Harvest #7-A
Sorry for the delay, it’s been busy around here…but isn’t it always? What we’ve got for ya:This weeks Worms Voice- our CSA newsletter Head Lettuce (the last of it)TurnipsRadishesKohlrabiSpring OnionsChard OR KaleSummer Squash, which includes ZucchinisCucumbersGarlic–the first of many!!! Happy Eating! Yum!
Request for Share Pick up Switch
Our CSA member, Michele, is going to be out of town for two Saturday pick ups: August 8th and August 22nd. She is normally an alternate Saturday B share. She would like to switch for any day other than those, Saturdays and Wednesdays are both OK. Please email her directly if you would like to […]
Return of our slithering friend
Guess which favorite buddy of ours left us a little present on the roof of the milk barn! Just our old pal, the black rat snake of previous post’s fame. Do you see her shed skin flapping in the breeze by the old flower pot? She must have crawled up in the roof there where […]
Harvest #6-B
We’re already into the 6th week of the CSA season. It’s amazing for me to think that we’re a 1/3 of the way into it. This weeks Worms Voice- our CSA newsletter This week the fields are offering:Lettuce MixHead Lettuce–love it while it’s here!Chard/KaleBeets and their GreensTurnips and their GreensRadishesKohlrabiSpring OnionsGarlic Scapes–this may be the […]
Harvest #4-B
Click here for this weeks Worms Voice Newsletter(and we’ve posted pdf’s of the back issues with each harvest post too) It’s starting to feel like Harvest Day = Rain Day. Ugh. It gets a little hard to motivate the crew to head out into the fields and slog through the mud and spend the next […]
Cluck Cluck!
As you may have seen on our facebook page, we’re thinking about getting chickens here on the farm. Well, really, we’re planning on getting chickens, but right now we’re in that lovely stage where we’re dreaming big about what our chicken operation could look like. There are a lot of possibilities, and we’re pretty excited […]
A Special Visitor
Just as I finished posting our harvest for this week, I heard a little rustling from the shelves where we keep some of our seeds. I thought it might be a mouse that had somehow defied gravity and climbed to the top of the bookcase to snack on the kale seeds, but no, turned out […]
Baltimore Checkerspot Habitat Restoration
This week an excellent group of volunteers came and helped with a wetland habitat restoration project in the wetlands abutting the farm. Led by Denise Gibbs, a MNCPPC Naturalist and local authority on the Baltimore Checkerspot, the group helped execute a project designed to encourage the reproduction of the Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly, the Maryland State […]
Harvest 2-B
Michelle, will add more fun here in a moment. But for those anxious to know what’s coming your way this week. Here’s what we got:Baby Collards or KaleSalad MixSpinachRadishesSpring OnionsGarlic ScapesButler’s StrawberriesSurprise Bonus to be revealed at pick up!
A great spring picture!
a GREAT spring picture of everyone- a little damp and a lot happy! We love garlic scapes!