Good evening,  I just wanted to send you an email to thank you so much for helping my 5 year old celebrate her birthday!! The day was an absolute hit with not only the birthday girl, but her friends, there parents and definitely my husband and I. Sydney was so excited when we pulled up and is still excited about her adventures!! All your staff was very helpful and friendly!! Everyone ensured that my daughter had a great day. Please give special thanks to Lee who was our hostess today; not only was she very pleasant, but helpful and there to assist In any way. Also let your scarecrow that she was a hit too!! She actually took the time to come to our firepit and play with the kids and entertain!!  We definitely appreciate all that you offered and send our many thanks!!! We will for sure be back for Halloween and for other parties ( and recommend you).

Sincerely, Danielle and Scott Sontag

Caprese summer salad

I have been waiting for the fresh hothouse tomatoes that we all planted together to ripen, so that I could try this Caprese salad recipe. A Caprese salad is a simple salad with juicy fresh tomatoes, mozzarella and basil. It’s nice and fresh and tastes like summer. The salad can be seasoned with olive oil, salt and pepper and maybe …

What’s in your CSA basket for August 7

Pick up on Aug 7 & 10 CSA families can pick up your good food Thursday, Aug 7 at RGE RD between 5 and 7 pm – or come to the farm on Sunday between noon and 6 pm to pick up your goodies, visit the baby goats, try and get Basil the green parrot to talk to you and …

CSA good food basket for July 31

What’s in your basket? Kohlrabi is new this week Kohlrabi is a round heavy tentacled cabbage-turnip-radish – that looks like it should grow underground like a root, but actually grows in the sun on top of the soil. It has a crunchy texture like a water chestnut and a fresh mellow green flavour. You can cook the leaves like cabbage – and eat …

Meet your vegetables: Fairyberry strawberries

Jellybeans for the berry fairies An urgent message from the berry fairies: Be nice to your sister and bring jellybeans please. Out in the country where the clouds are white and puffy in the middle of bright yellow canola fields and up on a green hill sits a farm. This farm has proud roaming roosters, fence-jumping goats, flower-eating bunnies and …

Beet leaf “little pigeons” holubsti

Sturgeon County is well known for it’s Ukrainian heritage – so this recipe is a nice melding of what’s growing right now and our shared cultural past. In Ukrainian, holubtsi literally means “little pigeons” or stuffed cabbage rolls. Fill them with meat, vegetables or grains like buckwheat. And change up the wrappers too – in the summer, use beet, lettuce, …

CSA heavenly herb sauce

Tammy – Mom of one of our CSA families – introduced me to this magical herb sauce. It’s a great way to use up your weekly bunch of fresh culinary herbs. But better than that – it’s heavenly! And easy. Plus, her kids loved it! Technically, it’s a spin on a chimichurri, except it skips the parsley. Trust me and …

17 ways to eat your CSA greens

By Farmer Tam CSA membership can be a wonderful, rewarding experience! You can head home from work every day to a meal made with beautiful fresh local food. But by the third week, the sheer magnitude of weekly bunches of freshness can start to overwhelm busy people with regular (or even spectacular!) lives to lead. The good news is that …