It has been a hot day here at the farm…87 degrees. My Mother used to say one extreme follows another. Of course, Moms are always right. I guess it’s making up for all those below normal temp days.
I am late getting this news letter out this week because things are really cranking up at the farm and at the market. We are busy planting and getting fields ready to plant as well as sowing seeds in the greenhouse. At the same time we have been setting up our permanent space at the market for the season.
We plan to be open at the market every week Tuesday through Sunday. However, we will be there this coming Monday, Easter Monday, 10:00 until 4:00. Our regular hours will be 10:00 until 4:00 each day except Saturdays which will be 8:00 until 4:00.
We have lots of Jersey beef as well as eggs. Remember. we are out of chicken until May.
In greens we have both green and red kale as well as turnip greens.
Offerings in plants include cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, several varieties of lettuce, escarole, Swiss chard, and about 20 varieties of tomato. About 15 tomato varieties are heirlooms. Some of them are Brandywine, German, Cherokee purple, Eva purple ball, striped German, mortgage lifter, June pink, Italian tree, yellow pear, red cherry, black cherry, druzba, pineapple, etc.
I know some of you will want to try the Italian tree tomato. It can grow 12 to 15 feet tall and has the potential to bear 2 to 3 bushels of tomatoes per plant.
Remember, all our plants are grown without any synthetic chemicals.
We will look for you at the market.
Happy Easter.
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