We are very busy on all fronts at the farm, and are pushing to get everything in the ground and growing happily. We have magnificent baby carrots from the greenhouse coming to market for several more weeks. The beautiful asparagus is being picked by Kate ‘the Asparagirl’ daily and we will have it at market […]
Things are winding down here at Sunrise Gardens. Our first ‘Harvest Sunday’ of the year is coming up this Sunday, September 7th, and we’re looking forward to finding out how many winter squash are hiding under the blanket of green leaves. Some of our big pumpkins (the ones we can see from the edges) are […]
Patty Pan, like her cousin Peter, just doesn’t want to grow up. See, we won’t let her, since we prefer our summer squash young and tender. We’re out in the squash field every single day right now, doing our best to get to them before they get too bigger and less tender. By picking them […]
Well, that’s it for another Edmonton Folk Music Festival! Only another 49 weeks until we start setting it all up again, and we’re already looking forward to it. We’ll be heading in later this week to help with tear down – all of the infrastructure that was set up now has to be packed away […]
Coming Out We’re pinching back the basil plants in the cold frame to encourage them to bush out more, and provide more leaves for harvest down the road. We’ll be bringing it the leaves that we’ve pinched off and have them available for sale at both the Old Strathcona and Onoway Farmers’ markets this weekend. […]
Coming Out As the days get longer, we’re gradually transitioning our harvest from the cold frame to the outdoor crops. This week, we’ll be bringing more of our succulent and sweet carrots in to both markets. They sure have been a hot seller, flying off our table at both Old Strathcona and Onoway markets. We […]
