We’ve been talking a lot to our three-year-old about sharing, so it’s been on my mind. We tell him that it’s ok to share because once his friend takes a turn, he’ll get his toy back. But that’s not exactly what I want him to know. It’s something more like: we share because we want our friends (and people we …
It’s a crisp fall day on the farm, the sky is big and blue, red and yellow leaves tremble and fall and all around you are round fat orange pumpkins. Now add gourmet locally-grown food, pumpkin picking and a spooky Halloween festival. That’s a fun day in the country – let’s break it down. Fill your tummy with food grown here …
Summer has pretty much wound down, but it’s prime time for the vegetables at our CSA. One of our favourite ways to eat them is to just sauté them all together. This is a succotash. Baby corn is a special surprise and is delicious in this dish. Whether it’s a textbook succotash or not, our vegetable sautés all tend to …
Oh boy, I can’t believe it’s fall already – the summer’s gone so fast. So CSA families, one more month of goodies, then pumpkins and Halloween. We sure are going to miss our weekly trips to the farm. Here are a few things Tam wants you to know about what’s coming up in the next few weeks. Please call the …
All about fresh beans Break one of these beans in half and listen for them to say their their name: Snap! They are best harvested young and tender and they’re entirely edible. Snap beans – also known as wax beans – have tender, slightly sweet, grassy-tasting pods and come in green, purple and yellow. Green beans are an excellent source …
Come down to Prairie Garden’s u-pick veggie patch to pick yourself the very freshest white potatoes and green and yellow zucchini – then head home and while the kids nap (you know, from all the running and fresh air) make this yummy and mild curry for dinner. Amazing facts about zucchini This vegetable is not only an antioxidant, but also, …
Dinner tonight will be extra-special with fresh – the freshest – vegetables around. And all your favourites too – but that’s not a coincidence, you picked them yourself at Prairie Gardens u-pick veggie patch. U-pick something different Even though we’re just coming to the end of strawberry season, we still have lots – and I mean lots – of veggies and …
Potatoes are amazing vegetables – they are the world’s fourth largest food crop, there are 5,000 different kinds and you can even use it to make a potato battery. Plus they contain almost every nutrient you need and they are ready to dig up at Prairie Gardens’ u-dig potato patch. Dig our baby potatoes, baby This is one of our …
At Prairie Gardens, we love our strawberries so much that we throw them a big party every year. Join us on Aug 3, 4 & 5 to eat strawberries, dress-up like pirates, knights and fairies, play games, eat more strawberries, dance, sing, run and did I say eat strawberries yet? Here are 11 ways to play at this year’s Fairy …
Each Sunday now, our family heads out to the farm to collect a basket of herbs, veg and yummy homemade biscuits. (And there’s also usually fudge, but I secretly eat it all, so shhh…) Since we joined Prairie Gardens’ Community Supported Agriculture program, we have eaten a lot of delicious new foods and I have learned a whole bunch about growing …
