Jan 5th starting the new year with lots
of production
as we start to expand the number of stores carrying
our products. Started with 5 and going higher -much!!
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Nice to send out a 60 lb. order to a
customer!! :-)
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Feb. 18th sees me hauling a load of jars
on my trusty sled!
Starting to add more stores around the province!! |
Feb 19th getting ready to stock up some
stores!
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Feb 21st and now it's Puree - lots of
Puree!!
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Starting a new store in Battleford!
Welcome Wolfe Market!
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March 26th trade show in Naicam! With
the Viking!
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Some new advertising for the van as well
as new display signs for stores!
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Apr 16th finds the orchard still snow
covered and dormant!
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But the same night an intersting
phenomenon!
If it was day it would be a sundog so lets just
make it a Saskatchewan Moondog!
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And the processing ramps up as we add
stores
in Wadena, Radisson, Yorkton, Watson, Rosthern
and Hague in the last few months!
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April adds Cindy"s Independant Grocers!!
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April 22nd and this is part of the 70
cases we had ready
for delivery. Stockpile has not been so high
since.....
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New store and lovely display in Yorkton,
now 2 more
In Watson and Wadena as well!
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New product at Rosemont Hardware in
Regina
and With These Hands in Regina, Yorkton and
Moose Jaw too!
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Making pies using Nutters pie shells and
puff pastry!
Who'd have thought..?.?.!?..
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Not just 1 or 2 but 20 - 30 at a time!!
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May 6th sees rain, snow, sleet and hail
all in the
same storm - and snowbanks still in the yard.
Definitely a late spring!!
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Hillside Greenhouses and Gifts on Hwy 41
near Wakaw
are carrying a full line of our jam products! We've
also
added Good Earth Market in Rosthern and Bigway Foods
in Hague now as well!
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May 14th at Nutters 40th Anniversary
with taste testing!
Showing off our new banner with big beautiful picture
of
Haskap Berries! Now people know what they look like!
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May 20th brings 3 more pallets of jars
at a much increased
cost to keep production going to supply the new
stores!
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Sea Buckthorn trees growing tall! Maybe
we will
even get some berries from them this year!!
Still they are a great windbreak and snow
catcher - and pretty too!
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May 31st we had to sneak in more
production during a
lull in seeding due to a wet spell - so late
seeding not
done yet either!
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June 12th view from the top of the bins!
Growing well.
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A new post of our Haskap Pies as a new
product
in one of our Regina stores!
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Even the Rhubarb was prolific this year!
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Beautiful sunset over the orchard!
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July 7th sees some lush growth on this
Haskap!
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A peek at the garden and impressive rows
of potatoes too!!
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Another beautiful sunset over the
orchard!
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A post by our friends Alex and Erin of
Pointe Tango!
They included a copy of the Renouf Farms Haskap
Stamp that Alex had made! Good job!
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A better look at the Picture Postage
Stamp!
Too bad Canada Post quit this service!
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A lot of cleaning required after manual
picking
of this variety. Getting too many leaves!!
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Another beautiful prairie sunset! :-)
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Picking up the last of the days weeding
endeavors at
10:30 pm. No rest for the wicked - or us either! ;-)
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A picturesque but creepy looking spider
doing
what spiders do under the Sea Buckthorn!
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A chance we might actually get our first
few
Sea Buckthorn berries this year but only
if we can beat the birds to them!
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A handful of impressive looking and
awesome
tasting Blizzards! Weird and wonderful!
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Even the U-Pic raspberries are looking
great!!
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As well as the ripe and ready U-Pic
Saskatoons!!
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Aug 13th saw 1.9 inches of rain ( 47 mm)
in 32
minutes. Much damage by wind and a tiny bit of
hail!! Flooded the yard too but at least I didn't have
to irrigate for a few days!
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A few of the 73 pails of
Saskatoons we
picked to fill existing orders!!
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Many of our rows are still small enough
to
require manual picking!! And then cleaned!
The leaves make good tea but who has time?
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Trying a row of Auroras with the big
harvester!
Roy and Marlene hard at it with me sneaking
a quick picture!
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The big harvester is great! Berries come
out clean
and ready for the freezer! So much better!!
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The berries move along at a pretty good
clip
for cleaning even though the harvester is
only going a half a mile an hour!
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A family of foxes came to play - they
also played
havoc with the drip tape - chewed it in many
places - Where is the dog??????
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Some amazing Northern Lights!!
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More amazing Northern Lights!! |
More amazing Northern Lights!! |
More amazing Northern Lights!! |
More amazing Northern Lights -and
different!! |
A harvest sunset! Finally the Haskaps
are done
- 4 weeks later than normal!!
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Beautiful Moondog - Clear cold nights!
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" From Farm to Fork " - a catchy
phrase we can now use!
Created this Haskap Jam sell sheet
for use at shows and in stores.
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Reverse side!
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Trade show season is upon us!
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Now we also need Apple Jelly, Raspberry
Jam
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Chokecherry Jelly and Syrup, our new
Haskap Pies
using pre-made shells and puff pastry
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And Chocolate fudge - Yummy!!
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Nov. 6th - 2 Day show in Prince Albert
at the Ex! |
Nov 12th at the SPCA trade show -
Melfort!
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Nov 18th part of a 2 day show in Warman!
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Nov 26th saw us in Regina at Coronation
Park!
We do get around but now we have stores in
all these areas to advertise!
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Another 3 day show at the Melfort Mall!
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Dec 9th at Foam Lake! We opened the
Foam Lake store the same day!
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( are those bigfoot
tracks? ) |
And finally the orchard rests! Not us
though
- we are processing like crazy and expanded
now to 36 stores around Saskatchewan!
Look for the Renouf Farms
label for all your HASKAP products!
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Is next if you want!!
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