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blueberries and peppers


Greetings from the farm,

We’ve added blueberries and some peppers this week. There are a few of each variety.

If you want blueberries it’s helpful to order early so we can start picking on Thursday.

Peppers, eggplant, and tomatoes are slow to grow in this weather we’ve been having. Even the greenhouse tomatoes are slow to ripen. Kind of odd, but every season has it’s quirks.

U-pick blueberries are available Wed. to Sun 8 to 5. The price is $2.35/lb. for online members. It’s best to bring your own containers, though we do have quarts and pint boxes for people to use.

I hope you’ve enjoyed the veggies and thank you for your orders.

Tim

U-pick blueberries open this weekend!


Greetings,

U-pick blueberry season has begun. We’ll be open this weekend, Sat. and Sun. 8 to 5 and then Wed. to Sun. 8 to 5 for the rest of the blueberry season.
The price is $2.35/lb. for online members and 2.60/lb. for the general public.

Enjoy,
Tim

What's new


Greetings,

New this week will be sugar snap peas.

I’ve also added a few cucumbers. They’re slow to come with the cool weather we’ve had (59 degrees here on the 4th!)so I’m guessing as to how many there might be by Friday. If cukes are sold out on the site you can ask for how many you would like in the comment section and we’ll provide if possible

Blueberries are starting to ripen. If we can be open for u-pick this weekend I’ll send an email. U-pick will certainly begin by next Wednesday 7/15 and we should be picking for the online market next week.

Greenhouse tomatoes and peppers in the field are also waiting for consistently warmer weather.

Thank you for your orders last week.

Enjoy,
Tim

Lettuce begin !


Greetings,

We’re ready to start the harvest this week.

I include shell peas on the list, but that may be optimistic. They’re close to being ready, but I can’t be sure we’ll be able to pick by Friday. We’ll hope for the best!

With the cooler weather we’ve had the lettuce is also slightly behind schedule. I’ll lower the price a bit if the heads are smaller than usual.

It looks like it’ll be a lovely day today so we’ll be focusing on getting a good jump on the weeds which have been enjoying all the recent rains.

Overall, the crops look good and when warmer weather arrives we should be off and running.

Blueberries may begin next week. Certainly by the week after.

Enjoy,
Tim

Harvest begins next week !


Greetings,

The first market will be next Friday, July 3.

You can place your orders beginning Tuesday, June 30 (the website will be updated and ready for ordering by that day.)

Orders should be in by Thursday, July 2 at 8:00. (the sooner the better)

Pick-up will be from 4:30 to 7:30 at the farm and from 5:00 to 8:00 in the lobby of the Union Mill. The entrance to the lobby is across from the back door of Nature’s Green Grocer.

We’ll have carrots, basil, swiss chard, scallions, curly and Italian parsley, arugula, and squash. And maybe shell peas, salad mix, lettuce, and beets, depending on growth rates in this spell of cooler weather. If an item is listed on the website next Tuesday then we’ll have it to offer. If not, then it’s not ready.

Please get in touch if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Tim

ORDER FOR FRIDAY JAN. 9


GREETINGS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR,

In this new year we still have a few items to offer. The carrots, Copra onions, cabbage and celeriac are all in good shape so if you want to restock or add to your stores now is a good time.

PLEASE NOTE: PRICES HAVE BEEN LOWERED FOR THE ONIONS AND CARROTS. THE CHANGES ARE ON THE WEBSITE.

PICK UP IS THIS FRIDAY, JAN. 9.

*ORDERS WILL BE READY FOR PICK UP AT UNION MILL BY 2:30 AND AT THE FARM BY 3:30.

I’ll be in touch later this month about signing on for next season. THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING TO MAKE 2014 A GREAT YEAR. MAY 2105 BE AS FRUITFUL.

Stay warm and enjoy the winter,
Tim

TIM

ORDER FOR FRIDAY DEC. 12


Greetings,

We still have some carrots, onions, cabbage, celery root, garlic and kale to offer.

YOU CAN ORDER ANYTIME UNTIL THURSDAY DEC. 11 AT 8:00.

The Ailsa Craigs are now $1.00 each. They’re still large, but the area around the neck may be soft. I’ll try to find the hardest ones, but even with a soft neck 95% or more of the onion will be fine.

We just have the Winterbor kale, not the Lacinato. The leaves will be smaller like the last order. Not much growing going on now!

Thank you and stay warm.

Tim

This week's order


Greetings,

We’re doing another order for this FRIDAY NOV. 21. PLEASE ORDER BY THURSDAY NIGHT AT 8:00. EARLIER ORDERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.

When putting everything into storage before the recent cold I sorted through the GARLIC and found about 15 lbs of decent bulbs that didn’t go to market because of their small size, color. or other defect in appearance. They’re still good for eating. These are available for .50 cents each or $4.00/lb. so I’ll adjust the price according to weight as usual.

We have some SALAD MIX and nice LETTUCE in the hoop house which I hope will make it through this week’s arctic blast with some help from row covers. I’m estimating the amount of mix available so if it’s sold out you can ask for some in the comment section and we may have more to provide.

The PARSLEY hasn’t been enjoying the cold so having some of that looks iffy.

Hopefully, the KALE will live up to it’s reputation for hardiness.

We still have plenty of carrots, onions,celery root and cabbage. BULK PRICES STILL APPLY.

Thank you for all your orders two weeks ago.

Keep warm and dry.

Tim

BULK ORDER NEXT WEEK NOV.7


Greetings,

*THE ANNUAL BULK ORDER WILL BE FRIDAY NOV. 7.

THERE WILL BE NO ORDER THIS WEEK.

The heavy rains last week prevented our planting garlic so it has to happen in the next couple of days. This leaves no time to put together the bulk order this week.

After planting I’m going away Friday and will be back next Tuesday Nov.4. I’ll update the site then and email details about the bulk order.

I apologize for any inconvenience the delay may cause.

Thanks,
Tim

BULK ORDER NEXT WEEK


Greetings,

Next week will be the ANNUAL BULK ORDER when we offer onions, potatoes, and carrots at a discount when buying 10 pounds or more. All of these can keep well for many months under the right conditions. Leeks and cabbage will also be discounted for that week. I’ll provide more info next week.

Another frost Monday morning, but again not too hard. The weed galinsoga was hit fairly hard at the bottom of the field and largely untouched up at the top in the potatoes. It may be November before we get a true freeze which would be unusually late.

Right now I’m looking for a window of dry weather so we can plant garlic for next year.

Thank you for your orders.

Tim