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What is in a Summer CSA share?

When I signed up for my very first CSA share as a customer back in 2004, I really had no idea what I was getting into.

I was taking a leap of faith based on a paper brochure and a phone conversation with a farmer. 

Maybe you know what I felt like?

Of course, this was back before it was common for most small businesses to have a website full of more information on their products.

What is in the Spring CSA?

As the colder weather and darker days set on, you're already dreaming of spring, right?  Of course!

And of all things greeeeeen!!! 

Well...

We know what it’s like!

If you love garden fresh taste, and can't wait for green things to start growing before your garden gets going or your Summer CSA starts, we can help!

How to Cook a Fresh Pie Pumpkin For a Pie and So Much More

With the holiday season right around the corner, I'm thinking about how I can squeeze more homegrown and locally grown veggies into my family's meals.

Yes, veggie side dishes, got that. Yes, fresh salads, got that. But, going a little further...

Have you ever tried using the “real thing” when making your holiday pumpkin pies?

I mean not canned, but the real veggie straight from the garden or a local farm?

Why should you care?

Because it tastes so much better and is easy to do!

 

Use Your Farm Veggie Scraps to Make Broth That Tastes Better

“Mmmm! What is in this soup?”

Soup is one of the things I serve that I get the most complements on.

Why? It’s kind of like building a house. It needs to start with a solid foundation or else it won’t be very successful.

Soup is the same way. And broth is that foundation.

Broth is a magical ingredient in soup that you can’t see, but makes it taste so much better.

This Harvest Season Veggie-Packed Recipe is Versatile, Easy, and Tasty

I love this time of year!

The garden's bounty is at its most generous with things like tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, zucchini, winter squash, root veggies, onions, garlic and more all piling up.

My house is often filled with veggies I am supposed to somehow cram into the freezer, into jars, into the dehydrator, and best of all straight into my family's tummies!

If you're like me and you love veggies fresh from the garden and want to eat as many of them as can be in the short season that we have here in Maine, then this blog post is for you!

What To Do With All These Tomatoes?!

If you’re like us, you’ve been babying those precious tomato plants in the garden for months now. Since Memorial Day to be exact! Seems like forever to wait for a ripe tomato!

Then, all of a sudden, your tomatoes start to ripen. And by September, you’re swimming in tomatoes!

That’s how we feel on the farm, too!

Farmer Gene and the crew harvested well over 1000 pounds this week alone.

 

Want To Know What Our Veggies Look Like During The Winter?

It’s warm August and you’re spending time in the lake, in the kayak, and outside picking berries… Winter is the furthest thing from your mind.

Everywhere you go, people are talking about the humidity--and this year, the rain. You join in, but you have a nagging feeling in the back of your mind reminding you that soon things will change. Soon enough we’ll all be complaining about the cold and snow.

What In The World Is A Garlic Scape And How Do I Use It?

You’ve heard of garlic. You’ve used it. You love it!

But when you add the word “scape” at the end of garlic, you’re confused.

What the heck is a garlic scape?

I totally understand. Garlic scapes are not something I’d ever heard of until I got into farming.

They look like this:

 

 

How To Harvest Fresh Basil So You Can Enjoy It All Summer

Basil is one of those veggies that we can all pretty much agree that we love!  

In fact, the taste of fresh basil with tomatoes is the quintessential taste of summer, don't you think?

And luckily basil is really not that hard to grow...

 

 

Or is it?

Do I Need To Harden Off My Seedlings Before Planting? Yes and Here's How

I did not grow up farming. Not even close! (Suburb outside of Austin, Texas)

I had no idea what “harden off” meant as a kid until I started working on a vegetable farm in my early 20's.

Now that I've run my own organic vegetable farm with my husband for over 15 years, I do know a thing or two about hardening off plants (and what happens if you don't!).

But, if you're like I was and you're not sure what I'm talking about, no worries! I'm here to help because I want you to have success the first time!

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