It’s been a bit of a chilly spring punctuated by a few extremely hot days here and there. Within the span of a week we had our first popsicle break of the season followed by the latest threat of frost we’ve ever experienced on this property! The chilly temperatures on Saturday night pushed us to cover as much of our tender summer crops as possible Saturday afternoon amidst some chilly and wet conditions. Fortunately, while it got quite cold Saturday night, those beds of peppers and zucchini that we couldn’t get to survived just fine. Now that it looks like truly cold nights are behind us, we are ready to plant our heat loving sweet potatoes, as well as the watermelon we had been holding back on for fear of damaging cold.
The colder temperatures we’ve experienced this spring have slowed down plant growth, but everything is still on track for a strong start to the CSA next Wednesday June 10th! The sugar snap peas look great, salanova lettuce mix is well protected and we’ve got some healthy looking scallions thriving in our high tunnels for next week. Future CSA weeks are also looking good! We have been keeping on top of carrot weeding and trellising our tomato and cucumber high tunnels (there are even some small cukes and tomatoes starting to appear!). If you haven’t yet signed up for the CSA, we still have some spots available for all of our options (Flex, Extended, Regular and Small). To sign up visit our online store: https://www.barrettsmillfarm.com/online-store.
Available this week:
Asparagus - This will be our last week harvesting asparagus
Kale mix
Bok choi - full size
Curly kale
Radishes - Round red “rover radishes” as well as “mini mak” mini daikon radishes
Broccolini - Available Tuesday (limited quantities so likely to sell out) and again on Friday.
Spinach- Available Tuesday (limited quantities so likely to sell out by the end of the day Wednesday).
Sugar snap peas - First of the season! These will just be in the farm store on Wednesday and Thursday this week.
Salanova lettuce mix - First of the season starting Wednesday for the rest of the week!
Herbs - Bunches of chives, thyme, sage, oregano
Flowers - We will have flower bouquets available all week starting with spring mixed bouquets on Tuesday.
Salsa Verde - Made by Kenneth at Eastern Mass Provision from our own organic tomatillos, onions, garlic, jalapeños and cilantro. Mild.
Hot Sauce - Made by Kenneth at Eastern Mass Provision from our own organic habañeros, aji rico, fresno, cayenne, Hungarian hot wax and garlic. Hot.
Seasonal Medley Mushrooms -Available starting Tuesday this week. From Mycoterra Farm in Deerfield, MA. Certified organic.
Shiitake Mushrooms - Available starting Tuesday this week. From Mycoterra Farm in Deerfield, MA. Certified organic.
Dried Mushrooms - 1 oz dried shiitake mushrooms from Mycoterra Farm in Deerfield, MA. Certified organic.
Baer’s Best Beans - Black Turtle, Italian Cranberry, and Cannellini are Certified Organic. Bumblebee and Black Coco are not organic. Grown by Charley Baer in South Berwick, ME.
Maple syrup - 12 oz. bottles from our friend Jim at Hollis Hills Farm in Fitchburg, MA. Not Organic.
Raspberry Vinegar Infusion -Silferleaf Farm in Concord, MA. Certified Organic.
Raspberry Jam - We just got a fresh batch delivered! From Silferleaf Farm in Concord, MA. Certified Organic.
Seedlings: herbs; tomatoes, peppers, and tomatillos; flowers; summer squash, zucchini and cucumbers. See below for varieties, and our 2026 Seedling Sale Descriptions for more info about those varieties.
Specific seedling varieties we have as of 6/1:
Herbs: Oregano, thyme, parsley (limited), basil, dill
Flowers: Limited plastic-free soil block 4-packs available of marigolds, bachelor buttons, cosmos and ageratum! Traditional 6-packs of zinnias and snapdragons are also available.
Tomatoes: Limited quantities left of all varieties: Moskvich, Pruden’s Purple, San Marzano, Matt’s Wild Cherry, Cherry Bomb, Sungold.
Tomatillo: Toma Verde
Sweet Peppers: Red Picnic and Orange Picnic
Hot/Specialty Peppers: Early Jalapeño, Shishito, Hot Paper Lantern
Cucurbits: Dark Green Zucchini, Success PM Summer Squash, Marketmore Cucumber. Currently all are limited quantities but we have more cucumbers that will be ready soon!
Coming soon: Husk Cherry seedlings