Veggies for Thanksgiving and storage

The stand is still full of lots of good veggies for your Thanksgiving meal. Look at the list. We have several bins of winter squash that have marked or scuffed skins (that will not be put into long term storage) for sale at bargain prices. ( $.25/ lb any quantity).

From now till the day before Thanksgiving we will be open with the summer schedule 6 days a week.
In the month of December we will be open on Thursday, Friday and Saturdays from 12:30 pm till 5 pm. We will be completely closed from Christmas till New year. After the new year till spring the plan is to be open every Friday (12:30pm – 5pm) weather permitting. (If the weather is very stormy or cold call ahead before coming during those midwinter days).
In early May when the asparagus comes up summer hours will resume ( Mon-Sat 10 am -6 pm.
We normally sell the majority of our winter storage crops wholesale to the restaurant, food service, and colleges. This year there is very little potential to sell to them. This creates the opportunity for us to have the stand open through the winter. We will have the various storage crops as supplies last. We also plan to keep the bulk food room stocked. Daniel

We are open- winter schedules

Below is an updated product list from Martins Farmstand. The beautiful warm weather of last week has the late lettuce, spinach, and kale looking good. The plan is to harvest lots of these goodies today to stock the stand into next week. There is a patch of cilantro that I did not expect to make it to a reasonable size- it is just perfect. Look at the list to see what all else we have for you. The storage areas are full of all sorts of root crops and cabbage. There are lots of brussel sprouts and leeks left in the field.
The winter schedule for us to be open is as follows.
From now till the day before Thanksgiving we will be open with the summer schedule 6 days a week.
In the month of December we will be open on Thursday, Friday and Saturdays from 12:30 pm till 5 pm. We will be completely closed from Christmas till New year. After the new year till spring the plan is to be open every Friday (12:30pm – 5pm) weather permitting. (If the weather is very stormy or cold call ahead before coming during those midwinter days).
In early May when the asparagus comes up summer hours will resume ( Mon-Sat 10 am -6 pm.
Daniel

Weblog Entry 11/6/20

I like this lovely warm weather. It is nice to be working at harvesting and washing crops such as carrots with warm sun on the back and with warm hands. The late carrots are very nice with a good yield. Bulk price for nice carrots is $1.25 per lb. (25 lb. bag $31.25)
The spinach, cilantro, brussel sprouts and kale came through the cold of the past week and are ok. There is even still some lettuce. We have lots of nice cauliflower. (bulk price $1.50/lb for 10 + lbs)
There is no broccoli for today but the plants came through ok and I expect to be picking broccoli again early next week. Brussel sprouts are abundant this year with an estimated 1,000 lbs. still left in the garden behind the barn. Bulk sale price for brussels is $2.25 lb. for 10 + lbs.
Andy Yoder is planning to be here at the stand again this afternoon from noon to 4:30pm selling his good homegrown chicken. Daniel

Free lettuce this weekend at Martins Farmstand

There was lots of lovely lettuce in the fields which we harvested yesterday ahead of the freeze. Now it needs you to enjoy it. We are offering this lettuce free at the stand during the next few days as supply lasts. We also harvested lots of other greens and herbs. The coolers are packed full with lots of good food. Cauliflower, big cabbage, leeks, brussel sprouts, potatoes, carrots, daikon radish, beets, onions, turnips, winter squash of all kinds and sizes, apples-even tomatoes- this wonderful produce stand has some really good eating in it. This is the time to think about stocking up on your winter storage of all kinds of root crops including sweet potatoes grown her on the farm. Ask how to best store your produce for longer term storage as we have experience. Some crops like cold and damp, some cool and dry and some warm and dry. Daniel

Chickens

There are lots of tomatoes available today including canner tomatoes. (protected from the early frost) The garden is full of all the greens such as spinach, kale, lettuce, Brussel sprouts, etc. The potato harvest is finished. I have about 10 tons here in storage. Anytime now is time to get your winters supply. Today while it is warm we are expecting to finish planting the garlic and to lift the glad bulbs.
The Andy Yoder family is raising a batch of broiler chickens. They will be here at the stand selling them from noon to 4:30 pm today. They are also planning to be here with chicken on Oct 30 and Nov 6. Prices are $2.75 per lb Bulk prices are $2.50 for 10 + and $2.25 per lb for 25 + birds. Larger amounts need to be pre ordered and prepaid.
Summer hours on the stand will continue till Thanksgiving. In December we will also be open with reduced hours. I am not sure what that schedule will be yet. Daniel

Daniel

Chicken and Potatoes.

