Edgar Farms Farm Store News
July 22, 2009 |
Dear Friends: Our delicious super sweet garden peas, sugar snap, snow and gourmet sweet pettite peas are now the focus of our farm store, along with local new baby potatoes and much more. Asparagus season is finished, but we still have frozen asparagus soup, asparagus dip, asparagus puree, asparagus pickles and relish for your enjoyment. | |
We are picking shelling peas !!!
There is nothing better tasting than freshly picked local peas straight out of the shells as our two granddaughters will tell you.  It is hard to get them to pose for a picture because they are so busy eating peas when we go out to the field. It is also hard for me to take the picture as I am also too busy enjoying the peas and the granddaughters.
 Picture on the left above is of Doug & myself (Elna) with our tractor and cultivator that we use for weed control between the rows of peas. Doug has removed some of the middle shanks on the cultivator and I have to drive very straight so that I don't remove any of the peas by mistake.
Customers say our peas taste the best - that is because of the special varietites we grow and because our peas are so fresh and they are thouroughly chilled very quickly after picking in a tub of very cold water to keep the sugars from turning to bitter tasting starch.
We have a very good supply of snow peas. They are excellent in salads or stir frys.
Sugar Snap peas will be available in about another week.
Beans - we should be picking by about August 10.
| New Baby potatoes are here!! Upper Green Farms, the Buyks family (members of Innisfail Growers) grow the baby potatoes for our store as well as the Innisfail Growers booth at the Farmers Markets.
Picutre on the right is of Ingrid Buyks showing the new baby red potatoes. Picture on the left is of John & Corry Buyks standing in their potato field. | August 1 & 2 is our next open house on our farm!! Come on back to the farm for our Summertime Country Drive event. We will have a petting zoo in the barn and this cute little baby goat will be there along with lots of other fun animals. There is also a bale fort to play in. Check out the asparagus fern on our field tour and also experience picking a few garden peas to taste. Our farm store will be open, featuring garden peas, sugar snap and snow peas along with many other seasonal local veggies. No admission fee. Check out www.CountryDrive.ca for another 24 sites to visit in our area.  | Innisfail Growers Customer Appreciation Day
Edgar Farms has been a member of Innisfail Growers Co-op since 1993. This is the marketing arm of five local farm families. At 20 local Farmers Markets throughout the summer you will find the garden peas and other produce & preserves from our farm. To thank you for your patronage Innisfial Growers invites you to visit our farms for
CUSTOMER APPRECIATION DAY
Saturday, August 1, 2009
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Please come meet us and visit our farms to see how we grow all that wonderful fresh produce that you have been purchasing at the Innisfail Growers Booth at the Farmers Markets. Experience picking for yourself, learn what is involved in growing plus taste the freshness straight from the fields. You will receive a FREE gift of fresh produce at each farm you visit. For a printable map go to www.innisfailgrowers.com |  What's happening on the farrm? Check out what is happening on our farm at some other sites See our Blog at http://dougsfarmblog.blogspot.com/ We also have all our previous newsletters at We have a Flickr account with lots of pictures of what is happening at We also have a Facebook page and would love you to be our friend.
Last but certainly nost least we have our web site at | Please be sure and stop at our farm for some fresh garden peas, new baby potatoes, and many other local farm fresh veggies. Also check out our home raised angus beef, homemade pickles, jam, relish pies and much more.  Sincerely, Elna Edgar
Edgar Farms | |
