Jollity Farm - How to Pick Up Your Order

This Saturday one half of our team will be attending the Christmas market with a table full of preserves.
 
The farm will be open as usual from 10am to 1pm and you can pick up your regular orders of dairy, eggs, baking and greens in the shop.
 
To keep it simple there won't be a lot of other extra things on offer this week.
 
Noah will be available to assist you with Kombucha or to find frozen goods for you.
 
If you have any special requests or would like a box set aside for you, please let us know today (Friday).
 
Other goodies available:
Kale
Garlic
Squash
Carrots
Salad
Arugula
Parsley
Dumplings
Quince paste
Green Sriracha
Pickled Garlic Scapes
 
With thanks!
Jollity Farmers

For Sale:

Walk in Bathtub in brand new condition. It came with the home. We can deliver.
Measurements 27” Deep, 48” Wide, 38” High, Single Seat, Double Drain. Seabridge brand, hardly used.
 
Pictures upon request!
 
$950 or make us an offer.
 
Rosaline
250-252-8455

Christmas Market - Saturday at Forbes Hall!!

Yes, this Saturday is the Christmas Market - from 10 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. - and there is so much to get excited about!  Maybe the amazing lunch on offer.  How about the huge draw prize?  Or the jelly-bean count for the kids?  Not to mention over 30 vendors with a wide variety of wares to complete your Christmas shopping!
 
Don't forget your cash - although some vendors will accept e-transfers or cheques.  And a bag to take home all the goodies.  And there will be a food hamper ready to take donations for those in need.
 
And about those vendors - this is what they tell us they'll have on offer:  hand-knit items, wooden snowmen, turned wooden trees, gnomes and bowls, baked goodies, breads, the Cowichan Knitters will be there, too, rope bowls, children's clothing, jams, jellies and preserves, soaps, tree ornaments, glass art, pens turned from local wood, TICA, ThINC and the Volunteer Fire Department will all have merchandise for sale, local authors, pottery, jewellery, cloth trivets, mixed media journals and gift tags, smoked salmon and drawings.  And I'm sure a whole lot more!  Something for everyone!
 
Christmas Market Team

November Rainfall Stats

November 2022: 100.7 mm

November 2021: 376.3 mm

Average November: 179.6 mm

November 2022 YTD:   785.1 mm

November 2021 YTD: 1,097.5 mm

Average Year to Date:  878.5 mm

Third driest November behind 2019 at 56.9 mm and 2013 at 92 mm

Keith Rush

Thank You, Emcom on Thetis!

Tuesday’s snow, hail, ice and wind debris had our Emcom Contractor Joe Lange keeping the roads safe until evening and then Joe Knowles took over the ploughing and scraping throughout the night.  

Thank you for the excellent job, Two Joes!  

The Fire Department is grateful for your support in keeping our roads clear for emergencies no matter what time of day or night!   

Fire Chief J. Caldbeck

Food Bank Collection Box

The Food Bank collection box for Christmas hampers is now available at the front door of the Fire Hall for your non-perishable, non-expired food.  We are also accepting unwrapped toiletries and children’s toys.  Chemainus Harvest House has a special request for many pairs of new warm socks.  We will also take roll ends (or new rolls) of gift wrapping, ribbon, new Christmas cards and scotch tape for both our local Thetis Island and Chemainus Harvest House Food Banks. 
 
Thank you for your generous donations.  If you prefer to send a cheque, please make it payable to Chemainus Harvest House and drop it at the fire hall.  We empty the Food Bank Box daily.  We will cease collecting at noon on December 21st.
 
Our Top 5 Food Donations 
*please check expiry or ‘best before’ dates*
Canned Fruit & Vegetables
Canned Beans
Canned Soups
Canned Tuna
Pasta, Pasta Sauce
 
Other Food Donation considerations
Juice
Cereal
Baby food
Diapers (size 6)
Paper [products) eg toilet paper
Bar soap
Peanut Butter

For Sale:

YAMAHA Alto Sax with case. Excellent condition. $550.00
 
YAMAHA Coronet with case. $500.00
 
North face tent. Like new. 6-person. Only used a couple times need to get smaller tent for west coast trail. Still has tags was over 500.00 USD. $375.00
 
Wicker basket with wooden handle.  Great for slippers , kindling wyh $40.00
 
Bionaire Air filter/fan. Stand up. Narrow.  Nice tidy unit. Multiple settings and remote control. $75.00
 
Remote control plane with extra wings, parts and remote control. $175.00
 
Apple AirPods Pro  with charger case. $75.00
 
Apple headphones. The kind that plug in with a cable. Not wireless. $25.00
 
Google mini. $40.00
 
Sony digital camera. $35.00
 
Sony WH 1000x over ear noise cancelling headphones. With case.  Wireless and corded. Can use either way. $125.00
 
Old School Aluminum Suite Case.  Zero Haliburtin. $150.00
 
Framable Disneyland ride posters from your favourite rides. Several to choose from. $25.00 each.
 
Book of framable StarWars posters.  More than 20. $250.00
 
Apple i-phone 7 plus.  32 GB. Decent shape.  Some cosmetic stuff as expected. Good phone the price. Charger not included. $75.00
 
So many beautiful picture frames of various sizes and types. $10.00 each.
 
Bookshelf.  4 shelves. Nice looking. Light weight. $45.00
 
Vintage antique wooden Frame windows. Great for wall decor making a coffee table etc. 4 and six panel. White framed.$30.00
 
Text 2502520699

Soup’s On is On Today!

Your Soup’s On team is hard at work getting lunch ready for today.

See you there,

Your Soup’s On Team

Wednesday @ the Jollity Farm Kiosk

Drop by the farm stand on our upper parking lot from 10am to dusk.

**Special today** Tracy's delicious fresh-baked grain & gluten-free
savoury seedy bread.
$6 per loaf

Plus:
Mixed Greens
Kale
Parsley
Garlic
Preserves
Carrots
Free Range Eggs

Leave your payment in the drop box or write your IOU on the paper provided.
With thanks, Jollity Farmers and Thetis Island Farm Co-operative

*Special requests for orders down at the kiosk, email orders@jollityfarm.ca

My Book for Sale

Thrifty, five-year, part-time resident, Jim Kerr, will be selling his new book “Meet Me In Cairo”

(Tales of Hitchin in the 60’s) at the Christmas Fair this Saturday .

The book will be sold to Thetis islanders  at a 30% discount from its cost on Amazon or  at bookstores.

For more information and reviews please go to www.meetmeincairo.ca

Might be the perfect Christmas gift

Jim Kerr

Firewood for Sale

Rounds of Fir and Arbutus. You pick up and hand load

$100 per pickup full 

Call or text Mark 778 881 3987

Looking for Mushrooms & Marine Items

First time posting. Looking for some items and info. 

I've been foraging for medicinal  mushrooms recently... not giving up yet... but in case I don’t find those I'm searching...lion’s mane particularly...  I'm interested in all varieties found here... maybe some one knows where I can get a small local sample for a cultivation project. I've been growing these many years and wild harvesting for longer yet.

Also seeking some marine items... 6 ft oars... with or without locks... small outboard... gas or electric... and a battery for testing ... and archery equipment arrows, etc.

I prefer trades or freecycling neglected and forgotten potential. Cash as needed.  I can pick-up... maybe lend a hand.  The absence of the free store at the dump is notable since last I was here.  

Things have changed and still remain much the same in this moss-covered wonderland. Strong  dock, sharp saw, and a waterline that doesn't freeze. 

James jamdor@yahoo.com