Owner-operated market gardenBritish ColumbiaMetro Vancouver · Fraser Valley

Seasonal produce

A focused crop list,
not an endless one.

Ten crops are selected for seasonality, repeat usefulness and a workload that can be managed well at a human scale.

Availability varies with harvest conditions, weather and buyer commitments. Please confirm current volume directly.

Fresh red radishes with leafy tops at a market
Crop study / 01

Cool weather is not a limitation. It is the starting point.

Lettuce, scallions, radish, spinach, bunched beets and sugar snap peas make use of the Lower Mainland’s productive shoulder seasons. Succession planting keeps each harvest intentionally small.

Cool season

The weekly backbone: quick, familiar crops suited to the Lower Mainland’s spring and fall.

02

Reliable bunch crop

Scallions

A familiar, versatile staple grown in compact batches for market and small business buyers.

Spring · summer

04

Cool-weather green

Spinach

Grown in the temperatures it prefers, with a deliberate pause through midsummer.

Spring · fall

05

Root and leaf value

Bunched beets

Harvested with fresh tops when quality allows, with flexibility for short-term root storage.

Late spring · fall

06

Seasonal differentiator

Sugar snap peas

A focused spring crop intended to bring sweetness and variety to the early market table.

Late spring · early summer

Summer

Small, measured blocks keep the market table useful through warmer weeks.

07

Steady seasonal volume

Broccoli

Small transplant waves spread the harvest and protect quality.

Summer · early fall

08

Summer repeat crop

Bush beans

Short, measured plantings designed around the crop’s concentrated harvest window.

Mid · late summer

Storage

A longer-window crop that supports scape, fresh-bulb and cured-bulb sales.

Growing note

Varieties, planting dates and quantities respond to field conditions, weather, water, buyer conversations and crop records. Availability naturally varies through the growing season.

General inquiries

A conversation
starts here.

For produce, buyer, partnership and general company inquiries, contact Vega Farms directly.