Farm Update

Who Needs Apples? We have an opportunity to purchase apples and cider from the same certified organic farm in Pennsylvania that Mom's Organic Market get there apples from.   The best part is that while Mom's charges $2.99 and 3.99 a pound, we will be able to charge $2.50 a pound.  You can order as much or as little as you want.  A half bushel is about 20 pounds and a case is 37 pounds.  I will have to know by noon Friday.  You can email or call.  If we have enough interest, I will make the trip to pick them up.  If not..never mind.  The varieties available are Golden Supreme, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Ida Red, York and Fuji.  The cider is made from nothing other than the organic apples, no preservatives and is not heated/pasteurized.  It has a shelf life of two weeks.  After that you may get a smile on your face, and some false confidence.  The cider is $9 a gallon $5.50 a half gallon.  A good opportunity to stock up on delicious organic apples for the holidays and the cold weather ahead.  Once again, please let me know by noon on Friday.  We can only do this by pre-ordering. We will be open Saturday morning 9-12.  We have gone through our first plantings of broccoli and cauliflower and now will wait for the second plantings to mature.  We will have Kale available this Saturday for $2 a paper grocery bag full(bring your own bag), the salad mix is half price at $1.50 a bag(our biodegradable bag) and the green peppers remain at a dollar a pound. (most of the bigger ones have been sold) This Saturday morning's bounty: Mild Salad Mix Green Peppers Swiss Chard Kale Turnips Radishes Arugula Chicken Eggs Honey

See you soon! Locally yours, Vicky and Steve

Farm Update

Open Saturday morning 9-noon.   We headed to the field Thursday with the thought of a frosty night or two ahead of us.  Most of the fall crops can handle a light frost, but the peppers can't.  The peppers had to be picked...all of them!  Well, there were a lot.  So with the end of season not to far off, we have to move this merchandise.  Peppers are normally $2.29 a pound, tomorrow(Saturday) morning they are $1.00 a pound for organically grown green peppers! Tomorrow morning's bounty: Green Peppers Broccoli Cauliflower Mild Salad Mix Kale Swiss Chard Radishes Turnips Arugula Eggs Honey Chicken BTW the frost last night was extremely light and the pepper plants are still fine, however the Basil is history.

See you soon! Locally yours, Vicky and Steve

Farm Update

Friendly Reminder!! We will be open tomorrow(Wednesday 10-6) and Saturday morning 9-12.  The broccoli and cauliflower are tremendous this fall! Wednesday's bounty: Broccoli Cauliflower Kale-Red Russian and Toscano Turnips Radishes Mild Salad Mix Arugula Green Peppers Chicken Eggs Honey See you soon! Vicky and Steve

Farm Update

We sold some Fall zucchini and I have pictures! Yes, they all laughed when I said I was going to grow fall summer squash.  They smirked when I said I thought it could be done.  They turned away when I invited them to help and chortled when I said we might just pull this off.  Well, guess what, all you doubters out there, vine has been done!  Ok, there was only 4 zucchini for sale today, but they were fresh picked this morning and customer Carol Knickman bought them.  I hear what you're all saying, "But Steve, we don't care.  We were sick of summer squash in July!"  Whatever. We just had the soil from our various fields tested.  It's really pretty interesting to get the analysis back and find out how it stacks up with organic matter, minerals and such and what we can add to make it better for our growing purposes.  Apparently it's just perfect to grow summer crops such as squash in the fall.  Seriously, if you're planning on planting a few things or a lot of things, it's a good idea to get your soil tested so you can add the amendments  (organic only please) it needs to produce maximum growth and quality.  We do our sampling through the Mill in Bel Air.  It's $15 per sample.  Heck, you can make that back in squash alone! We will not be open this Saturday, but will be open next Wednesday 10/23 10-6 and Saturday 10/26 9-noon Looks like Wednesday's bounty will be: Broccoli Cauliflower Green Peppers Turnips Swiss Chard Radishes Mild Salad Mix Arugula Kale Spinach Chicken Eggs Honey

See you soon! Locally yours, Vicky and Steve

Farm Update

We have been hoping for rain...Ok we're good now..really. We will not be open for produce tomorrow(Sat.) morning as it's now too wet to get anything out of the fields.  We will open Tuesday and Wednesday all day 10-6 for produce.  Self serve eggs and honey remain available always. Tuesday and Wednesday's bounty: Broccoli Cauliflower Green Peppers Turnips Swiss Chard Butternut Squash Radishes Mild Salad Mix Arugula Kale Spinach Chicken Eggs Honey

See you soon! Locally yours, Vicky and Steve

Farm Update

We will be open Saturday 9-noon only.  Eggs and honey anytime by the honor system.  If you can't make it Saturday simply give us a call to come and see us! We are disappointed to say that it looks like the 2013 corn season is over.  We were hoping for one more gasp of corn this weekend, but not gonna happen.  We do have good news though...our summer squash experiment is really working.  Thanks to the hot Autumn, our Zucchini plants are blooming and setting fruit.  Although I haven't seen any bees for a month, it doesn't look like my pollinating services will be needed this time.  (for you newcomers to the newsletter my pollinating services became world renown last spring) Did you ever think you could have fresh Zucchini in October!?  Did you ever really want fresh Zucchini in October!?  Well, we had extra seeds so we thought we would give it a try and it looks like it's going to work.  The cucumbers are coming much slower, but that may happen too!  Keep in mind that as the season comes to a close we will be open less and less, but you can always call us if you can't make it Saturday morning.  410-215-6776. We planted a type of radish that we have never tried before called "cherriette".  It seemed in the past few years that all the radishes we planted were so hot they would have you breathing fire after one bite.  The cherriettes are perfect spheres of ruby red glory and much milder than there predecessors.  I love them and show them off any chance I get.  Vicky thinks that growing radishes is a waste of time and space.  Of course, every time we sell a bunch of radishes I come strutting into the house, "Sold another bunch of the radishes.  Yup, selling like hotcakes!!" This Saturday morning's bounty: Butternut Squash Kale Mild Salad Mix (lettuces) Radishes Spinach Honey Chicken Eggs ArugulaTurnipsGreen Peppers edit

See you soon! Locally yours, Vicky and Steve

Fresh Chicken!

Our newest, freshest chicken is here. Whole and 8 piece cut up whole chickens. We'll have the chicken in the coolers Wednesday 10/2 through Friday 10/4 and then it will go into the freezer.  Our fresh chicken will be available each day tomorrow through Friday from 10-7! Vicky and Steve