July 6th was our first day of picking peas

Friday July 6th was our first day of picking peas for the 2012 season.   These peas are now available at all the farmers markets that Innisfail Growers attends. These include Calgary Farmers Market Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday Red Deer, both Wednesdays and Saturdays Calgary Northlands, Tuesday Airdrie, Wednesday Calgary Parkdale, Wednesday Sherwood Park, Wednesday – Starting July 18 …

May 14 First day of picking Asparagus

Today we are picking Asparagus for the first time with our ride on “asparabuggies”. We picked some by hand on Friday but today we should have two machines running and three tommorrow. There will be fresh Asparagus in our farm store this afternoon.

Frost last night

Unfortunately, it got down to -3 last night so any aspargus that was up is frozen. The one I am holding is not froze, see the difference, the three in the background are transparent from the frost. The frost does not hurt the roots of the plants and there will be lots of new tips poping up just as soon as …

Baby Pea Plants in the Field

The first planting of our peas are up and we can see the rows very well now. They are looking great. Peas are a cold weather corp and can handle a few degrees of frost much better than asparagus.

Rhubarb

We checked the rhubarb patch today, too. The stalks have about 2″ of delicious red rhubarb showing now. Can hardly wait to make some spring rhubarb sauce and serve it over ice cream.

Our Country Store Reopens in May

Although our open air Farm Store is now closed until next May, our delicious homemade preserves, homemade pies and grass fed, hormone & antibiotic free beef are still available. Please just phone ahead if you wish to come to the farm. Also all of our products are at the Innnisfail Growers booth at The Calgary Farmers Market.

U-Pick Peas by appointment

Doesn’t get any fresher than that!! Great experience for the kids and grandkids. Price is $1.00 per pound and snacking is free!! Please phone ahead 403-350-0659 for availability and an appointment 8AM – 8 PM Monday – Saturday. Sorry no U-pick Sunday or pets in the field.

Seeding Garden Peas

Finally, we were able to find a small dry area in our field and get the first planting of peas planted the other day. This is the latest we have ever got started planting peas since 1986 when we first started growing them on a field scale. Please note the snow on the background. I was really suprised when I …