The Weblog
This page contains news, event information, and other items added by the market managers.
Summer Hours Begin
Summer Hours begin today. From now through November the stand is open Tuesday thru Saturday from 10 am – 6 pm The selection of product is always changing as the season moves from spring to summer and then autumn. Now we have asparagus and garlic scallions along with various spring greens and herbs. We also have the bulk food room and carrots, beet, potatoes etc that have been stored from last years crop. Note that we are closed on Sundays and Mondays. Enjoy spring! Daniel
Asparagus and Spinach
The farm stand will be open this afternoon (May 6,2023) from 12:30 – 5 PM. Spring is here and the overwintered spinach is ready for harvest starting today. We just cut the first bit of asparagus (about a quarter tubful) which will be at the stand starting at 12:30 till it is gone. I also have lots of different herbs such as thyme, mint, oregano, lemon balm, chives and parsley that Deborah is bunching now. She is also harvesting the first rhubarb. From the greenhouse we have lots of tender curly kale and the first heads of lettuce.
Today is the last Saturday using winter hours. Starting Tuesday May 9 summer hours begin. (Tuesday – Saturday 10 AM- 6 PM) WE ARE NOT OPEN ON MONDAY THIS SUMMER (u-pick strawberries will still have the Monday- Wednesday- Saturday schedule as in the past) WE JUDGED WE WISH TO HAVE A TWO DAY WEEKEND FOR BETTER BALANCE IN OUR LIVES. Daniel
Weblog Entry
The farmstand will be open this afternoon from 12:30- 5 pm. There is fresh bread baking. Garlic scallions and chives are new products.
Between yesterday and this morning we finished planting all the onions out to the field. Yes it is done by hand- just poke the little plants into the marks on the bed. We had about 125 flats of onions with 550 seeds planted in each flat. It gave 29 beds of onions in the field. The wet weather forcast is perfect for the plants to grow roots.
The asparagus is coming up however it is not ready for harvest yet. With the cool weather forcast I judge that it will be another week before harvest begins. The spinach that we overwintered in the field looks like it will have fairly large yield. It is about a week out yet before harvest. When asparagus harvest starts summer hours will begin at the farmstand. Daniel
Farmstand open today
The Farmstand will be open today (April 15, 2023) from 12:30 pm till 5 pm. New products: Kale, Dandelions and Scallions. The Kale and Scallions are both grown in a greenhouse. Kale that is grown in a greenhouse is more tender and sweeter. The Dandelions are wildcrafted from our farm. We have fresh baked Sourdough and Honey Wheat bread. Our Summer hours will be starting when the asparagus is ready sometime in May. We will have new hours. We will be closed on Monday and Sunday. We are planning to plant about 500 new raspberry plants today. I have been enjoying the Spring Peepers. This sound reminds me of my summers growing up in Mississippi. The night sounds were always the most beautiful music. The sun is shining and it looks like it will be a beautiful day. Have a great day today. Mendy
Farm Life
The farmstand and bulk food room is open this afternoon (April 1, 2023) from 12:30- 5 PM. We have our normal selection of late winter vegetables and bulk food. My wife is baking bread this morning. The garlic that we planted last fall is up and growing (outdoors) and the greenhouse is filling with new life.
One aspect of farm life and management has to do with having a thoughtful mix of enterprises that give enough employment through out the whole year without too serious overload at any time. During the slack times of the year everything that can be done now should be done right away so that during moments of peak load one is not slowed by maintenance etc. that could have been anticipated. Our land base includes a fair amount of woodland that we manage for various uses including firewood and timber production. Parts are managed as sugar bushes and of course there are the environmental and recreational aspects. There is a sense that in the woods we are still farmers nurturing specific young trees for visions that are long into the future. The cold part of the winter is when most of the actual wood cutting is done and then during mud season attention is focused on the actual sawmilling of the logs. This last week I cut a pile of hardwood logs. Some of this lumber is planned for building a nice honey house and place to overwinter bees. We ended up with quite a bit more wood than we have use for so we have a few thousand BF hardwood lumber for sale @ $.75- $1 BF along with assorted wide life edge planks($40 each) Chose from hard maple, basswood, ash, cherry, hickory and butternut. Daniel
Freshly peeled garlic and homemade bread
The farmstand and bulk food room is open this afternoon (March 18, 2023) from 12:30- 5 PM. We have our normal selection of late winter vegetables and bulk food. My wife is baking bread this morning and I peeled a batch of garlic that is available fresh on the stand today. Roasted or fried garlic with a bit of butter or oil goes really good with fresh bread. Daniel
Fresh Bread
The farmstand is open this afternoon (March 11,2023) from 12:30- 5 PM. There is still a good stock of the normal late winter vegetables such as potatoes (Irish and sweet), beets, carrots, onions and garlic. The bulk food room is restocked again with flour, sugar, oatmeal etc. One thing of note is that there are NO PRICE INCREASES. A highlight for today is that we have fresh bread baking which will be available this afternoon. They are mixing a white sourdough bread and the normal honey wheat bread. ( priced @ $5 per loaf.) Not today but soon we will be also baking a few other things such as cookies. The baking is a joint projct between my daughter Rebecca and my son Joshua with the help and mentorship of my beautiful and capable wife Mendy. The plan is to be baking every Saturday during the late winter- early spring. When the stand opens with summer hours the baking days will change. In the greenhouse we planted about 70,000 onion seeds about two weeks ago. They are up and growing nicely along with the other normal early things. Soon this snow will go away and after a bit of mud season there should be spring, green grass and asparagus. When summer hours resume this spring we will not be open on Mondays. Summer stand Hours will be Tuesday- Saturday from 10 am- 6 pm. We have judged that as a family that we want a two day weekend. Daniel
More Cabbage
Hello on this beautiful sparkly, glittering morning. The ice is wonderful in its own way (I do also enjoy when it melts) The farm stand will be open this afternoon from 12:30- 5 pm. Mosie Keim still had some of his good, sweet organic cabbage in his cellar so I brought about 45 heads to the stand. We ate one head yesterday. It was delicious. During the winter we are open every Saturday afternoon from 12:30 till 5 pm. Summer hours resume in early May when asparagus is ready. Daniel
The Farm Stand is Open Tomorrow
The farm stand is open tomorrow (Saturday, Feb 11) from 12:30 till 5 pm. Come to us for a selection of the normal winter veggies and bulk foods. The display cooler will have, beets, apples, potatoes, garlic, onions, sweet potatoes, carrots and more. The list below is only part of what is available. During the winter we are open every Saturday afternoon from 12:30 till 5 pm. Summer hours resume in early May when asparagus is ready. It is still wintery weather however May and asparagus will be here in about 3 months. This week the boys got thousands of taps out into the maple sugar bush. The first set of tomato seedlings are out of the ground and about 2 inches tall. Daniel
Last open days for the year is this week!
The farmstand is open this week on Thursday and Friday afternoon (December 22 and 23) from 12:30- 5 pm. We will NOT be open on Saturday December 24th. Now is the time to stock up on all your hardy winter vegetable needs such as potatoes, garlic, onions, shallots, beets, sweet potatoes, carrots and parsnips. I peeled about a bushel of garlic this evening so there is lots of garlic waiting to make you as healthy as you can be as we go into winter. We also have it with the skins on if you prefer. After this week the stand is completely closed until after the New Year. We plan to be open every Saturday afternoon through the cold part of the winter starting on Saturday January 7, 2023. Be well. Daniel