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Monthly Archives: July 2011
CSA & Market News Update
Due to the extreme heat advisory for today and for Saturday we will be opening the farm at 9:30am and closing at 1pm. Mark and I will need to finish harvesting this evening and into the early morning. We will be closing the farm at 1pm. Saturday July 13th. Farm hours 9:30am-1pm CSA Upate We [...]
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CSA Update Important
Shareholders, We are still planning on having a full pickup this Saturday at the farm. But I wanted to give you a heads up on checking your email Friday just in case we will need to split the shareholders into Group A & B due to this dangerous heat wave while harvesting. If we decide [...]
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The Art Of Pickling
Pickled Snap Beans I know…I know Doctor Phil would have a field day in my head…So lets just go with for a little bit anyway:) Hi my name is Peggy and I am addicted to pickling. Acknowledgment is the first step. Actually it is not so funny that so many of our old ways [...]
Make way for the Queen!
We have all heard the that Corn is king here in America if that is so then I think Tomatoes should be crown Queen! She is by far the queen of this farm during this hot summer season. Nothing and I do mean nothing drives folks to the farmers markets like a fresh tomato and [...]
What’s that in my CSA basket?
Patty Pan squash or flying Saucer squash as some folks call them. They do look a bit strange but don’t let that deter you from experimenting with cooking these wonderful gems. They are squash and with the summer temps on the rise they tend to be plentiful. Which is code for you will be seeing [...]
Chef’s Market & Talk Of The Town
Jim Hagy at the wonderful Chef’s Market & Take away called me a few weeks ago about having channel 5′s mid-day show Talk of the Town come out to the farm to show case what a Chef’s Market’s harvest dinner would be like here on the farm. Jim and I have been beating this idea [...]
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Keeping it between the rows
I was visiting with a family that came to farm last Saturday showing them around the farm and talking my favorite subject gardening. It was sprinkling rain but temperatures were nice a cool making for a rather perfect day. Their 2 young children were running about playing between the beds and I had to catch [...]
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Turning up the heat