Hop Over to the Market This Easter Weekend
Spring is in full swing, but you wouldn’t know it from the cold and wind that greeted us at last week’s market. Still, we bundled up, fired up the grill, and had a great first day back at the Easton…
Category Spring
You’ll Want to Be at the Easton Farmers’ Market Every Saturday
The wait is finally over, the Easton Farmers’ Market kicks off this Saturday, April 12th, and we’re coming in hot with seedlings, tacos, and a few tasty surprises. At Quarter Acre Farm, we’ve been hard at work planting, prepping, and…
Fresh Starts and Local Bounty
Spring is in the air, and that means it’s almost time for the Easton Farmers’ Market to open for the season! On Saturday, April 12, we’ll be back at the market, bringing you vibrant organic seedlings and delicious food. We…
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…
Scape Season
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…
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…
Celebrate Mom with Tacos & Seedlings
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…
Tomato Seedlings Now Available
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…