Posts tagged ‘Fun’

PUMPKIN FUN!

Posted October 2nd, 2010 by jean. Comment (0).

Your pumpkins are ready. For great family fun come on out and pick your own pumpkins from the big pumpkin field!  Have even more fun playing on the hay pile, and finding pretty fall decorations for your yard and home. Come to our farm near Delano and we will see you in the pumpkin patch!

Too Fun!

Posted October 16th, 2009 by jean. Comment (1).

Stunningly pretty gourds

Posted September 28th, 2009 by jean. Comment (0).

Thousands of gourds to choose from! We also have corn shocks, broom corn, hay bales, squash, pumpkins …we have it all. It is fun here at the farm. Come check it out!

Jean is excited about the photos Mitch Kezar of Windigo Images took of her and Al using the Mathews Mission Archery bows! (We adore this equipment) These really fun photos were taken last winter. Go to the Windigo site and type  in mission archery and see what Jean and Al were up to last winter!   http://windigoimages.com/

Batch #2 -2009 maple syrup cooked

Posted March 21st, 2009 by jean. Comment (0).

Today was a warm sunny day at Peterson Produce farm which made the collecting of sap and cooking it very enjoyable. John and Mary cooked 37 gallons of sap into syrup. (We cook very small batches of sap that has just dripped out of the tree because fresh sap produces better syrup)  Todays yield of syrup was higher than normal as the sap [...]

Jean and Al from Peterson Produce will be at the Delano Community Expo talking about the upcoming fresh flower and vegetable produce season. Stop by for a chat about what’s happening at the farm this summer. Jean is especially excited about the Farm Fun Crew for young children and also about teaching you how to [...]

First run 2009 maple sap cooked into syrup!

Posted March 18th, 2009 by jean. Comment (0).

John and Mary cooked the first 37 gallons of ”first run” sap collected from the trees at Peterson Produce in Delano. The cooking took three hours and because the first run sap is especially fine Jean bottled the syrup into the really pretty 3D bottles.  For the next few weeks you will find us out in the woods collecting sap and cooking fresh sweet maple syrup although, [...]

Harvest Moon Co-op Member Pot Luck

Posted March 17th, 2009 by jean. Comment (0).

 Join Jean and Mary Peterson at the Harvest Moon Co-op Member Pot Luck on Sunday April 5- 5PM. Location of the pot luck is at Calvin Presbyterian Church near the Long Lake, Mn fire station. Join us and chat with Jean and Mary of Peterson Produce about fresh locally grown produce, the kids who work [...]

Mary and John Peterson tapped the maple trees Sat, March 14. The rest of us at Peterson Produce farm are ready to help them collect and cook the hundreds of gallons of sweet sap that will flow out of the trees. The sap is put into a big flat shallow pan and boiled over a [...]

Various Photos #1

Posted February 28th, 2009 by admin. Comment (0).