A version of my family’s Borscht Recipe is now available under the “Recipe” tab to the right. Many customers ask for instructions for Borscht, and we are happy to provide this recipe so that you can make a delicious and easy soup from almost all of the veggies we grow!
Cheers
Archive for August, 2009
Borscht Recipe
“when will there be corn???”
As most people have realized, all of the crops are behind due to the weather we have had. Corn is late as well. We started picking Tuesday. We will have corn at the Farmers market on Wed Aug 26th.
We grow several varieties of corn and each has a different maturity date. The first we generally start with is an early heritage variety that is really nice with a BBQ or to freeze. It has nice sized kernels and a slightly chew texture like the corn you remember from childhood. “Super Sweet” varieties will be maturing in a few weeks.
Due to the seasonal conditions we have cancelled this year’s Corn Festival. We will still host the Pumpkin Festival if everything goes as planned.
Harvest Notes ~ Aug 22, 2009
This week we have:
Beans
Broccoli
Cauliflower – white and Chedder
Cabbage – green & red
New Potatoes – Norland & Russian Blue
Carrots – purple, white, orange
Beets
Green Onion
Spanish Onions
Zucchini
Kohlrabi
Cucumber – slicers & med pickling cukes
Lettuce
Swiss Chard
Green Tomatoes
Hot Peppers
Herbs
Raspberries
Strawberries
We also have seasonal BC Fruit and Field Grown Tomatoes from a small farm in BC.
As always Local Honey (Lumsden Valley Honey Co), Jams, Pickles and Baking (Sweet Pea, Lumsden Beach) are for sale at the farm.
Raspberry U-Pick is open. One small U-pick Strawberry Field is open. This week we are not requiring reservations for Strawberry U-Pick. Visitors MUST check-in with the staff before going to the fields please.
Harvest Notes ~ August 11, 2009
Sorry that I didn’t update this last weekend, it has been busy!
This week we have:
Peas (we sell out between pickings so it is first come first serve)
Beans
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Cabbage – green & red
New Potatoes – Norland & Russian Blue
Carrots – purple, white, orange (Bunched)
Beets (Bunched)
Radish
Green Onion
Spanish Onions
Zucchini
Kohlrabi
Cucumber – slicers & med pickling cukes
Lettuce
Swiss Chard
Herbs
Raspberries
We also have seasonal BC Fruit and Field Grown Tomatoes from a small farm in BC.
As always Local Honey (Lumsden Valley Honey Co), Jams, Pickles and Baking (Sweet Pea, Lumsden Beach) are for sale at the farm.
The U-pick Raspberries are in full swing. Please have a look at the U-Pick link on the side to learn more. The U-Pick Strawberry patch is still not ready. Please give us a call next week.
**We must remind people that ONLY berries are U-Pick at our farm, and ONLY with permission. We have been dealing with too many people entering unauthorized areas of our farm and eating & picking crops. If this does not stop we will close the U-Pick altogether. Visitors are only allowed to enter those areas designated by us; people found in unauthorized areas may be prosecuted under the “Trespass Bylaw” which includes a $2000 fine (you have been warned!!).
