May 18, 2011 Edmonton newsletter

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Edgar Farms Asparagus & Farm News May 18, 2011 www.EdgarFarms.com Dear Friends: Spring Greetings Everyone !! We will be at The Old Strathcona Farmer's Market & the Downtown Market on 104th. this Saturday Finding a perfect spear to pick The soil has now warmed up and the asparagus is just nicely started growing. We are now finding a few spears to pick as our granddaughter in the picture is showing us. We will have a some what limited supply at the markets this Saturday. There are lots of spears that are just starting to emerge so the plants are definately alive and well after our cold, cold winter. We are hoping for a really great supply of our delcious sweet and tender asparagus next Saturday, May 28 if the weather co-operates and the frost and snow stay away. Check out our great selection of our wonderful homemade Asparagus Pickles asparagus pickles in spicy or dill & garlic, delicious asparagus relish, frozen asparagus soup and our asparagus cookbooks. Planting more asparagus patches !! Randy displaying an asparagus crown while planting. With Keri and Randy back at our family farm, we have decided to keep our asparagus venture going for the next generation. In 2008 we planted a new 4 acre patch of asparagus that we will pick this year for a few weeks. Planting a patch of asparagus is no easy feat, each crown needs to be placed in an 8" deep trench. 2011 - We have just finished planted another 55,000 crowns in 6 1/2 acres so we hope to have a great supply of our delicous asparagus for many years to come. Asparagus Crowns - If you are interested in planting your own patch of asparagus, we will have Jersey Supreme crowns available at the Downtown Market this Saturday, May 21. There are detailed planting instructions with them and Keri is at the booth and can answer any planting questions. "Get into the 'SPEAR IT' of Spring!!" Asparagus Festival Touring the asparagus field If you are a lover of asparagus, looking for some fun on a real working farm, or maybe just a little curious about how this quirky member of the lily family grows, then you will definitely want to attend the hugely popular "Get into the 'SPEAR IT' of spring!!" Asparagus Festival at our farm. Enjoy a hay ride to the largest asparagus field in Alberta, tastings prepared by executive chefs, petting zoo, bale fort, shopping at our Edgar Farms store, other locally made/locally baked booths and lots more, so bring along the kids for a fun experience and create great family memories! May 28 & 29, 2011 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Rain or Shine $5.00 per person or $20.00 per Family - under 3 free 10 km west of Innisfail on Cottonwood Road For a full day of fun visit countrydrive.ca for 19 other sites to visit while in our area. Thank you, everyone for all the support of our family farm !! Picture is of our family, the 4th, 5th,and 6th generations on our family farm. Check out whats happening on our other websites Edgar Farms Produce News http://edgarfarmsupdates.blogspot.com/ Doug's Farm Blog http://dougsfarmblog.blogspot.com/ We also have all our previous newsletters at http://newslettersedgarfarms.blogspot.com/ We have a Flickr account with lots of pictures of what is happening at http://www.flickr.com/photos/37363547@N03/ We also have a Facebook page and would love you to be our friend. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1646005197&ref=name Last but certainly not least we have our web site at http://www.edgarfarms.com Sincerely, Elna & Doug Edgar Farms