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“Know Your Grower” ~ Interest in Local Food has been gaining momentum in the past few years. More and more people are paying attention to where their food was grown or produced. Our family farm has been providing fresh vegetables to the Regina area for 3 generations. For us, the “Local Food Movement” is a family tradition. Families trust Lincoln Gardens Farm to supply fresh produce as well as provide a fun weekend destination for their children and family members!

Many of our customers ask about the history of the farm and what all is involved in growing the food they eat. As always, a visit to the farm and a chance to speak directly with us, your food providers, is encouraged. This blog also provides information, photos and stories about the farm and our growing practices. We hope it will give readers a glimpse into our lives and the daily happenings of Lincoln Gardens.

We will post info about food politics, events in the area and anything else we find interesting. Check back often as we will try to update this site regularly.

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Get out of the the city and make Lincoln Gardens Farm your family’s weekend destination!

cheers
Kim & Wayne

Closed for the season ~ see you in 2012!

Thanks for another great season. Even though it started with a flood and so much damage to our fields and farm, we managed to pull it off! Thanks for supporting us for another year. Have a great holiday season and stay warm this winter!!
cheers

Fall Farmers’ Market ~ RFM on 13th Ave

Lincoln Gardens will be attending two of the 13th Ave Regina Farmers’ Markets. We will be at the Saturday Oct 22 and 29th markets.

These markets are held at the Cathedral Community Centre on 13th Ave (right across the street from Safeway). They run from 9:30 – 1:30.

We still have a good selection of fall produce including carrots, beets, potatoes, cabbage, celery, onions, squash and more.

Lincoln Gardens Pumpkin Festival ~ 2011

The date and times for our on-farm Family Fun day has been set!
Sunday, Oct 16
10:30 – 4:00

This is a busy day on the farm. Many families wait until this weekend to pick-out their pumpkin and take some family photos. So mark the date to enjoy our fall displays and bring your children to the farm.

Fun Day includes:
Hot dog sale (proceeds go to a non-profit organization)
Pumpkin Soup
Apple Cider
Coffee, Hot Coco
Face painting
Haunted house
Straw bale obstacle course
Bale jump
Photo Booth
Fun!

** This is not the same as the Lumsden Scarecrow Festival. Lincoln Gardens is not an organizer of the Scarecrow festival. If you are looking for information about the event hosted in Lumsden on Sept 30- Oct 1 please go here http://greatpumpkinscarecrowfestival.blogspot.com/

Harvest Notes ~ Sept 22, 2011

We are getting everything ready for the pumpkin patch and fall displays. We plan to have it all set up by Oct 1st.

We have many delicious fresh veggies available in the country market:

This week we have:
Carrots – orange & rainbow
Beets – red & golden
Kohlrabi – green & purple
Bunching Onions
Spanish Onions – walla walla, candy, red zeppelin, sierra blanca
Swiss Chard
Potatoes
Cabbage – purple & green
Celery
Cauliflower – white & ‘cheddar’
Broccoli
Tomatoes – these are Field Grown!
Hot & Sweet peppers
Cucumbers – slicers
Squash – several varieties
Pie Pumpkin

There are Rutabagas and Parsnips from MB available now at the farm. We have also recently got a delivery of the amazing Yorkton Garlic from the Garlic Garden

Harvest Notes Sept 1, 2011

The first week of September is bringing a change in the weather, but our harvest carries on until the end of October so we have lots to offer!

This week we have:
Corn
Carrots – orange & rainbow
Beets – red & golden
Kohlrabi – green & purple
Bunching Onions
Spanish Onions – walla walla, candy, red zeppelin, sierra blanca
Swiss Chard
Potatoes
Zucchini – green, yellow and new round “eight ball”
Cabbage – purple & green
Celery
Cauliflower – white & ‘cheddar’
Broccoli
Beans – green, purple & yellow
Dill
Tomatoes – these are Field Grown!
Cucumbers – large and medium pickling cucumbers, slicers
Squash – several varieties
Pie Pumpkin

We also have BC fruit coming in each week

Corn Roast ~ Sunday Aug 21, 2011

This weekend is our annual fundraising Corn Roast at the farm.

Join us for a Corn Roast and BBQ ~ ALL proceeds go towards to Inhlase Project, a Saskatchewan based initiative that works with organizations in Swaziland (Southern Africa) to provide for women and children.

Sunday, Aug 21, 2011
10:30 – 2:00
One Complementary Roasted Corn, Hot dogs ($2.50ea), coffee & ice tea

For more information about the Inhlase Project go to www.inhlaseproject.wordpress.com

Weekly harvest note, Aug 13th 2011

We just started picking corn on friday night!

This week we have:
CORN
Carrots – orange & rainbow
Beets – red & golden
Kohlrabi – green & purple
Bunching Onions
Spanish Onions
Radish
Swiss Chard
Lettuce
New Potatoes
Zucchini – green, yellow and new round “eight ball”
Cabbage – purple & green
Cauliflower – white & ‘cheddar’
Beans – green, purple & yellow
Dill
Tomatoes – they are still on the green side, more ripe in a week or so
Cucumbers (for small dilling cucumbers please place an order; call 731-3133)
We also have BC fruit coming in each week

Raspberry U-Pick Now open July 2011

The raspberries are ready, a little earlier than usual and we are allowing U-Pick this season.

Please call the farm at 731-3133 to make an appointment. We reserve the right to limit the number of pickers per day. Large groups must make prior arrangements.

Please do not enter our fields without authorization. You must first report to the Store employees. We provide picking containers for raspberries; pickers cannot use their own containers.

Unfortunately we have to be very direct about this : we remind you that ONLY the berries are u-Pick crops. We Do Not allow picking of ANY other crops. You will be monitored and anyone found in unauthorized ares of the farm will be dealt with. Too many people have been ignoring our on-farm rules, and if it continues we will close the u-pick.

vegetable season is well underway

We are steadily catching up, thanks to the very hot weather we have had in the past week. All of our crops are un schedule and we are picking daily. The on-farm store is open daily and we will be at the Regina Farmers’ Market every Wednesday & Saturday

This week we have:

Carrots – orange & rainbow
Beets – red & golden
Kohlrabi – green & purple
Bunching Onions
Radish
Swiss Chard
Lettuce
New Potatoes
Zucchini – green, yellow and new round “eight ball”
Cabbage – purple & green
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Peas
Beans – green & yellow
Dill
Cucumbers (for small dilling cucumbers please place an order; call 731-3133)

Several customers have mentioned that they didn’t think we would have any veggies this year due to the flood. We were able to plant things basically on time on 30 acres of dry (non flooded land) and another 80 acres of rented land that has some of our later crops planted on it. Our crops are on schedule and ALL of the vegetables we sell are grown by us!

Have a look at the progress. These photos were taken on July 20th, 2011.

Regina Farmers’ Market – July 9th, 2011

Today is our first day of attendance with veggies! We will have Swiss Chard, Beets, Lettuce, New Potatoes, Broccoli, Radish, Kohlrabi, and PEAS!

Look for our white van (not the BIG truck, just a cargo van today) on McIntyre Street near the City Hall and across the street from the YWCA.

The first day is always a bit of a challenge, so please be patient with us as we set-up and get everything underway.

Our On-Farm Store is open today also from 9-7 with the same veggies and Fresh Air Flavours, Over the Hill Orchards and Sweet Peas Products. HUGE savings in the garden centre too if you are still looking for some annuals and perennials.

Saskatchewan’s Fresh Veggie Season is short, so get it while you can!