| | | Dear Friends: We have just started picking our delicious, sweet and tender asparagus and it is now available at our farm store located on our farm 10 km. west of Innisfail on the Cottonwood Road. | | A challenging season !! This has been an unusually cold, cloudy and windy spring. This picture was taken May 18. The snow and cold have froze any tips that were poking up, but new tips will come up from the crowns with the warm weather. We were able to pick on Sunday proir to the storm and with the new moisture the asparagus will grow like crazy just as soon as we get a warm day. | |  Edgar Farms Asparagus Festival
Please come to our farm and get in the "Spear It" of spring at our Asparagus Festival on May 30 & 31, 2009 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at our farm near Innisfail. There will be something for everyone - hay rides to the field, tastings prepared by Slow Foods Calgary Chef Scott from River Café, dee Hobsbawn-Smith or Chef Wade from Infuse Catering, bake sale table by our local Women's Institute, petting zoo, bale fort, Bowden Sun Mazes' amazing bale maze, "Be My Guest" concession featuring Edgar Farms asparagus, shopping at our Edgar Farms store, other locally made/locally baked booths and lots more. For more details and a printable map visit www.EdgarFarms.com. | |  Also, it is "Country Drive" weekend
Along with our farm there are 15 other sites in our area you can visit the same weekend. Some examples: White Treasure Farm - Angora and other goats to pet, dying, spinning & carding demos, photo op on Sunny the farm pony, etc. Vitality Crystals - unveiling 1000 pound Brazilian granite garden feature fountain, tarot card reader, angel card reader, etc. HolmeHus Antiques - horse collectables, retro kitchen items, vintage jewellery, 60 new free range laying hens, etc. Arlene's Teas - tranquil spot to pause, recharge and reflect while checking out the shop and lily ponds. Check out www.CountryDrive.ca for a complets list and printable map. | | Other happenings on our farm  Along with our asparagus we have a traditional grain and cattle farm. Yearly every spring about the time the asparagus is starting we are also frantically trying to seed 1,000 acres of annual crops. Picture is of Doug & myself in front of our Air Seeder that is used to precicely place the seed in the ground for optimum germination. | | Our home raised hormone and antibiotic free Angus beef We start our busy season with the arrival of the first baby calf mid February. This year's calving season went very well for us with all of our cows having lively, healthy babies to take to pasture just as soon as the sun shines and the grass grows. All the beef that is for sale in our farm store was born, raised and fed on our farm, is hormone and antibiotic free and is quietly and humanely handled with respect. The animals are processed at a local family ran provincially inspected plant. | | Please be sure and stop by our farm store for a great selection of our home grown asparagus, homemade preserves, homemade frozen asparagus soup, homemade pies, home raised hormone and antibiotic free Angus Beef and other fresh locally grown seasonal produce as it becomes available.  Sincerely, Elna Edgar
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