tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-233280632024-12-18T22:21:40.319-05:00legumaniacJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698903156499723599noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-68785479725383993792011-12-28T11:01:00.000-05:002011-12-28T11:01:39.839-05:00Winter ProduceHere is an updated list of what we have available going into the New Year. We are happy to take orders Monday or Tuesday for pickup Wednesday-Friday. The cold December nights have (finally) done in the field greens and kale, but what a year it has been! Soon enough we will be planting seeds for spring! We will have mesclun and parsley from the high tunnels, and the usual Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698903156499723599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-80794121183447678172011-12-09T13:06:00.001-05:002011-12-09T13:15:41.523-05:00Holiday Produce
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panose-1:2 4Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698903156499723599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-39361366119654914632011-06-05T13:51:00.006-04:002011-06-05T14:03:18.888-04:00On the BeetYesterday we had our first Beets of the season. They are still a little small but very soon will be ready to go to market! Grating the beets raw and tossing with some lime and olive oil made for an awesome salad. The greens went on a pizza topped with Gorgonzola green garlic and anchovies--Yum!In other matters lettuce is in full swing and we are transplanting like crazy and trying to keep up Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-46195272437884952592011-05-20T10:16:00.002-04:002011-05-20T13:36:41.500-04:00Plant Sale / Yard Sale this Saturday
Green Zebra
Originally uploaded by rovingsprout It's perfect spring planting weather, so we have decided to kick off the season with a yard sale featuring all kinds of fun and unusual treasures, plus BIG BEAUTIFUL certified Organic plants to get your garden off to a bold start!
We will have sweet and hot peppers, and an array of tomato plants featuring heirlooms from Italy, to the UkraineJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698903156499723599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-56061388741318243882011-05-05T09:00:00.005-04:002011-05-05T09:21:09.920-04:00Time to Rock and Roll!The farm is in full swing now. The soil is warm enough that we are able to start planting. Lettuce loves the spring and is happy to get into the ground! We just moved our Hoop House and planted the first tomatoes.Today begins our first out door market in Exeter and we are ready to go!While we are moving fast and furious we still make time for friends and fun. We don't eat out often, but when Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-44691845617537154732011-04-22T11:20:00.004-04:002011-04-22T11:36:04.370-04:00Green ThingsGreen things happening on the farm!The green house is looking might full and we have started to add plants to the cold frame. The hoop houses are cranking out fabulous salad, and the Asparagus is just starting to poke its head out for a breath of spring air. Tomorrow is our last Seacoast Eat Local market and only two weeks till the first out door market in Exeter.Jean is planting our first Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-27000951155319372882011-04-11T08:21:00.004-04:002011-04-11T08:38:30.253-04:00Planting SeasonFinally on Sunday we were able to get into our fields. With the summer markets only a few weeks away its nice to get going. We hope to have some delicious spring greens at the end of this month and into May. Yesterday we were able to get all of our sugar snap and snow peas planted. Some of my most favorite veggies!We are still accepting new members for our year round CSA. Check out our Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-31879436603946666732011-03-24T11:10:00.004-04:002011-03-24T11:29:53.727-04:00Chilly SpringSpring may have arrived, but its not quite the t-shirt weather that we had this time last year. With the spring comes maple season and we are happy to have a rough homemade evaporator. It takes some time to boil, but is worth the wait. Here the farmers are taking a break to enjoy some Ginger Mate Chai SAP tea. The tea is from our friends at White Heron Tea and the Ginger Mate Chai is a farm Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-30626928701822940792011-02-20T10:52:00.003-05:002011-02-26T23:39:34.150-05:00signs of spring
Spring is beginning here on the farm. Even though the temperatures are still chilly, the sun is high in the sky, and the birds are starting to sing. Last Thursday we put packets of seeds in our backpacks, grabbed some rakes, and headed out on our snowshoes down the hill to the high tunnels in the lower fields. We rolled out our "Jang" push-seeder out over the frozen fields down Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698903156499723599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-6759313687862386412011-02-10T16:46:00.004-05:002011-02-26T23:39:34.151-05:00Snow and FoodAfter the many snows we get to play "Find the Hoop House" and clear the snow off the sides so it does not build up on the roof. Some pretty hefty work, but good exercise and actually fun on a sunny day. The greens in the houses are slowing, but should start to grow in the next couple of weeks when we get more daylight hours. Some black beans (Jean's Beans) cooked with cilantro, onions and Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-34739239950649738012011-01-27T16:09:00.012-05:002011-02-26T23:39:34.151-05:00and now for a little luge...Winter brings visions of the future. We plan, budget, order and hope. Jean and I are definitely looking forward to the coming season, but we always try to make some time for the fun. The combination of friends snow shovels and some giant snow banks brings a farm luge together. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-88420014550494952712011-01-14T10:44:00.004-05:002011-02-26T23:40:36.385-05:00Winter FunThe winter normally is a time for us to settle down and spend our days drinking tea. With the winter markets we still have the tea, but we have hardly settled down. We continue to bring vegetables to restaurants and travel to farmers markets on weekends. Our new Hoop Houses have been a great addition to having greens all year long. It can be freezing out side but on a sunny day its 50 degreesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-84158549323990414312010-10-20T11:40:00.001-04:002011-02-26T23:38:22.302-05:00An adventure awaitsWell, I am off to Italy for a few days to attend Terra Madre, a sustainable food conference in Torino. It is very exciting, although I am unsure what to expect! There will be farmers and food producers from all over the globe, which is kind of a mind-blowing concept to me right now. So, I am going with an open mind with the intent of sharing and learning as much as possible.&Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698903156499723599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-4167945695530231472010-10-15T18:32:00.000-04:002011-02-26T23:44:44.320-05:00camera...FOUND!I found my camera the other day! On it I found some lovely pictures from the field this summer...perfect warm sunny shots for a blustery October day. Here is the winter squash field, a shot from within "Thunder", one of the tomato tunnels, and the bean field. The winter squash is sweetening up in the basement, the tunnels are just about ready to be rolled onto greens from the winter. AndJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698903156499723599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-45822782296502276402010-06-28T11:41:00.000-04:002011-02-26T23:44:44.320-05:00this tomato is not green OK, so it isn't red either. But the verdict is: definitely not green. Lets hope they keep it up. Plus here is a little 'test dig' on our dark red norlands. Pretty and pink, but not big enough yet. We are hoping for the weekend, but time will tell.
Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698903156499723599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-89153023707584737892010-06-10T19:41:00.000-04:002011-02-26T23:42:18.503-05:00Garlic Scapes and Pea Tendrils...
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Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698903156499723599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-69947477239441358742010-03-26T11:19:00.002-04:002011-02-26T23:39:17.920-05:00It's Spring!Welcome Spring! We are seeing bits of color from the crocuses and a few precocious daffodils on our street, but for the most part, we are waiting for the pop! It's truly mud season, and busy season at that! Here's a photo of a friend helping us put up the door to "West Side" one of our new greenhouses. (Note the trademark "W.") And one of Jean putting in the top purlins onJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698903156499723599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-32493903260024100882010-02-12T09:38:00.011-05:002011-02-26T23:39:42.402-05:00*heart* onionsI was downstairs cleaning up red onions yesterday. As each of these little gems passed through my hands, I couldn't stop marveling at how gorgeously they caught the light. Then I started to think about how some of them were almost heart shaped, and what a sweet thing for someone's sweetheart! Just as is or perhaps sliced thinly with local greens, and maybe some orange wedges.&Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698903156499723599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-35533061326726878272010-02-06T13:16:00.003-05:002010-02-06T13:27:28.221-05:00new beginnings
So this year we are switching things up in the CSA department. We have been mulling this over since we began our CSA three years ago. How do we give members choice? If we were to join a community supported agriculture program what would we want? So we came up with a new model that would give our members free choice as to when and where they wanted to pick up as well as Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698903156499723599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-72116326374628598962009-12-18T06:54:00.007-05:002011-02-26T23:39:55.745-05:00winter and optimismIt used to be that winter was the time of year where we hunkered down with steaming mugs perusing seed catalogs and planning for the spring. It was a time to get part time jobs and generally rest our work-weary bones for next season. Then we started talking about "winter" markets. At the time it seemed a longshot: people barely came to our later markets in October, why would they want to come Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698903156499723599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-53914505851201020362009-12-09T12:30:00.004-05:002009-12-09T21:29:55.843-05:00farmer's markets (and our awesome farm crew) in the news
Bridget and Kate harvesting arugula. Photo from seacoastonline.com
Check out this article about Seacoast Eat Local's Winter Farmers' Markets with a nice little highlight about our farm in Sunday's Portsmouth Herald.
Don't forget...this Saturday we will be at the new Exeter High School from 10-2 and if you haven't make it to the markets yet, check out this fun video of last weeks' marketJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698903156499723599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-46953133669673196542009-12-09T12:23:00.000-05:002011-02-26T23:40:23.709-05:00Winter farmers markets growing on Seacoast | SeacoastOnline.comWinter farmers markets growing on Seacoast | SeacoastOnline.comJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698903156499723599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-25749386559102897812009-12-04T12:56:00.006-05:002011-02-26T23:40:23.709-05:00delicious greens and other treats...Tomorrow will be the second of our Winter Farmers' Markets held at the Wentworth greenhouses in Rollinsford. It's been such a mild autumn, and our delicious arugula is still thriving! This outdoor planting will only be around until the snow flies, so now's the time to snag some. We will also have potatoes, carrots, parsnips, and turnips. Other vendors will be bringing seafood, freshly roasted Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698903156499723599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-1376248235746362302009-11-18T10:23:00.010-05:002011-02-26T23:40:23.710-05:00Thanksgiving Farmers' MarketThis Saturday will be the first in a whole bunch of indoor winter markets this year hosted by Seacoast Eat local. The market will be from 10-2 at the Wentworth Greenhouses* in Rollinsford. Seacoast Eat Local started up just over two years ago with three markets, now they are up to eleven, all in bigger spaces. And there are farmers' markets sprouting up all over the place.Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698903156499723599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328063.post-52060896052702881432009-10-23T11:08:00.004-04:002011-02-26T23:40:23.710-05:00cold roots, warm hands
We are delighted at our newest piece of equipment: a barrel root washer! Just in time for cold weather, we've got it put together. It makes quick work of washing veggies like turnips, carrots, even potatoes. In the end it will save time, water, and (more importantly) our FINGERS while washing up prior to those cold winter markets. It's like magic: roots go in dirty and come out Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698903156499723599noreply@blogger.com