This page is under construction. Please check back occasionally. This is where we’d like to have a gallery of fresh produce at our farmstand this year, chronologically arranged to help you know “when” a vegetable or fruit comes “in-season” for harvesting and sale.
Radishes, Lettuce, Kale, Spinach, Peas… Green, Yellow, and Purple Beans
Potatoes, Carrots, Garlic, Onions, Beets, Tomatoes, Peppers, Squash, Cucumber, Zucchini, Flowers, Parsley, Pumpkins….
‘End of season’ produce (e.g. into November) – maybe still some pumpkins, new crop lettuce
For weekly (or more often) updates on what is available at the farmstand, please check Ethan’s Elderberries and More / Sunshine Gardens Facebook page.
July Harvest
Garlic –
Green Onions –
Lettuce –
Peas –
Beans –
- Yellow
- Green
- Purple (an old-fashioned variety that turns dark green when steamed or cooked; can be eaten raw too)
August Harvest
Garlic –
- Clusters of dried bulbs with whiteish-purplish skin
Onions –
– small-medium sized flavourful bulbs!
Green Beans –
- Other colours may also be available.
New Potatoes –
- Delicious!
Zucchini –
- small to medium-sized (not the gigantic ones yet)
Tomatoes –
- fresh, red tomatoes! (occasionally, perhaps also the milder yellow or orange varieties too.)
- Red varieties – Cherry, Roma, and Beefsteaks
- green tomatoes for chow, etc. – upon request or if it’s towards the end of the season around frost-time.
Peppers –
Carrots –
- fresh, orange carrots
- sometime triple colour carrot bunches (purple, yellow, orange)
Cucumbers –
Triple-Variety Applesauce –
September Harvest
Elderberries –
These begin to be available around mid-September. They are offered on-site as fresh or frozen upon request. Otherwise, our elderberries are sold as dried quantities.
TOMATOES, Garlic, Beans, Potatoes, Onions, Zucchini, Cucumbers, and Applesauce too!
Flowers –
- Glads – a variety of single and multi-coloured petals
- Dahlias – some years
Parsley –
October Harvest
Dried Elderberries –
Tomatoes, Garlic, Beans, Potatoes, Onions –
Applesauce, Green Tomato Chow –
Parsley –
By mid-October, the stand at the end of the lane is no longer stocked. However, the garden/field produce may still be available through the Food Hub or by contacting Ethan (Sunshine Gardens).
Notes: During the summer and fall seasons, the farmstand is closed on Sundays. It gets restocked most days by mid-morning (until mid-October).
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