Purple Ridge Farm

12/20/2025

A beautiful sunny, but cold, morning as we approach Christmas Day. For me, the holidays have always been about family and gathering with the special people in our lives. A time for me to reflect on how grateful I am for my friends and family. The giving of gifts, the memories of excitement as a child and of watching my children and grandchildren over the years. The Santa Clause gifts, the cookies and milk for Santa, the hay outside for the reindeer. The deer p**p that Marvin gathered to place where the hay had been! My wish for all of you who have been to our farm and those who have watched our seasons through Facebook is that the holidays can bring you joy and reflection. Happy memories and the making of new memories. For those who struggle with sadness at this time of year. The hustle and bustle. The Hallmark movies. Trying to buy the best gifts, make all the holiday treats when just getting out of bed is a struggle. My wish for you is that each day you can put one foot in front of the other with a bit more lightness. That the darkness of winter can give way to the light of spring. Leaving a few pictures of the chaos that exists in our living room, our lefse making and the tail end of the summer flowers. Just because you can never have too many flowers! May the holiday season be one filled with love and joy and that 2026 is kind to all. See you in the summer!

09/07/2025

Happy Sunday! Another beautiful morning. It would be better without the smoke but at least we aren’t in a wildfire zone. Our season is almost done. We have no upick. We will take orders for potatoes, red and golden beets as well as carrots and zucchini. We will dig and then have you pick up the order at a prearranged time. Potato varieties available at this time are white/cream fingerlings, reds and russets. $2/lb. I’ll share some pictures of my favourite time of year. I love the look of the fields with swaths of grain. The combines working well into the night. The stacks of hay. The gathering of vegetables for freezing, pickling. The cooler nights and how different the air smells. The looking forward to the slower pace that winter brings. The gathering of the geese as they ready themselves for the flight south. So many jobs to complete while the weather is nice but not at such a hectic pace as in the spring and summer. I will miss all of the people who have supported us over the summer and look forward to seeing you next season. To those who we couldn’t squeeze into the schedule, I am sorry. I will post a picture of our work force. A work force of 3 that at sometimes is overwhelmed by the volume of work required! 2 seniors and one 16 year old. Thank you to everyone for their kindness and patience.

08/21/2025

Happy Thursday! What a beautiful sunny, summer day. Saskatoons are finished for the season. Summer raspberries are almost done and we are waiting for the fall raspberries to ripen. Fall raspberries should be ready around the first of September. Beets, potatoes, beans, dill are all plentiful. A few peas are available.

08/14/2025

Just a quick message to let everyone know that we will be closed for a family function on Thursday August 14 and Friday August 15. Yay for family! Nothing brings me more happiness than having everyone together. We will be ready to rock and roll on Saturday. By appointment of course! Chokecherries are ready to pick for anyone who loves chokecherry jelly and syrup. Our summer raspberries and saskatoons are finished for the season. The fall raspberries will be ready about August 30th. Yellow and green beans, snow peas, red and golden beets, potatoes, swiss chard and dill are all ready now.

08/05/2025

08/05/2025

Good morning. Yesterday I was happy and loving all the flowers, the berries, the vegetables. At 3pm my attitude took a turn for the worse. What a storm! Hail torrential rain. Over 28mm of rain in 30 minutes. It looked like we should be renting paddle boards and kayaks. This morning the sun is once again shining and although I haven’t yet donned my rubber boots and braved the mud, I think that the raspberries, saskatoons and vegetables have survived the storm. I am not certain how long it will take to dry up a bit. Tomorrow? Thursday? Are there more thunderstorms in the forecast? I will post again tomorrow morning. In the meantime here are some before the storm and after the storm pictures. To all of those whose yards were decimated I am so sorry and feel your pain!

08/04/2025

Happy maybe holiday Monday for some! The sun is shining and I hope it keeps doing that all week. The rain on Saturday and Sunday has once again left us with mud in the raspberries. Saskatoons are not as muddy. Of course the moisture has brought out the mosquitoes. May we have some light breezes (not gale force wind) to keep the mosquitoes at bay. Lots of saskatoons and still a good supply of raspberries for picking. Flowers are looking great and the vegetables are doing well. Yellow and green beans, swiss chard, snow peas, spinach, red and yellow beets, as well as 4 varieties of potatoes. We do not have shelling peas available. Pictures to follow! Enjoy the sunshine😎

07/27/2025

Happy soggy Sunday! When we needed rain there was not a drop to be had. Now we need raspberries and saskatoons to be picked and it won’t stop raining. It will take a day or two for the field to dry up enough for picking to begin again. Rubber boots may be the footwear of choice. Remember that if you are coming to pick raspberries that long sleeves, pants and closed toe shoes are the best. Raspberry thorns are not fun. Really for all picking that is the best. Our crops are grown in the field. Gopher holes, rocks are going to be encountered. We do not spray for weeds or bugs so those are also abundant. Weeds were under control until the rain two weeks ago. Keep in mind that as a small family farm we do have to limit the number of people coming at any one time. Be prepared to slow down. You may have to wait a few minutes for someone to guide you to your picking spot. You may have to wait a few minutes to check out. There are only 3 of us. 2 of us aren’t quite as fast as we used to be. Cash only and appointment only. Enjoy the rain. The moisture is needed.

07/20/2025

Good morning and happy Sunday! So… we wanted moisture?! Enough already. We had hoped to open for saskatoons and raspberry picking tomorrow but Mother Nature had a different plan. We have had over 3.25 inches of rain in the last 6 days (82.55mm). The field is so muddy. The berries are ready to be picked but we can’t get to them without loosing our boots in the mud. We did have a few friends picking on Friday before that horrendous downpour late in the evening. I will post some pictures just to let you know that we are ready and just need at least one sunny day for some drying to occur. Enjoy the day and hope to see everyone soon. By appointment!

07/11/2025

Happy Friday! It is a beautiful day and all is well in our world.
We are anticipating that by July 21 we should have saskatoons. Note the should. Mother Nature is completely in charge. Beets, swiss chard, potatoes and raspberries should be ready by then as well.
We are a small family farm and do everything by appointment. We operate on a cash only basis. I will post prices next week.
Enjoy the weekend😎