There’s nothing else quite like it in Alberta: a farm using direct marketing, education and tourism to be sustainable beyond the growing season. The owner of Prairie Gardens and Adventure Farm is an entrepreneur who calls herself “director of fun.” Lesley MacDonald has the story of this month’s Woman of Vision.
The Winter Lament… The fields are empty now at Prairie Gardens except for two perfectly straight, yet strangely fluffy, rows of white mysterious mounds. It’s the Kale, covered by a blanket of snow! Otherwise, the fall fields are done, abandoned, save for a flock of wild partridge, a coyote, the snowy white weasel that I chanced a glimpse of – …
At Prairie Gardens we are always excited to offer our gourmet Field to Fork dinners. We recently came across an article on the Air Canada enRoute website for Canada’s best new restaurants. Coming in at Number 4 were Edmonton’s Range Road Dinners, featuring Chek Blair Lebsack!
Meet the Pumpkins if you dare Midnight is your fuzzy black cat and she’s out past curfew again. You sigh on the porch swing and muster yourself to go find her. You close your eyes for just a moment before tiptoeing into the spooky pumpkin patch – where Midnight likes to hide. At first you don’t see them under the …
Pico de Gallo is a condiment (authentic Mexican salsa) that is made with fresh chopped cilantro, tomatoes, onions and chilies. It can be used just like a salsa for dipping tortilla chips, as a side dish or a condiment. One advantage that it has over salsas is that there is less liquid and that makes it a perfect filling for …
What’s in your basket? New this week – fennel, white Eldorado Swiss Chard and spaghetti squash How to use your fennel Fennel is great for soothing your tummy and is a main ingredient in baby’s gripe water. And just Google fennel recipes to find lots of ways to cook the bulbs, like this easy fennel and onion tart from the …
This week’s CSA recipe I was recently asked to instruct an herb cooking class for the Morinville Community Gardens Group and was looking for something different to use cilantro in. Generally, I don’t care for the typical boring coleslaw that seems to get served with every meal and buffet, but this is a fantastic recipe for a homemade slaw that …
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 …
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 …
