Due to some civic elections in Regina, the Farmers Market is not able to use the Cathedral Village Community Centre on Oct 24th. I really urge our market customers to take the short drive to the farm to purchase your veggies this weekend. We realize that many of our customers at the RFM do not own cars, or, do not want to drive outside of the city, but it is a very short (15-20min) drive.

This season has been a difficult sales season due to so many lost days at the Market. We missed 4 of the summer markets because the crops were so far behind on account of the cold summer. Then we missed a few fall markets due to snow! This is about the same as having to take a month off work without pay for those of you who are have salary positions! Or in the words of my Mexican staff – “No Bueno!!”.

So if you truly support Local Agriculture, make the trip to our farm this weekend to pick-up some delicious squash, cabbage, beets and carrots!

Things are winding down, the snow and cold has really slowed the late harvest, but we have been able to bring a few things in from the field. The on-farm store is open until Nov 2nd this year.

This week we have:
Potatoes – Norland & Russian Blue
Carrots – purple, white, orange
Cabbage – green & purple
Cucumbers
Beets
Spanish Onions
Field Tomatoes
Hot Peppers
Herbs
Squash – many varieties to choose from
Pie Pumpkins
Halloween Pumpkins
Gourds
Ornamental corn

We also have seasonal BC Fruit and Turnips and Parsnips from ‘Peak of the Market’.

As always Local Honey (Lumsden Valley Honey Co), Jams, Pickles and Baking (Sweet Pea, Lumsden Beach) are for sale at the farm.

We are open daily from 9-6.

Our annual Pumpkin Festival will be this Sunday Oct 18th from 11 – 3.

We hope the weather will cooperate with us!

Join us for hotdogs, pumpkin soup, hot cider and coffee, face painting and the haunted house! And of course we have lots of pumpkins to choose from; wee tiny ones and huge ones, orange, blue, and white ones too!

Well it has been raining for 2 days non stop, so we have had difficulty getting to the fields. But the crew is going out in the mud first thing this morning to pick as much as they can.

This week we have:
Broccoli
Cauliflower – white and Chedder
Cabbage – green & red
Corn – Super Sweet
Potatoes – Norland & Russian Blue
Carrots – purple, white, orange
Beets
Spanish Onions
Zucchini
Swiss Chard
Field Tomatoes
Hot Peppers
Herbs
Strawberries
Squash
Pie Pumpkins

We also have seasonal BC Fruit and Turnips and Parsnips from ‘Peak of the Market’.

As always Local Honey (Lumsden Valley Honey Co), Jams, Pickles and Baking (Sweet Pea, Lumsden Beach) are for sale at the farm.

This weekend is the Lumsden Scarecrow Festival so be sure to check out the happenings along main street in the town too!

This week we have:
Broccoli
Cauliflower – white and Chedder
Cabbage – green & red
Corn – Super Sweet
Potatoes – Norland & Russian Blue
Carrots – purple, white, orange
Beets
Spanish Onions
Zucchini
Cucumber – slicers & pickling cukes
Swiss Chard
Field Tomatoes
Hot Peppers
Herbs
Strawberries
Squash
Pie Pumpkins

We also have seasonal BC Fruit and Turnips and Parsnips from ‘Peak of the Market’.

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 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. There are lots of strawberries so bring your 4ltr pails!

An announcement from the local music and art coffee house:

Muziek Art Gallery is pleased to present an evening of music and song with Ms. Madge Bjorgan. Madge is a singer, songwriter and pianist and will be performing at Muziek on September 12, 2009, from 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.

Please contact me at email sophie.staley@hotmail.com, phone 731-3010 or drop by Muziek to reserve and purchase your tickets. Tickets are $30 (plus GST) per person and includes food and refreshments.

Regards,

Sophie Staley
Muziek Art Gallery
65-2nd Ave.
Lumsden, Saskatchewan
731-3010

The last field of strawberries is ready for u-pickers!! Please call the farm for an appointment and see the U-Pick tab to the right for information about our u-pick fields.

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

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.

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.