logo                
moondogs
A beautiful Moondog over the orchard!
our story
zzz

Home
health
                        benefits
varieties
prices
whats new
ourstory
                                                                      
2022 merchants

Navigate to the year you prefer here!
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

Chapter 6 - "The saga continues"


puree
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!!


bib order
Nice to send out a 60 lb. order to a customer!! :-)

haulin
Feb. 18th sees me hauling a load of jars on my trusty sled!
Starting to add more stores around the province!!

jaam
Feb 19th getting ready to stock up some stores!

more jars
Feb 21st and now it's Puree - lots of Puree!!

boxes
Starting a new store in Battleford!
Welcome Wolfe Market!


naicam
March 26th trade show in Naicam! With the Viking!

van
Some new advertising for the van as well
as new display signs for stores!


snow
Apr 16th finds the orchard still snow covered and dormant!

sundog
But the same night an intersting phenomenon!
If it was day it would be a sundog so lets just
make it a Saskatchewan Moondog!


puree
And the processing ramps up as we add stores
in Wadena, Radisson, Yorkton, Watson, Rosthern
and Hague in the last few months!


Cindy's
April adds Cindy"s Independant Grocers!!

boxes
April 22nd and this is part of the 70 cases we had ready
for delivery. Stockpile has not been so high since.....


jam
New store and lovely display in Yorkton, now 2 more
In Watson and Wadena as well!


jam
New product at Rosemont Hardware in Regina
and With These Hands in Regina, Yorkton and
Moose Jaw too!


pies
Making pies using Nutters pie shells and puff pastry!
Who'd have thought..?.?.!?..


pies
Not just 1 or 2 but 20 - 30 at a time!!

thumb
May 6th sees rain, snow, sleet and hail all in the
same storm - and snowbanks still in the yard.
Definitely a late spring!!

video

hillside
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!


Nutters 40th
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!


jars
May 20th brings 3 more pallets of jars at a much increased
cost to keep production going to supply the new stores!



quad
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!

jam
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!


orchard view
June 12th view from the top of the bins! Growing well.

pies
A new post of our Haskap Pies as a new product
in one of our Regina stores!


rhubarb
Even the Rhubarb was prolific this year!

sunset
Beautiful sunset over the orchard!

bush
July 7th sees some lush growth on this Haskap!

potatoes
A peek at the garden and impressive rows
of potatoes too!!


sunset
Another beautiful sunset over the orchard!
pointe
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!



stamp
A better look at the Picture Postage Stamp!
Too bad Canada Post quit this service!

harvest
A lot of cleaning required after manual picking
of this variety. Getting too many leaves!!



sunset
Another beautiful prairie sunset! :-)


weeds
Picking up the last of the days weeding endeavors at
10:30 pm. No rest for the wicked - or us either! ;-)


spider
A picturesque but creepy looking spider doing
what spiders do under the Sea Buckthorn!



sea buckthorn
A chance we might actually get our first few
Sea Buckthorn berries this year but only
if we can beat the birds to them!


blizzard
                  berries
A handful of impressive looking and awesome
tasting Blizzards! Weird and wonderful!


upic
                  raspberries
Even the U-Pic raspberries are looking great!!

upic
                  saskatoons ripe
As well as the ripe and ready U-Pic Saskatoons!!


rain in yard
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!


73 pails
                  saskatoons
A few of the 73 pails of Saskatoons  we
picked to fill existing orders!!


manual
                  harvester
Many of our rows are still small enough to
require manual picking!! And then cleaned!
The leaves make good tea but who has time?


big
                  harvester
Trying a row of Auroras with the big harvester!
Roy and Marlene hard at it with me sneaking
 a quick picture!


Harvester in
                  action
The big harvester is great! Berries come out clean
and ready for the freezer! So much better!!


rae
                  harvester
The berries move along at a pretty good clip
for cleaning even though the harvester is
 only going a half a mile an hour!


foxes play
A family of foxes came to play - they also played
havoc with the drip tape  - chewed it in many
places - Where is the dog??????


aurora
Some amazing Northern Lights!!

more Aurora
More amazing Northern Lights!!

more aurora3
More amazing Northern Lights!!

aurora4
More amazing Northern Lights!!

aurora 5
More amazing Northern Lights -and different!!

sunset
A harvest sunset! Finally the Haskaps are done
- 4 weeks later than normal!!




moondog
Beautiful Moondog - Clear cold nights!

fork
" From Farm to Fork " - a catchy phrase we can now use!
Created this Haskap Jam sell sheet
for use at shows and in stores.


dont know
Reverse side!

jam
Trade show season is upon us!

production
Now we also need Apple Jelly, Raspberry Jam

pies
                  production
Chokecherry Jelly and Syrup, our new Haskap Pies
using pre-made shells and puff pastry


Fudge wow
And Chocolate fudge - Yummy!!

60 pax
Nov. 6th - 2 Day show in Prince Albert at the Ex!

spca show
Nov 12th at the SPCA trade show  - Melfort!

Warman show
Nov 18th part of a 2 day show in Warman!

Regina show
Nov 26th saw us in Regina at Coronation Park!
We do get around  but now we have stores in
all these areas to advertise!


Melfort
                  mall
Another 3 day show at the Melfort Mall!

foamlake
Dec 9th at Foam Lake! We opened the
Foam Lake store the same day!


snowy
                  orchard
( 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!
logo
2023
Is next if you want!!


Home
health
                            benefits
varieties
prices
whats new
ourstory
How to find us!

map





logo Renouf
                        Farms
Renouf Farms, Melfort, Saskatchewan.
pb
We also have a Paintball business
for you to enjoy - see it here!

 
Tags to find us by: Haskap, Honeyberries, polyphenols, healthy, antioxidants, haskap wine, haskap jam, haskap sorbet, haskap mead, haskap puree, dried haskap, renouf farms, renouf orchard, you pick, u-pic, raspberry, Saskatoon berries, saskatoon you-pick, haskap varieties, haskap beauty, haskap beast, haskap aurora, haskap blizzard, haskap honey bee, haskap borealis, renouf haskap, fresh berries, frozen berries, haskap indigo gem, haskap syrup, sea buckthorn, sea buckthorn berries, coming soon berries,

Copyright (c) 2016 Flatlands Paintball  and (c) 2021 Renouf Farms Ltd Melfort  SK   306-921-8265