Archive for September, 2008
September 30, 2008 at 2:27 pm
· Filed under Pumpkin Patch ·Tagged Lumsden Pumpkin Patch, Pumpkin Patch, pumpkins
Each year we invite children to submit their favorite photo of themselves in the Pumpkin Patch to our Photo Contest. The “winner” is randomly selected and they receive a really big pumpkin just in time for Halloween.
So kids and moms & dads (and grandparents) send in your photo, it can be a photo copy or an original.
Corn Maiden Market
Box 16
Lumsden SK
S0G 3C0
or email
info@cornmaidenmarket.com
We can’t return the image to you (although you are welcome to pick it up after the contest), but please put your name and phone number on the back so that we can contact you if you win. Emailed photos will be deleted and not used for any other purpose.
Happy Fall!
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September 30, 2008 at 2:17 pm
· Filed under Harvest Notes ·Tagged Lumsden vegetables, vegetables
So, after 6 – 7 weeks of corn we have finally exhausted the corn patches…and even yesterday there were folks looking for corn. It is always a good idea to call the farm before driving out to see if we are still harvesting the product you want. The number of the on-farm store is 731-3133.
What we have this week:
Broccoli
Cauliflower (white & cheddar)
Beets
Carrots (regular, purple, white)
Cucumber (slicers)
Cabbage (green & purple)
Field Tomatoes (roma and large)
Peppers (green yellow and all kinds of HOT)
Potatoes (Norland, gourmet red, russian blue)
Onions (green & cooking)
Squash (too many to mention)
Pumpkins (cooking, sugar-pie and halloween pumpkin)
Swiss Chard
Herbs
Watermelon, Cantaloupe & salmon-dew (like a honey dew only pinkish inside)
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September 21, 2008 at 1:52 pm
· Filed under Harvest Notes ·Tagged Local Vegetables, Lumsden vegetables, vegetable harvest
We have completely picked out the bean patch, so no more beans for this season. We are also done with small pickling cucumbers, although we have some large available for the next few days.
What’s new? Watermelon, cantaloupe and salmon-dew melon! These are full of flavour melons, not those bland ones you can purchase at the regular grocery store! They won’t be around long.
Available this week:
Broccoli
Cauliflower (white & cheddar)
Beets
Carrots (regular, purple, white)
Cucumber (slicers & lg dilling)
Cabbage (green & purple)
Corn (nearly over so get it while you can)
Field Tomatoes (roma and large)
Peppers (green yellow and all kinds of HOT)
Potatoes (Norland, gourmet red, russian blue)
Onions (green & cooking)
Squash (too many to mention)
Pumpkins (cooking, sugar-pie and halloween pumpkin)
Swiss Chard
Herbs
Watermelon, Cantaloupe & salmon-dew (like a honey dew only pinkish inside)
The shelves are full and we are still open daily from 9-8 weekends and holidays included.
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September 14, 2008 at 1:56 pm
· Filed under Photo Album
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September 14, 2008 at 1:44 pm
· Filed under Ag-Tourism, Pumpkin Patch, events ·Tagged Lumsden SK, Pumpkin Festival, Pumpkin Patch
It seems to me that we just finished the Annual Corn Roast, and already people are calling the farm asking for information about the Pumpkin Festival! Eish…I hope that our customers just have such a great time at these things that they get excited months in advance, and not that they really, really want a free hotdog.
So here is the info that everyone is looking for:
Lincoln Gardens Pumpkin Festival will be held on Sunday October 19th from 11:00 – 2:00. The festival is a Customer appreciation event and is totally free of charge.
There will of course be hotdogs and Wayne’s ‘nearly famous’ pumpkin squash soup. There will also be games for the kiddies & face painting. Children who come in costume will get a halloween treat, so dress up those little ones for the day! The haunted house & strawbale maze will be in full swing and there are all sorts of pumpkins to choose from. Bring your family to take a photo, enjoy a hotdog and some soup, choose your Halloween pumpkin or some beautiful gourds to decorate your home with!
When planning your family’s fall fun outing, don’t forget that the attractions at Lincoln Gardens Pumpkin Patch are always completely free of charge. Lincoln Gardens’ Pumpkin Patch has been a local tradition for over 20 years! Make our Pumpkin Patch part of your family’s fall tradition!
have a look at the Lincoln Gardens official website for the Corn Maiden Market for more information and photos of the Pumpkin Patch.
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September 12, 2008 at 2:06 pm
· Filed under Pumpkin Patch, events ·Tagged haunted house, Lumsden SK, Pumpkin Patch, pumpkins, Scarecrow Festival
The town of Lumsden is once again hosting the Scarecrow and Pumpkin Festival. It is fun for all of the residents and visitors to our valley town. Citizens create wacky and imaginative Scarecrows to decorate the town with and then go around to see what their neighbours and friends came up with.
Here is the schedule:
Sept 26th
Scarecrow Judging 9:00 am
Pumpkin Drop off at Park 6:00pm
Pumpkin Judging 6:00pm
Pumpkin Walk 7:00pm
Family & Pumpkin Story Telling 7:30pm
Saturday Sept 27th
Pancake Breakfast 8:30 – 10:00 am
Market 10 – 4:00pm
People Movers 10- 4:00 pm
Bench Collaboration Auction 1:00pm
Entertainment 12 – 4:00pm
Pumpkin Catapult 4:00pm
Of course as the largest growers of pumpkins in our area, we always donate some pumpkins for the Pumpkin Catapult. And this year we will have a Scarecrow themed Haunted House on the farm.
The Pumpkin Patch will be open also, so if you need a pumpkin to carve for the contest you know where to find one!
Have a Happy Fall!
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September 9, 2008 at 2:07 pm
· Filed under Harvest Notes ·Tagged fall vegetables, local food, Lumsden vegetables
We have started to harvest the pumpkins and the pumpkin patch is taking shape. Watch for more info about this attraction as the month progresses.
Some comments I have heard lately make me wonder if customers think that the veggie season ends at the September Long Weekend. But we continue the harvest well into the fall, so if your family is looking for fresh, local produce visit our farm store or our vendor stall at the RFM for all varieties of vegetables.
This week we have:
Corn
Field Tomatoes (roma & regular)
Cabbage (green & purple)
Cucumbers (pickling & slicing)
Beets
Beans
Carrots (white, orange, purple)
Onions (green and cooking, Walla Walla, Kelsie, Candy)
Potatoes (Norland, Russian Blue, All-Red)
Peppers (hot banana, italian green, green bell, yellow bell, jalapeno, habanero, chillies of all sorts)
Squash (Hubbard, Spaghetti, Celebration, Buttercup, Ambercup)
Sugar Pumpkins
Swiss Chard
Broccoli
Cauliflower (white & cheddar)
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