Huble Homestead will be wrapping up the summer season with the annual Potato Festival this weekend.
“We’ve been growing several heritage varieties in our garden over the last few months, we’ll be harvesting them later this week and they’ll be for sale this weekend,” said Executive Director Krystal Leason.
“If you love potatoes, and you particularly are interested in heirloom varieties, then you’re going to definitely want to come out early on Sunday or Monday to get your hands on some.”
Leason said they’ll be celebrating the spud with just about everything going on throughout the weekend.
“We’ll have potato-themed games, potato-themed crafts, we’ll also have heritage demonstrations that are not so potato-themed,” she said.
“On Sunday, we’ll have cheese making and a crochet demo, we’ll also have on Monday, cheese again, and the treadle wood lathe will be out, one of our staff will be demonstrating how she made perfume out of plants on the homestead this summer.”
Leason said there will also be a special menu in the General Store as well.
“We’ll have potato pancakes for sale in the morning, and then also some potato soup for those that want to have soup on a hot day.”
Leason said the Potato Festival isn’t one of their biggest events, but potato lovers attend well.
Leason added this will be the last weekend of summer hours for Huble Homestead.
“After the long weekend, we’ll be on weekends only open from 10:00 to 5:00,” Leason said.
“As a thank you to everyone that’s helped us out all summer long, you can take ten per cent off all your purchases in the General Store this weekend.”
The Potato Festival runs Sunday and Monday.
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