Delightful Dahlias

One of my favorite parts of summer is when our beautiful Dahlias start showing their colourful blooms around the garden. This tuberous perennial is extremely popular amongst flower enthusiasts and are often grown just for judged shows. The Dahlia is native to Latin regions such as Mexico and Central America and was used by the Aztecs for food and even for decorative purposes. Photo courtesy of Muhammad... [Read more]

July 29th – I Spy With My Little Eye Something That is Purple!

Photo by Harry Pehkonen Who doesn’t like a good treasure hunt? We’re feeling a little sneaky this week and we want to play a fun game. We’ll be hiding a little eggplant friend we call “Tick Tock”  somewhere in the market, and we invite you to keep your eyes peeled as you make your way through the market to pick up your goodies. When you spy Tick Tock, leave him undisturbed,... [Read more]

Plum, Cherry & Heirloom, oh my!

Photo by Elizabeth Thomsen Many of my friends live in apartments and condos with little real estate to have a garden besides a patio or a sunny window sill. Just because you don’t have a large backyard doesn’t mean you can’t have your own fresh herbs or produce. Container gardening allows you to plants many of the items you would grow in the yard, such as tomatoes. It is easy, fun... [Read more]

July 22nd – Sunny Days

Perennial Madness! We’re reaching the middle point of our season for the next few weeks and this means full harvests, lots of great (we hope) weather, flowers, plants, and food food food. Our cookbook swap from last month was quite popular and we’ve been asked to do it again, so this week we’ll be resurrecting the cookbook swap! How does it work? Simple! Bring a cookbook from home... [Read more]

Made from the Market: Vegetarian Kale Lasagne

Bunches of kale for sale. Photo: Kelly Kiss This post is by Kelly Kiss, RHN, one of RCFM’s super amazing volunteers. Stay tuned for more by Kelly as she shares her nutritional knowledge and love of cooking with us all. I love kale –its rich green colour and beautiful texture. This summer it is growing in my backyard garden like a weed, probably from the cool weather we have been having, but... [Read more]

RCFM at Summerfest July 17th 4-8PM at Grimston Park

Photo by Graham Ballantyne We are taking the show on the road this season! You’ll see a mini version of RCFM at a few different community events, with a small and rotating selection of vendors as well as our info booth serving up their regular wonderful goodies. Our first event is Summerfest this Saturday July 17th from 4pm – 8pm at Grimston Park. Summerfest is a new community festival... [Read more]

Made from the Market

A few weeks ago, one of our directors, Matthew Laird, tweeted about the delicious meal he had whipped up using ingredients bought at RCFM’s opening market. He said: Bacon, roast pepper, goat feta & tomato sandwich made from @nwfarmers ingredients. Mmm. And then, to make us all drool, he included a photo. Drool, much? And then, while cruising around Flickr for pictures of the market, something... [Read more]

A Delight to the Senses

What's On On July 1st I had my very first visit to Royal City Famers Market. While the weather was less than ideal for Canada Day festivities, I was very surprised to see a fantastic turn-out at the market. As I walked towards the action I could see vendors setting up shop for the day. There is a certain frenetic energy at the beginning of market day while everyone seems to get their... [Read more]

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