A few highlights of the moment are a lovely harvest of beautiful cabbage cauliflower and broccoli and lots of Brussel sprouts. I lowered the price on sprouts. We are also overstocked on celery and butternut squash. We got the last row of potatoes out of the field last evening just before dark and the rain. It is always a relief to finish a big job. It gave about 10 tons which is fairly normal. We pick them up by hand. Potato prices are unchanged from last year. We wash them and grade out anything that is not expected to store. Bulk potato prices are as follows. If you take whole crates as they come the price is 40 cents per lb. First grade is 50 cents and seconds are 20 cents per lb. The Andy Yoder family is raising a batch of broiler chickens. They will be here at the stand selling them from noon to 4:30 pm on Friday Oct 23, Oct 30 and Nov 6. Prices are $2.75 per lb Bulk prices are $2.50 for 10 + and $2.25 per lb for 25 + birds. Larger amounts need to be pre ordered and prepaid. Daniel

Mums and pretty cabbage

Yes we are open on Columbus day weekend (not Sunday) and yes the stand is still packed full of lots of good food. We still have tomatoes and peppers. There is a glorious selection of all sorts of winter squash (bulk price $.65 per lb) and a bin of big cabbage. There are smaller cabbage, carrots, rutabaga, celery, sweet potatoes and a rainbow of beets colors along with so much more.. To make you place pretty there are potted mums, flowering cabbage and kale. All the ornamental plants are on sale at 10 for $40 mix or match. This includes the bigger sized pots. The colored kales are hardy till it gets very cold and then you cut the top out of the plant and eat it!
I dug a few potatoes this afternoon. The skins need to set after the potato plants are dead; our big patch of late potatoes are almost ready to dig for winter storage- I expect to be working at that late next week weather permitting. If you are planning to plant garlic it is soon time for that. The soil has to stay mostly colder than 50 degrees after the garlic is planted so the cloves grow roots but it is best if it does not come up till spring. For this area anytime after about Oct 15 is time to plant garlic. Daniel

Broccoli, Brussel sprouts and canning tomatoes

We have a stand packed full of good food for you. A few highlights of the moment are about 5 bushels of Concord grapes and lots of sweet potatoes. The patch yielded a normal amount. There are several thousand lbs sitting here curing by the woodstove. For the best flavor and storage potential we cure sweet potatoes for about 10 days in a space that is about 85 degrees and with fairly high humidity. After that they like 50 to 70 degrees and dry.
I have about 6 bushels of really nice broccoli from my patch for today. Brussel sprouts and celery are also doing well this year.
We still have lots of canning tomatoes and a few bushel of beans. They will be gone soon. The Irish (red white, russet, blue etc) potato field still has live plants as is normal and are giving a good crop. We are hand digging new potatoes for fresh eating as needed. The main fall storage potato harvest will be sometime towards mid October. Daniel

pre-frost harvesting abundance

Yesterday the produce growers of this area were harvesting all sorts of produce. There was concern that we could have a frost.(and we did) This abundance is here at the stand waiting for someone to come and buy it. A few last chance items of this moment are sweet corn. There are 8 bags (4-5 dozen) available @$12 in addition to the normal by the dozen pricing. The girls were picking beans and we have about 20 bushels here. ($15 per 1/2 bushel box) There are also lots of peppers and canning tomatoes, watermelon and so much more.
In addition to this last chance list there are many frost tolerant and storage crops The harvest will continue till the weather gets very cold. In this group there are most of the herbs such as cilantro and parsley, leeks, radish rutabaga, spinach, lettuces kale etc. There is a glorious selection of winter squash and about 50 lbs. of Brussel sprouts picked for today. We have some sweet potatoes already dug. The main sweet potato harvest will be next week. After a curing period It will be time to lay your stock away for winter storage. For the best flavor and storage potential we cure sweet potatoes for about 10 days in a space that is about 85 degrees and with fairly high humidity. After that they like 50 to 70 degrees and dry.
Daniel

Organic grapes and lots of canning tomatoes

The Alpine-glow grapes are ready. (rich flavored seeded green grapes with a pink blush.)I have about 200 lbs available for $5 per quart or $25 per half bushel. We are also in the peak of tomato season and the backlog of orders that we had is cleared so there should be canning tomatoes on the stand fairly steady for the next while. We still have lots of beans but we are on the last planting. If you are going to get beans (or tomatoes) from us to can or freeze do it in the next ten days or wait till next year. If you procrastinate too long the seasons will pass on. Daniel