Cherry Tomatoes Have Arrived!
It is finally tomato time! Our first planting of cherry tomatoes are ripening and we have started to get a steady, but small harvest off of them. So we recommend that you pre-order your pint of cherry tomatoes or make…
Category Field Crops
Welcoming July
It is hard to believe that it is just the first week of July as our June weather was so hot, humid, and lacking in the rainfall department that this past month felt like peak summer instead of just the…
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…
Planting Peanuts
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…
Pesto and Plants
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…
Planting and Partying
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…
Planting Tomatoes with a Side of Guac
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…
Garlic Planting Time
With the short days of December we don’t have much field work to do, most of our farm work right now is paper work in the office. But we have started the process of cleaning up our field. Taking down…
Just 3 More
We just have three farmers’ markets left for the season! Our last Saturday Easton Farmers Market will be December 16th. Then we will take a winter break and won’t be back to the market until early April. In celebration of…
Luffas for the Holidays
Our luffa sponges are now available, these wonderful sponges were grown right here on our farm! Luffas are members of the gourd family, originally from China. This year their long trailing vines grew out of their bed into our sweet…