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At the Farmstand: September 6-11

Peppers, colorful, crunchy peppers are now plentiful.  Sweet, medium and hot peppers are available for your snacking, roasting, salsa making, stuffing or however else you want to enjoy them!   This week at our Farmstand you can find: • Eggs   Fresh/Stored Veggies • Beans, Snap (Field Stone Farm) • Beets: Red, Chioggia & Golden […]

At the Farmstand: August 30- September 5

The Rainbow of Tomatoes in the farmstand is so pleasing…to the eye and taste buds.   Labor Day weekend definitely equals summer eating bounty. Enjoy the peppers, tomatoes, plums, beans, and for those ready for a smidge of fall…Brussels Sprouts are available as well! This week at our Farmstand you can find: • Eggs   Fresh/Stored Veggies […]

Three Sisters

Corn, beans, and squash create a special alchemy together in the field and on the plate.  In legend, the plants were a gift from the gods, always to be grown together, eaten together, and celebrated together. This companion planting trio was widespread across North America and the Iroquois label, “three sisters”, is woven into contemporary gardening […]

Corn is getting bigger!

This photo shows both our excitement about this year’s experiment with the Native American Three Sisters companion approach (Corn, Beans & Squash)  and are thankfulness that our sprayer for foliar feeding is finally working.  Nice work on pump replacement Mari.   So the corn is looking good so far, but we’ll see what happens.  Today […]