Kindersley Rock Your World Orchard

Thank you to all who came to the orchard tonight. And, a special thank you to the kindhearted family who brought me a bouquet of flowers which they had growing in theIr garden. Fruit Status: Saskatoons although there are still berries to be found inside many bushes, I feel that the Saskatoons have come to a close for this season. ... Cherries there are still cherries the require time to ripen. Maybe in the next few days of heat the last of the cherries will be ready to be picked. In the next few days, watch for the post as to when this remaining batch of cherries are ready. Raspberries These need at least four days to ripen again. I will be watering the rows this week. Possibly Saturday or Sunday there will be a good amount ready to collect. Watch for the post if you would like to gather raspberries. Thank you :)

Thank you to all who arrived to collect fruit and enjoy the playground at the orchard! It was wonderful to have so many smiles created. Call/text Christine at 306.460.4442 to let her know when you’d like to come to collect fresh fruit while spending time in the fresh air .

Another’Rock Your World Kitchen Creation!’ Anita Harder and family/friends arrived to the orchard to collect Saskatoons. Anita commented, Hi! The first thing we made with the berries was Saskatoon Berry Crisp and it was delicious! Almost ate the whole dish.... Thank you for coming to the orchard. Your Saskatoon crisp looks (or, I should say ‘looked’, ha) very tasty!

Thank you to all of the visitors who arrived to the orchard last evening and today. Enjoy your fresh fruit!

Thank you to all the visitors who arrived today. It was a great day for all ages spending time at the orchard. Your support and presence was very much appreciated. The orchard will be open tonight. Please call/text Kate 306.620.3250 to let her know when you would like to arrive to the orchard tonight or tomorrow. Thank you

Thank you to all the visitors who arrived this morning to the orchard. Lots of fresh fruit will be enjoyed by many families and friends. Please call/text Kate at 306.620.3250 if you’d like to arrive tonight or tomorrow. Kate commented today, Still lots of fruit to enjoy! Lots of cherries ready to be picked and the saskatoons are still going strong.

Thank you to all of the visitors that arrived this morning to collect fruit. It was a great day. The orchard will be closed tonight. Please call/text Kate at (306) 620-3250 to let her know when you’d like to arrive this weekend . There are lots of Saskatoons and cherries. As well, there are some raspberries available.

Today was ‘Ruth Day’ at Rock Your World Orchard. We thank all the people who arrived to collect fruit for free. I loved every minute of visiting with you all and gathering berries together. How the Name ‘Ruth Day’ Came to Be... There are two reasons why the name ‘Ruth Day’ came to be. Here is the first reason: When Shawn and I planted the orchard in 2007, it took three years to care for the entire 10 acres while allowing the trees to grow. This required a lot of time, ...energy and investment with no tangible returns. Once the Saskatoons began to produce fruit, in the third growing season, we found it exceptionally difficult to spread the word for people to become aware of our orchard. However, there was one woman whose name is Ruth who came to our orchard during our first fruit season. Each year since, Ruth has supported our orchard and she became our flickering light of hope to continue onward with our orchard. It was during our fifth year, after all the years previous of continually holding a clear vision of what the orchard could become regardless of the lack of visitors, that I had finally turned to Shawn one day and said, I think we should give up. I, in that moment, had let my vision go. The very next day after I uttered those words to Shawn, a woman called me (who I did not know at the time) and she said, I believe in your orchard and I want to help get the word out to the community and surrounding areas. Would you let me start a Facebook page for your orchard? I simply could not believe that this woman, who had such passion and enthusiasm in her voice, wanted to help us so desperately. I quickly agreed. After I hung up the phone with her, I felt that something bigger knew that this orchard is intended to go on. My vision instantly returned and I continue to hold it to this very day. So, now onto the second reason we called this day ‘Ruth Day. That same woman who had started our Facebook page had come to the orchard to pick raspberries one evening and we began to visit. I had mentioned to her that I wanted to hold one day where people in need to come to orchard and pick for free. This woman quickly began to share a biblical story about a woman named Ruth who was permitted to glean ( to collect or gather) from a farmer’s field since she was in need. Although Shawn and I are not religious people, we found this story interesting. That night I researched the concept of gleaning and read about this story of Ruth. For these two reasons, ‘Ruth Day’ became the name for the one day dedicated each season to share the gifts of Nature with those in need.

This morning I picked 10 pounds of cherries in about one hour. My plan is to come back this evening to continue looking through the remaining trees since many trees have amazing cherries located near the middle. If you love these cherries then join me tonight or tomorrow to collect this delicious fruit. We will only have today and tomorrow to collect the cherries for this season. Call/text 306.460.4442.

Another Rock Your World Kitchen Creation! Stephanie Vandewiele shares a delicious creation recently made in her kitchen. Sour cherry swirled cheesecakes with oreo base! Cherry sauce was made with the sour cherries from the rock your world orchard!!!! Thank you, Stephanie. This looks like it didn’t last long in your fridge, but rather was most likely quickly devoured by mouths of family and friends!

Monday, August 17th 5:25 pm There are a few cherry trees covered with netting which have perfectly ripened fruit and a good amount to be collected. ... Also, I went to one row and picked these in seconds so there are a good amount of raspberries ready, as well. The orchard will only be opened tomorrow (Wednesday) and Thursday of this week. So, call/text 306.460.4442 if you would like to come to gather either cherries or raspberries. Thank you :)

Friday, August 7th, 2020 Due to personal circumstances the orchard will be closed until further notice. I will be unable to respond to any texts/calls for several days. Please wait for my next post as to when the orchard might reopen in the coming days. Thank you.

Another ‘Rock Your World Kitchen Creation!’ Visitors arrived at the orchard a few days ago and decided to become creative in the kitchen together using the fruit that they had gathered. Stephaine Vandewiele shares, After our visit to your orchard on Monday we made Saskatoon berry jam and Saskatoon berry coffee cake. We also picked 25lbs lol of cherries.. we still have enough Saskatoon berries for a pie, yet.... Thank you for gathering fresh fruit from our orchard to make a variety of delicious food to share and enjoy with your family and friends!