Lengel Brothers Farm and Market

Spring is coming soon and the winter snow will turn to warm rain and dry windy days.  Planting time in the greenhouses are planned and waiting to start.  First there will be some colder season crops planted like peas, lettuce, radishes, turnips, kohlrobi, and kale.  Then come bell peppers and cumubers later in April.  Onion I hope to have in by the end of April in new raised beds at the farm.  Plans are in the making to get the two small buildings refilm and one of the bigger one done to house som more peas and beans.

This month I still have the farm to table conference in Pittsburgh to be at as a vendor.  I will be there maybe 2 days now instead of one.  Yesterday (March 16) I was at the Children Museum in Pittsburgh for the CSA Fair.  I made a lot of contacts there and also may be asked to put on a program later this year again.  April 13th I will be speaking at the Penn State Earth Fest in Sharon Pa.  Lots of things also going on the Mercer County Head Start Program and the Sharon School District KOOL kids  after school program.

We still have 45 openings for our CSA and the canning package I prepared for a new program has taken on strong interest so our membership is starting to climb.  Contact me if you are interested in a full or half share or the home canning or freezing package.  If taking a combine share and canning package there will be a discount of $25.00 dollars.

March came in like a lion with cold winds and a mighty roar.  We lost two of our coverings over the red berry and blueberry high tuunnels but i have extra plastic ready to go on them.  Spring is fast approaching and we are getting ready to plant in the greenhouse with some cold tolerance crops. Twentyfive hundred straberry crowns have been order for this year's planting and most all the seeds are ordered.  Our Beef are ready for market and if you are interested we have them priced at $2.25 cents per pound hanging weight plus you will pay the butcher his cost of cutting and wrapping.  That means you can take it to your favorite shop to have it done. 

We will be at the farm to table conference in Pittsburgh March 22 from 1 to 5 pm and on march 16 from 12 to 4 pm at the children museum in Pittsburgh.

**** Update on the CSA news*****  

Memberships are starting to come in now we have 40 openings yet for this season.  Contact me if you are interested in the many programs we are doing with the CSA with beef and a canning or freezing progam

Good Day to All

Though the season is ending for 2012 we do have cole crops and peppers under frost blankets and in high tunnels.  We would like to offer an early me,mber sign up through November 30 2012  for our CSA we started this year.  Look in our CSA information on our page for more details.  The season went well for us and our founding members were very please with what they recieved. 

We will start the 2013 season in greenhouses with items such as lettuce and other crops that will take some cold evenings.  Plans are in the making for new items so we will be ready for the Bridgeville market by June when our strawberries are starting to ripen.

Watch the blog over the winter for things that are happening around the farm and check us out on facebook at Lengel Brothers Farm and Market