Edmonton Newsletter June 11, 2009

Edgar Farms Asparagus News June 11, 2009 www.EdgarFarms.com

Dear Friends: We have a great supply of perfect, delicious, sweet and tender asparagus at The Old Strathcona Farmer's Market 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM and the City Market Downtown on 104th. St. 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM this Saturday June 13, 2009. Remember, our season ends about the end of June. Another favorite recipe Grilled Asparagus A simple, fantastic way to eat asparagus. Easily the most commonly prepared and delicious asparagus dish in our house! Grilling seems to enhance the sweetness of the spears. You could use just about any seasoning but our favourite is just very simply this: 1 lb Edgar Farms fresh asparagus 1 Tbsp. Olive Oil Salt Pepper Garlic powder 2 Tbsp. Freshly grated parmesan cheese Lay spears on a plate, drizzle with olive oil and roll around to coat. Sprinke with salt, pepper and garlic to taste. Place asparagus straight onto the grills (or in a grill basket) of a hot barbeque. Roll asparagus on grills for approximately 5 minutes at high heat to get a good amount of colour on all sides. Remove to a serving dish and grate with parmesan cheese. This asparagus is best eaten very soon after grilling. Our asparagus festival gift basket winner!! Shriley Charlton from Innisfail was the lucky winner of our Edgar Farms gift basket at the 2009 Edgar Farms Asparagus Festival. Congratulations Shirley. Our sixth generation in training!! Picture is of our grandaughter lending a helping hand in the asparagus shed for a few minutes one day this past week. She is very proud of the fact she can now manage to do the complete bundling process including stretching the elastic bands over the bander. We checked all of her bundles and she had weighed every one to the exact 1 lb. required. Grade five school tours Every year our farm hosts all the grade 5 classes from all the Innisfail schools. It is always in June so that we can expose the students to our asparagus operation. Pictured here is myself, Elna with a class out in our asparagus field with one of our "asparabuggies" in the background. It is a great pleasure to get the kids out to the farms to try and educate them of the value of farmers and that their food is coming from the farms, not the grocery stores. Other happenings on our farm Finally, we received 3/4 " of much needed rain this past weekend and our pastures are now growing. The cows were very happy to finally be let out to graze on green grass for the summer and fall. Please be sure and stop at the booth and have a sample of our delicious homemade asparagus pickles. Sincerely, Elna Edgar Edgar Farms