a clean, sweet heat. Planted in October on the autumn equinox; lifted in July when the scape curls back twice. Braided in August in the open barn.

Per bulb · cured $8
No. 02 Focal Bloom · Cut
The Focal Flower

Bride-to-Be Dahlia

Dahlia variabilis · cream, late season

Our focal flower. Cool whites and warm creams on long, strong stems. Cut at first light and conditioned in deep cold water — late July through the first frost.

Per stem $6
No. 03 Nut · In shell
Hazelnuts

Hazelnut, whole

Corylus avellana · Jefferson, Felix, Yamhill, Wepster

One hundred twenty-five trees, mostly Jefferson, planted across the ridge. Sun-cured on canvas in the open barn. Whole, in shell. Sorted twice by hand. Crack your own.

½ lb · uncracked $14
Plate IV Fig. 04 — Corylus avellana
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Corylus avellana
Common Hazelnut · ‘Jefferson’ (110) · ‘Felix’ · ‘Yamhill’ · ‘Wepster’
From the Journal · Entry 17

The hazel opens first.

The grove opens first. Catkins drop a fine yellow dust along the lower rows and the bees come in before the apple does. We let the understory hold the cool, and we walk the rows slow enough to listen for it.

Garlic scapes curl by the second week of June. The dahlias are still tucked. Five acres, one ridge, three crops kept honest by the same pair of hands.

Steward · Reuben Mann R. Mann

We grow what the ridge will hold honestly — and then we sell it the week it's ready.

— Field Note 09 · May
Plate XII · Row 06 · 18:14
Visit · By appointment only

Five acres, by appointment.

We don't keep a public stand. The farm is a working five-acre site on the rise above the Fraser — come walk the rows, choose your own dahlias, lift a braid of garlic, or pick up an order of cured hazelnuts at a time that suits us both.

Address
21871 100 Avenue, Fort Langley
British Columbia, Canada
Visits
By appointment only · email to arrange
In season
Dahlias & cut flowers · late July → first frost
Year-round
Cured Red Russian garlic & shelled hazelnut · ship Canada-wide
Plate VII.