by Ian Sterne | Oct 26, 2019 | Christmas, Information
Christmas Colouring Contest for 2019! We’re so excited to share with you our Christmas Market KIDS’ CLUB Colouring Contest for 2019! The rules are simple: Download & print the colouring page by following the link to our website: Get your little one(s) to colour...
by Ian Sterne | Sep 25, 2019 | Information
Margaret Hobbs Memorial Pie Contest 2019 Open to all – customers and vendors – enter our Thanksgiving Pie Contest honouring the late Margaret Hobbs. This years pie is Pumpkin Pie! Margaret Hobbs was a longtime vendor of the Carp Farmers’ Market who passed...
by Ian Sterne | Jun 29, 2019 | Information
29 years! Kids’ Club Colouring Contest The Market is turning 29 years old and we want to celebrate! We’re so excited to share with you our KIDS’ CLUB Colouring Contest in celebration of our big birthday bash taking place July 6th! The rules are simple: Download &...
by Ennio Marcantonio | Sep 28, 2018 | harvest, Recipes, soup
Carp Harvest Celebration – Three Sister Soup The Carp Harvest Festival is here again, The bounty of mother earth is peaking and those who work on the land are harvesting her gifts so that we may be fed with the life sustaining fare she so generously offers. My...
by Ennio Marcantonio | Aug 15, 2018 | Garlic, Information
A big ‘thank You’ to all who participated in our 2018 Carp Garlic Festival: • the garlic farmers who worked hard to bring us some fabulous garlic • the customers who have come to appreciate the quality and flavour of our local garlic, heading home with a...
by Ennio Marcantonio | Aug 2, 2018 | Garlic
CARP FARMERS’ MARKET GARLIC FESITVAL – 2018 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS *All events take place in the Events Tent. Saturday, August 11, 2018 8:00 am – Welcome to our 19th Garlic Festival 9:30 am – The Best Garlic Contest – Garlic growers vie for the red ribbon in 5...
by Ennio Marcantonio | Jul 29, 2018 | Garlic
Properly cured and free of disease & nematodes, garlic will store for over 12 months … the bulb and loose cloves on the left were harvested this time last year! Shown with this year’s garlic.
by Ennio Marcantonio | Jul 18, 2018 | Garlic
The Carp Garlic Festival will soon be here and we are looking forward to inviting everyone for 2 days of presentations on growing, braiding, tasting and using garlic. Lots of garlic will be available for sale, either as braids or loose, fresh or processed. Look for...
by Ennio Marcantonio | Mar 23, 2018 | Easter, Information
Welcome to our 27th market season. Our first market of the year is coming up soon, the Easter Market on March 31, 8 am – 2 pm. A new season is always so exciting, a clean slate, a fresh start. Most of the vendors from previous years will be back, with a few new and...
by Ennio Marcantonio | Oct 25, 2017 | Information
This coming Saturday, October 28, 2017, will be our last market of the regular season. We hope you will all come back for a visit to our Christmas Market, Friday December 1 and Saturday December 2. As I look back on this growing season, I have nothing but gratitude...
