They became business partners and started a tropical fruit farm. Lemons and limesThe farm has about 100 citrus trees scattered among two hoop houses since Brake and Macpherson started growing them four years ago. Other tropical fruits grown at the farm While the farm grows more conventional Ontario produce including peppers, kale, cabbage, lettuce, cauliflower, celery and broccoli, it’s the tropical fruit that’s getting most of the attention. When temperatures start dipping, the hoop houses are heated by an outdoor furnace fuelled by wood cut down on the farm’s property. Growing bananas and papayas in Ontario’s climate would appear to be an impossible endeavor without a sophisticated laboratory and team of horticulturalists.

Source: thestar July 27, 2016 15:00 UTC