Right now we are living in the cherry tomato rows harvesting pint after pint and tying up the plants weekly until they reach the top of our stakes. Most of our first planting has reached the top of the stakes…
We want to send a big THANK YOU out to all our customers, followers, and supporters for helping to make the 2023 season great! We truly appreciate everyone from the people that wake up early to come out to the…
People often ask me, what do you do once you stop selling at the farmers’ market for the year? Right now for me it is a whole lot of resting, spontaneous crafting, and finally having time to do things around…
It truly feels like fall. There is a crispness in the air, the sun is casting long shadows, days are short, and the tomato plants have slowed down their production. It always seems to change from summer to fall in…
Yesterday as I was walking in my field, which seems more like a bog at this point, I was amazed at how well some of the tomato plants were doing. I was even more amazed that some of the older…
Just as I was starting to agree with passersby, that yes my field was looking good. Boy, those corn stalks are getting really tall. Those tomato plants are filled with tons of green fruit and those gourd vines are huge.…
For me, January is the time for relaxing, travelling, and planning. I love being able to sleep in, spend time with family and friends, have an unscheduled day, and binge on some TV watching (given a lot of the show…
Last July we moved from Sonoma, California back home to Maryland. After farming for over ten years in arid California I have been relearning how to grow with rain, humidity, and hot nights (and days). I knew it would be…
A few weeks back I rototilled the field and applied the amendments recommended by my soil test. I added a chicken-manure based pelleted fertilizer and layed out the drip irrigation. Then on April 30th I transplanted approximately 400 tomatoes. Each…
I found a small parcel of land to lease for the 2019 season. My plan for this season is to stay small so that I can get accustomed to the Eastern Shore’s growing season. I will be growing a wide…