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The Peachy Wheel of Plenty!
IT’S PRETTY PEACHY around here. This fresh crop alert is urgent. The farm is bursting with food. We need your help. Come get picking! We’re talking about cukes, zukes, eggplant, garlic, onions, peppers, tomatoes, peaches, potatoes, blackberries, blueberries… Wait, did … Continue reading
The Farm Stand Opens Today!
We’ve been in “wagon mode” for strawberry and raspberry seasons, but today the main farm stand is open! Sunrise to sunset, 7 days a week! It stays nice and cool under the shade of the front porch. That’s where you’ll … Continue reading
Let’s Hear it for the Ol’ Razzmatazz!
The raspberries are going wild! Hot sunny days – and the stunning Women’s World Cup match between USA and Brazil – have the berries feeling jubilant and celebratory! Gooooooooooooooooal! Golazoooooooooo! Go USA! And good luck to all the remaining squads! … Continue reading
Fresh Crop Alert – Out with the Straw, in with the Rasp!
Hope you all had a lovely holiday weekend. The Strawberries have left town for the year; they’ll be back next June. Meanwhile the Raspberries are kicking off their summer. This chap is relaxing by the irrigation pond. These lovebirds are … Continue reading
Fresh Strawberries are What’s on Tap.
Smoothies for brunch, daiquiris at dinner… It is strawberry season in New York and it won’t last forever. So if you want to live in the “now,” swing out to your local farm and get picking! There’s a beautiful crop … Continue reading
A Couple of Farm Lads Getting Dragged Behind a Tractor on Pumpkin-Planting Duty.
We’ve planted 10,000 strawberry plants by hand. We’ve pounded umpteen hundred tomato stakes by hand. We do lots of hard work the old-fashioned way. Other times we use advanced technology, like this tractor-pulled planter. The metal wheel makes a hole … Continue reading
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Fresh Crop Alert – Strawberries! Here! Now!
Come on down to the farm! It is time to pick strawberries! You can hand-pick in the Berry Patch, or buy quarts that we’ve picked for you. Remember those green strawberries we looked at last week? Now they are red, … Continue reading
First Crop Alert – Strawberries in June!
Hey, y’all. Happy holidays! It’s almost time for a bowl of fresh-picked strawberries! I just went crawling around the strawberry field and found something pretty great… Thousands of these! Bam! Of course some of the berries are still at the … Continue reading
Farm Pop Quiz: Why Does 6+1=0?
Take 6 divine little apple buds, tenderly formed and full of promise… Add 1 chomp by a woodland hoodlum… And you get zero apples. See, 6 + 1 = 0. Strange but true. You might remember from Miss Crabapple’s biology … Continue reading
Spring Blossoms of Peach, Nectarine, Apple, and Pear.
There are a few days in spring when the orchards pop with blossoms. Wind, rain, and biology conspire to make the show short-lived. You have to enjoy the blooms while they last, and get photos on the spot or wait … Continue reading
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