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Fresh Produce - Local Products
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SPRING HARVEST
May - June
We have grown for you the very best in asparagus, lettuce, spinach, green onions, peas, rhubarb, radishes.
SUMMER HARVEST
July - August - September
Picked daily, we will bring to market fresh green beans, summer squash, cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, carrots, kohlrabi, onions, broccoli, beets, cabbage, potatoes and of course SWEET CORN.
Knight's Farm Sweet Corn Selling locations for 2007:
--Hyvee Drugstore, Boyson & C
--Hyvee Drugstore, 7th Avenue in Marion
--Hyvee Drugstore, Blairsferry & Center Point Rd.
--CVS Pharmacy, Mt. Vernon Rd. at Memorial Drive
--CVS Pharmacy, Center Point Road at 42nd Street
--Town & Country Shopping Center, 1st Avenue SE
From May through mid September, check weekly for our products, produce storage tips and favorite recipes at Marion, Whittier and Mt Vernon FARMERS MARKETS. By special appointment, you can also shop directly at our farm.
Farmers Markets
--Marion, 7th Avenue at 35th, Wed: 3-6PM, Sat: 8-11:30AM
--Mt Vernon, at the visitors center, Thu: 4:00-6:00PM
FALL HARVEST
September - October
We grow and SELL a wide variety of pumpkins, squash, decorative gourds and indian corn, straw, broom corn. We sell at the local farmers markets until mid-September. From saturday September 29 through October 31, our farm is open to the public for the pumpkin season. Click on the Pumpkin Patch link for more information about HOURS and ATTRACTIONS.
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Sweetcorn stand up and running.
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PUMPKIN SHOP
Hours of Operation:
OPEN from Saturday September 29 to October 31 2007
Saturday - Sunday . 10AM to 6PM
Tuesday - Friday . 11AM to 6PM
Mondays . Closed, reservations only
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OTHER KNIGHT'S FARM PRODUCTS FOR SALE
- Honey ~ made by our busy bees
- Corn shocks ~ prebundled by us
- Indian corn ~ small and large ears
- Squirrel corn ~ they love this stuff
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REGIONAL/LOCAL FAVORITES
- Apple Butter, and Jams
- Scented decorative putka pods
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TELEPHONE: 319.854.7057
EMAIL: knightsfarm@netins.net
LOCATION: 3482 Whittier Road, 1-1/2 miles north of County Home Road, on the blacktop to Waubeek.
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