We had some really pleasant weather for working most of last week. It was satisfying to cross off so many items from our to-do list at the end of the week, including lots of transplanting, greenhouse seeding, high tunnel trellising and weeding of our leeks and cabbage, and re-doing our raised herb beds. We’re bracing ourselves for some much hotter temperatures this week, which will impact what we’re able to get done. Some tasks, like high tunnel work, take a back seat in really hot weeks because however hot it is outside, its 10-20 degrees hotter in the high tunnel on a sunny day! Other tasks, like weeding, hoeing and tractor cultivating are well-suited to hot days, as weeds that are pulled up on a hot dry day tend to fry on our sandy soil (on wetter or cooler days they have a shot at re-rooting). We did use the relatively cooler temps Monday to prune high tunnel tomatoes, as we don’t know when it will next be comfortable enough to get back in there for any length of time!
2025 Farm Store hours:
Tuesday-Friday 11am-6pm
Saturday 9am-3pm
Cash, Credit, EBT, Check and Barrett’s Bucks accepted.
Available this week:
Asparagus - This is probably the last week that we’ll harvest.
Strawberries: Strawberries are in high demand and tend to sell out fast. We hope to give as many people as possible the chance to enjoy some fresh local strawberries, so we place limits on number of pints per household (1 or 2 pints depending on the harvest!).
Flower bouquets: Snapdragons, Sweet William and Stock (Don’t be fooled by the bland name - stock are gorgeous, colorful, fragrant blooms. See below for a photo of Catherine arranging some stock bouquets!).
Salanova - Cut lettuce mix
Lettuce
Arugula
Baby bok choi
Baby kale mix
Cherriette radishes
Mini daikon
Kale
Full-sized bok choi
Broccolini
Herbs: Chives, Sage
Seedlings: We should have another round of cucumber seedlings ready this week. We also still have some tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, kale, herbs and flowers available.
Fat Moon Mushrooms: Farmer’s Mix and Shiitake
Baer’s Best Beans: 1 pound bags. Grown in South Berwick, Maine. Black Turtle Beans are organic, but other varieties are not.
Applesauce from Long Run Produce in Boxborough, MA. Certified Organic.
Double B Honey: From hives on the property. Not organic.
Possibly at the end of the week: Sugar snap peas
