Harvesting Garlic and Staying Cool
It is hot out there but work continues on the farm … with plenty of water and breaks in the shade. The dry weather this past week made for good conditions to harvest garlic in. So we have pulled the…
It is hot out there but work continues on the farm … with plenty of water and breaks in the shade. The dry weather this past week made for good conditions to harvest garlic in. So we have pulled the…
This Saturday will be your last chance to get tomato seedlings. So we are having a little sale, all tomatoes seedlings are half off making them just $2 each. We still have 10 different cherry varieties and 12 different heirloom…
We have been having some beautiful summer weather here on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and with that comes questions on when our tomato harvest will begin. Well, it is hard to know exactly when, as plants have a mind…
Garlic scape season is still going strong. Last week we harvested from about 4 of our garlic varieties. There will be other varieties ready this week but like we always say garlic scape season is short. As each variety puts…
It is garlic scape season! We along with many of our customers can’t wait each year for this short but flavorful season. Garlic scapes are the flower buds of the hardneck garlic plant and are only available in the late…
It is hard to believe that Memorial Day weekend is upon us. How is it already the end of May?!?! Time on the farm always seems to go fast in the spring, one minute it is too cold to plant…
Last week we got the first of our cherry tomatoes transplanted into the field. To prepare our field we use our Grillo walking tractor to rototill the soil and incorporate all the remaining dried plant material that remains from having…
We have been busy in the greenhouse potting up seedlings and seeding more seeds. We will continue to have seedlings available until Labor Day with new varieties and crops changing from week to week. In addition to greenhouse work we…
The warm weather has arrived and it feels like summer! Making this a perfect time to roll out our summer seedling crops. Now we know these days of reaching almost 90 degrees are just a little teaser for the coming…
Thanks to everyone that came out to our first farmers’ market of the 2024 season. It was great to see our regulars and get back to our “normal” Saturday morning routine of selling seedlings and slinging tacos. The April weather…