Week Two of Garlic Scape Season
It’s the final week of May, and Quarter Acre Farm is buzzing with flavor, green growth, and the scent of fresh garlic scape pesto in the air. Last week, we kicked off garlic scape season, and guess what? It’s still…
Category Field Crops
From Greenhouse to Grill: Your Memorial Day Must-Haves
Things are heating up in the field and in the kitchen here at Quarter Acre Farm! As we roll into Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start to summer, we’re bringing the sizzle with hot pepper seedlings, garlic scapes, and a…
Digging In and Growing Strong: Tomato Season Begins!
There’s something magical about this time of year on the farm. The air smells like freshly turned soil, the greenhouse is bursting with green plants, and the promise of tomatoes is finally taking shape in the field. After weeks of…
Last Chance for Quesadillas and Soup
The time has come for our last farmers’ market of the year. This Saturday, December 14th will be your last chance to get produce, prepared food, or our cool farm merch from our booth at the Easton farmers’ market. After…
We Got Peanuts!
We grew peanuts for the first time this year. This was a bit of an experiment for us but we had a bountiful harvest a couple of weeks ago and have been letting them dry. Well, now they are ready…
Prepping for Garlic Planting
We finally got some rain Sunday night. Which for us is about the first time it has rained on the farm in two months. The droughty weather has not affected us very much because as we slide into shorter fall…
Hello November
It is hard to believe that it is November but I feel like I say that every fall particularly once the time change happens. Things are slowing down at the farm, now that we have had a hard freeze killing…
Nothing Spooky just Delicious
It may be warm and sunny right now but we got a killing frost Monday morning taking out all our tomato, pepper, and tomatillo plants. But don’t worry we did a big harvest the day before. So we will have…
Sweet Potatoes are Ready
Last week the temperatures were chilly on the farm. We had several mornings of a light frost blanketing the field. But most of our crops survived. Our cherry tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, tomatillos, and peppers have lived to see another day.…
The End is Near
The end is near for our tomato crop. We are not sure when but sometime soon the temperatures will dip down to 32 degrees killing our tomato plants. The forecast for this week shows some pretty low early morning temperatures…