The Blog Barn

We have a brand new colt. He was born Tuesday morning to my AQHA mare Marshall's Miss Aka Miss Kitty and is by our young AQHA stallion: Behave Yourself Sir by Sir Reminic. He is a cute lil guy, liver chestnut with 3 white socks and his star is a perfect...

July 10 Delivery

Tewksbury Grace Farm   -   Jul 11, 2009 - By Johnny and Leah

This week’s share of the harvest included fennel, two types of snap beans, summer squash, parsley, kohlrabi, carrots, sugar snap peas, shell peas and gold beets.This is the end of the pea harvest and their space on the farm will be filled by pole beans that...

CREAMY CREAMY LEMON ICE, Or if you dare LAVENDER ...

So Succulent Gardens   -   Jul 11, 2009 - By Blossomfarm

This was so wonderful, I just had to share the recipe, of course you can use one cup of lavender sugar in place of the regular sugar.  Need a recipe for lavender sugar?  Simply place about 1/3 cup culinary lavender flowers in a ball jar and cover...

CSA Contents Week of July 13th

Maplewood Organics   -   Jul 10, 2009 - By Hannah and Eric

1 Head of Green Lettuce 1 Head of Red Lettuce 1 Head of Bok Choy (Let me know if you want more the day before!) 1 Bunch of Radishes 1 bunch of Beet Greens 1 bulb FRESH GARLIC (not cured/dried) New potatoes - about 2 pounds Peas - your first...

Field Day Notes

F.A. Farm   -   Jul 10, 2009 - By Walter_1

Yesterday, I took the afternoon off and went down to a field day at the Mount Vernon Experimental Station. I learned quite a bit about seed growing and diseases in potatoes and spinach. For example, high tunnels help control late blight in both tomatoes and...

Who's Kidding Now?

Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Jul 10, 2009 - By Emily

Normally, spring is the time for babies.  But we're entering our second baby season now! Early spring was full of chicks, goslings and lambs, but we were dissappointed in the goats, as only 2 gave birth, and the babies just weren't as healthy as...

Blueberry Sonker

Blueberry Hill Farm   -   Jul 10, 2009 - By Carmen_1

Here we are, in the height of blueberry season.  I am loving every minute of it.  The two months of my favorite season will whiz by but while the season is here I'm going to enjoy every delicious minute of it.  I'm going to drink in...

Fruitsicles

Cookus Interruptus   -   Jul 10, 2009 - By Cynthia

Frozen treats that can be made using fresh summer fruit.  Make 'em creamy with coconut milk or vanilla yogurt.  Watch the video and print the recipe on Cookus Interruptus.  

Photos of our farm

Tewksbury Grace Farm   -   Jul 10, 2009 - By Johnny and Leah

Here are some pictures of our farm this season...   Part of our wildflower field Purple Pea Flowers Farm dogs... Shiloh Indie The sun going down after a day of harvest

Potato Blight and the New Potato Solution

F.A. Farm   -   Jul 09, 2009 - By Walter_1

I have already dug over 400 pounds of potatoes this year. Most were sold, but I am also saving drops for seed potatoes and storing some for our own use. Last year, I started storage in mid-June and we finished off our storage potatoes just as I began...