The Little Farmer's Blog!

Hi there everyone!
We are some of the proud workers at Lester’s Farm Market. Since we love working on the farm so much we figured that we would share with you the ongoing and upcoming events and crops that we get to endure each and every day!

Our 2010 season has had a bright beginning. So far we have an impressive variety of lettuces such as boston, french iceberg, iceberg, green leaf, two types of red leaf, as well as romaine. The sunny weather has also brought us veggies such as green onion, radishes, spinach, swiss chard, and local greens. For the first time this season we will be having a limited supply of our very own new potatoes starting this Saturday, July 24th!

We are proud to announce that our strawberry season has started, and we must say they are delicious! This year we have expanded our strawberry crops so there are plenty of berries to go around. Our u-pick on Heavy Tree Road will open 10am on Tuesday July 20th. As well our u-pick on Brookfield Road will open this Friday, July 23rd at 10am. Since it is still very early in the season our supply starting off will be limited. As a result, the u-pick will be open while quantities last so we advise you to call beforehand.

An “eggcelent” addition to our market this year is our homegrown, fresh brown eggs. They are carefully collected everyday to ensure that they maintain their scrumptious taste!

And as always we have our delicious ice cream with a wide variety of hard serve flavors, slushies to quench your thirst, and our unforgettable soft serve. We also have a selection of annuals, perennials, and shrubs so stop in and take a look around our garden center. And lastly but definitely not least, our animals in the petting barn are anxiously waiting for your visit! Come and see our animals such as Eeyore the donkey and Tetley the potbelly pig; they will keep you entertained all visit long!

So far it has been a busy, but exciting season. With fresh picked veggies served in a family environment with homegrown smiles there is always something to do on the farm! But it doesn’t stop there! So come along and visit us on the farm! Hope to see you all soon!

Your Friendly Little Farmer Bloggers,
Ashley, Kate, and Susan

2010 Season!

We are opening this weekend. Stay tuned for updates on new crops and approximate harvest dates!

Update on Strawberry Upick

We will have our strawberry upick open (possibly one last day)at the Heavy Tree Road location this Tuesday, August 11th. Feel free to call ahead - 747-FARM. Depending on how many berries are left, we may not even be open for the entire day.

August 9th update - New produce, raspberry upick and corn maze

It's been a great summer and we are in full harvest swing! It has been a very good growing season and probably the best we've had.

Produce available now*:

• Potatoes (Yukons, reds and white (Atlantic's))
• Beets
• Turnip (yellow)
• Cabbage
• Greens
• Carrots
• Green onions
• Swiss Chard
• Yellow and green zucchini
• English cucumbers
• Pickling cucumbers
• Spinach
• Lettuces (green leaf, red leaf, boston, romaine, iceburg, red french iceburg and green french iceburg)
• Collards
• Kale
• Kohlrabi
• Broccoli
• Cauliflower
• Snow Peas and Snap Peas
• Red currants
• Assorted herbs

Our RASPBERRY upick is also open now. We are hoping that this will be open for a couple of weeks.

All of the above are grown on our farm on Brookfield road. We do also carry a supply of imported fruits and vegetables that can't be grown in Newfoundland (although we wish we could) and of course we have our ice cream and petting barn.

Our famous CORN MAZE is also open for the year --- so drop by and get lost. :)

Note: *Keep in mind that our supply may be limited depending on the weather that particular day.

Some recent pictures from our fields

Here are some recent pictures from the field.

Red Potatoes

Corn - Should be ready by August 20th - 2 weeks earlier than last year!

White Turnip

Green Onions

Green and Red leaf lettuce

New produce available

The summer harvest is in full swing and it's hard to believe it is July 13th already. Although it has been a dry summer at times, it has also been a great summer for us and things are growing very well. Right now we have our own strawberries, lettuces, cabbage, white turnip, spinach, broccoli, kale, collards, green onions, swiss chard and herbs. We will be digging potatoes on Thursday or Friday (hopefully), so our hope is to have them on the shelves for Saturday.

Our strawberry u-pick will also be opening July 15th. The u-pick will be running from two locations, both from our market and a second location (u-pick) on Heavy Tree road. This is our second year from this location. The location is on the Heavy Tree Road that is off of Ruby line and not as far down as the overpass. There is a sign on the road for reference.

Check back often for more updates. We also took some pictures of our fields this week and will be posting them soon as well.

Our first weekend open!

So our first weekend open was great. We hope that you got a chance to visit. There are lots of gorgeous annuals, perennials and vegetable plants, trees and shrubs.

We will be posting on our website the approximate harvest dates for the year very soon. Keep in mind that our weather is unpredictable...so the dates may change quite often. Also note that we have some new furry friends in our petting barn, so make sure you drop in to say 'hi'. Especially to "Tetley" our new pot belly pig -- who is full of personality and loves meeting new people!