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Sparrow Valley is a small century farm located in the picturesque hills of Roslin Ontario. On our far See sparrowvalley.ca for details

Belleville Farmers Market Saturdays 8-2pm until Thanksgiving weekend.

05/01/2023

Exciting week here on the farm!
Our first attempt at hatching eggs. Thanks to my daughter for putting this video together of our first two chicks ❤️

04/16/2023

Fun at play! Our livestock guardian Finnegan at play with Joshua ❤️

03/18/2023

This is our largest Seabuckthorn berry bush. This berry is slowly becoming well known for its high omega oil and vitamin C content. Not quite a fresh eating berry due to the fact that it’s very sour but the aroma from the bush is fantastic. Very slow to harvest because of its sharp thorns but it’s worth it.
We discovered that the flavour of this berry works wonders when blended with the strawberries and raspberries.
We make a thick concentrated juice from these to add to the jams. ❤️

03/16/2023

Goji berries are cold hardy and can take a few frosts. Because we were blessed with such a mild November last year, we had a bumper crop of goji berries which enabled us to make our goji berry jelly! I took this video November 10/22. The bush looks a little sad since most of the leaves had fallen but the berries were delicious.

03/16/2023

The most frequent question I was asked at the market last summer was “can you grow Goji Berries in Ontario?” Yes you can!

Here is an example of one of our bushes blooming last September. We have been getting two harvests a year from our Goji bushes. One in July and the second later in the fall.

03/14/2023

Goji Berry Low Sugar Jelly.

This special jelly is our pride and joy. Trying to discover a flavour and texture took a few attempts. This berry actually has an unusual sweet/bitter taste when eaten raw. We left some pulp in the juice to add nutrition, so this jelly is not as clear as the elderberry jelly. Also. this is fantastic in plain greek yogurt!

Ingredients: Organic Goji Berry Juice, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Lemon Juice, Pomona's Pectin with calcium, vanilla, ginger

Go to sparrowvalley.ca for ordering information.

03/14/2023

Elderberry Low Sugar Jelly.

A clear deep purple Jelly full of nutrients! . We kept the sugar amount lower and added spices, so this actually tastes like an elderberry spice jelly.

Ingredients: Elderberry juice, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Lemon Juice, Pomona's Pectin with calcium, vanilla, cinnamon, cloves
Go to sparrowvalley.ca for ordering information

03/14/2023

Elderberry Raspberry Low Sugar Jam.

This has a smoother texture than the other jams. These berry flavours go very well together and is my personal favorite!

Organic Raspberries, Organic Elderberry Juice, Organic lemon Juice, Organic cane sugar, Pomona's Pectin with calcium, Vanilla, Cinnamon. Go to sparrowvalley.ca for ordering information.

03/14/2023

Raspberry, Goji Berry, Seabuckthorn Low Sugar Jam.

This jam also has a lot of texture including whole goji berries. The raspberries add a hint of tartness as is expected from a raspberry. My husbands favourite!

Ingredients: Organic raspberries, Organic goji Berries, Organic Seabuckthorn berries, Organic cane sugar, Pomona's Pectin with calcium, vanilla, cinnamon. Go to Sparrowvalley.ca for ordering information

03/14/2023

Strawberry, Goji Berry, Seabuckthorn Low Sugar Jam.

Lots of texture in this jam! We tried to keep some of the berries whole. This jam has been the all time favourite!

Ingredients: Organic strawberries, Goji Berries, Seabuckthorn Berries, Organic cane sugar, Pomona's Pectin with calcium, vanilla, cinnamon. Go to sparrowvalley.ca for ordering information

03/09/2023

What's new in 2023?

Spring is on its way and as I look through pictures from last years growing season I'm saddened we are no longer growing veggies for the farmers market.

Thank you to all our amazing veggie customers over the past 3 years!

We will certainly miss growing yummy veggies for market but transitioning into a berry farm is so exciting, especially growing these nutrient dense very special berries. This year we will continue to expand our Goji Berries, Seabuckthorn Berries, Elderberries and raspberries and a few strawberries of course. As well, preparing for a small raspberry U Pick for 2024.

Some of our berries are naturally super sweet like the strawberries, but others are not quite a fresh eating berry. So we have been having fun experimenting with different flavour combinations to create a product with low sugar and bursting with berry goodness.
Voila....we have 5 varieties of berry preserves each with its own quality.

95% organic with quality real ingredients.

We hope you like our special jams and jellies. They have gone through rigorous taste testing (thank you friends and family!)

We always welcome feedback and suggestions!

More details about each Jam and jelly will follow shortly.

09/06/2022

Just an update:
So it seems fall has arrived very quickly here and we are winding down for the season. Online ordering is now closed and we will be at the Belleville Market Saturdays only until Thanksgiving weekend 😊

Address

294 Boundary Road Rue R #2
Belleville, ON
K0K2Y0

Telephone

+16138853115

Website

http://www.sparrowvalley.ca/

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