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We would like to apologize to our regular customers and friends at the Saskatoon Farmer’s Market. We are taking a short break from the market, and we will be focusing our energies on crop planting.

We got a great head start cleaning, tilling and planting onions at one of our peri-urban plots the other day.

Stay tuned for further updates.

It has been a long winter here in Saskatoon, but temperatures have finally begun to rise and hints of spring are in the air. As a result, Wally has already been able to plant a bed of onions in his backyard plot (something he has not been able to do in many years).

We are currently selling the last of the cold storage carrots from last season, pea shoots, green onion (the bagged tops or potted in a container), wheatgrass, and more. Also, Gail has done a stand makeover. Come and check it out.

It has been a busy and eventful week at the Saskatoon Farmer’s Market with the annual Wintershines festival in full swing. Some notable highlights from the festival so far include: impressive ice sculptures, two competitive soup cook-offs (one amateur and one pro) and a visit with Canada’s Food Network celebrity, Lynn Crawford, who was here filming footage for her new upcoming show The Great Canadian Cookbook.

The fun continues tomorrow with the Night Market, open from 4:30pm to 8:00pm. We will have Carrots, Onions, Pea Shoots, Squash, Wheatgrass, Bird Feeders and more. We hope to see you there.

After an all too brief holiday, the Saskatoon Farmer’s Market is back in business.

This week we will have three different varieties of carrots: Purple Rain (an Imperator type), Bolero (a Nantes type) and Paris Market. We will also have onions, pea shoots and purple Peruvian potatoes.

If you like to juice wheat grass, or feed it to your cat, keep an eye out for our wheatgrass containers.

The temperatures in Saskatoon have been above seasonal lately and, as a result, Wally was able to wash some of his Purple Peruvian Potatoes outside this week. You can say it almost felt like spring again.

This week, in addition to having lots of Potatoes, we will also have Carrots, Onions and lots of Bird Feeders for sale at the farmer’s market. Also, keep an eye out for some of Gail’s Onion Braids; they make fabulous and practical gifts.

Another upgrade to Gail’s original bird feeder design is this neat looking holiday wreath. They make nice gifts, and the birds will love you for it!

Now at the market, we have all our classics, our favourites: potatoes, carrots, onions and pea shoots.

We hope to see you there.

While experimenting in nature’s “lab”, Gail has created a new and improved bird feeder design. The birds can now have a comfortable and spacious dining area while they feast on a variety of seeds and grains. Keep an eye out for these new additions at our stand at the Saskatoon Farmer’s Market.

Who knew you could still harvest horseradish at this point in the season? Wally pulled some beauties from his home plot the other day.

We will have lots of Carrots, Potatoes, Onions, Pea Shoots & more at the farmer’s market this weekend.

Looking for some good firewood? We are selling large bundles for $10. Come and say hello.

We’re going to have what we like to call Gansta Onion again this week, courtesy of 85-years young Baba’s hard work.

We’ll also have lots of carrots, potatoes, beets, pumpkins, pea shoots and more.

See you at the market.