August Abundance
August on our farm is filled with abundance. The plants are covered with fruit and during every work day the main task is harvesting. One day the focus is harvesting and sorting cherry tomatoes which typically results in about 200…
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Sweets & Breakfast
New offers this week include sweet peppers and sweet potato greens. For us, harvest of both of these crops starts in late summer. As our field is dominated by tomatoes it is easy to forget we grow anything else. But…
What To Plant Now That It Is Summer
Today, June 21st is the official first day of summer and many folks feel like if they have not started their garden yet, it is too late. But don’t worry you are not too late to start your garden or…
Mid-June at the Farm
We hope everyone stayed safe during the smoky days we had on the Eastern Shore last week. For us it brought back memories of living and farming in California during wildfire season. Since we have had some experience with these…
Sweet Potato Slips & Garlic Scape Pesto
Now is the time to plant sweet potato slips. We have a limited supply of slips for the delicious Covington variety available. This is a widely adapted traditional orange sweet potato variety. Copper and rose-colored skin with sweet, smooth, bright…
Recipes for September
It’s that time of great agricultural abundance, autumn. A time when I normally have loads of pumpkins, winter squash, and I’m still eating my own farm grown tomatoes. But not this year. Since I’m on a sabbatical from farming, I…
Commemorating the Season
Thursday was a day filled with food, family, and friends. For me, Thanksgiving has always been a celebration of food. During the days leading up to the big feast I search for all the ingredients both in my field, at…
Poppin’ Popcorn
After a long wait you can now get your hands on some tasty certified organic Quarter Acre Farm heirloom popcorn. I sold out of the 2016 harvest of heirloom popcorn months ago and just like my customers when I sell…
Me and Tomatoes
Have I mention how much I like tomatoes, well I guess love is a better word. As a farmer I truly believe you must enjoy what you grow both in the field and in the kitchen. I feel a connection…
Finally Heirloom Popcorn
The long wait for local popcorn and beans is over, this week I visited a fellow farmer to use his thrasher. This was a speedy way for me to shell all the popcorn and dried beans that I had harvested…