Holy Crap Farmer's Market has relocated due to flooding.

College and State St.

Farmer's Market Has to Move Due to Flooding Tomorrow

Hello All,
Just a heads up that we have had to move the market to the parking lot next to where we have the winter market at the top of State St and College. Our regular location is under water and may be under more water depending in what happens this evening with the rain.
Thanks
Joe

Well that was fun last night......

Ahhh more rain, just what the farm needed. Great light show and now my help is trapped in Montpelier waiting for the toilet to explode due to flash flooding in the city. Makes me wonder if I have to deliver product today in a row boat. Well forging ahead.....plastic went down yesterday in preparation for actually trying to plant stuff outside next week. Things going in ---tomatillos for salsa, field tomatoes for sauce, sweet peppers, hot peppers, eggplant, and ground cherries. Lots of other stuff getting started and direct seeded as well.
Glad we took advantage of the  2 days of "dry" weather and got alot of prep and planting done. What a crazy beginning to the season, complete with tornado warnings.
On a lighter and slightly more dangerous note the snapping turtle migration and egg laying season has begun. For some reason every year about this time we have quite a few of them coming through the farm and trying to lay eggs in the greenhouses, compost pile, and other places. As a general rule we attempt to redirect them to the stream and hope the move on.
Well need to go inspect the grounds, check on the chickens and then try and make deliveries today.....

Rain or Shine, probably rain, we will be at the market tomorrow with plenty of goodies. Basil pesto, Asparagus, Salad, Eggs, Japanese Salad Turnips, and Radish.

Market Today! 9-1pm Asparagus, Ramp Pesto, Asparagus Soup

Good Morning,
Another brutally soggy day on tap. Hoping the rain holds off until the market finishes up. So the last batch of Wild Ramp Pesto until next years ramp season returns. Probably start making asparagus pesto next week.
Plenty of bunched asparagus today and a real nice Asparagus Potato Sorrel soup.
Salad turnips are in and really nice eaten sliced thin, raw, with rice wine vinegar. Sautee the greens up with some lemon, butter and salt.
Gotta go load the truck, see you in a bit. Joe

Aqua culture in Vermont.....

Good Morning,
Rain continues to come down and the fields are unworkable. The purchase of another large greenhouse is confirmed by the weather we are having this spring. The two I have are the only things producing right now. Light sandy soils and lots of rain mean plenty of nutrient leaching and yellow spinach. Peas started to come up and are now just kind of rotting in the soil. We did manage to put in some field tomatoes yesterday and cover them with some "walls o water". We will see how that goes. Small greenhouse is planted with cherry tomatoes and all the other starts are in the ground so far.  Having to do a lot of transplanting this year so far instead of direct seeding. Painful on the labor end of things and the time it takes. Ah well at least we are not flooding out up here like some of my less fortunate peers. New seedling greenhouse is coming along. We have started to tie it in to the garage and get it sealed up. If you have signed up for the Food Hub CSA please head over to our blog for it and try and follow it as we get going. I will be posting recipes, news, and updates over there. Thanks Joe

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Here we go...

Finally planting outside today. Dry enough to get things in the ground and even start harvesting asparagus today. Broccoli and summer squash going in. Help is coming at 6 am. Time to get some work done. Peas are starting to come up in one bed. the outside spinach looks like a fail....again. Flea beetles are in the bok choi, and some of the tomato starts are going to get pulled and replaced. Hopefully we will get the potatoes in over the next day or so as well. Baseboards on the greenhouse now to just get the end walls built and I might be able to use it this summer.
Market again this saturday and the weather is looking to hold pretty well.
bye.

Great First market of the summer...

The weather was great, sun was out, people were happy and so was I.  Wild Ramp pesto was the hit of the day. Nice to be back outside. Hopefully the weather will continue to cooperate and dry things out a bit around here.
Sold a few more CSA shares and I think we are sold out for the season. Need to tally things up this week and finish the planning.

One of those years where sandy soil is a good thing....

Good Morning, Heading north today to go check on the camp and see if it is under water. It sits on Lake Champlain. I will try and get some photos if it has not floated away.
Cucumbers are in the ground and most of the tomatoes are in. A bit more planting to do in there still.
Fields are really wet and trying to get out onto them is still not possible. CSA starts in about 4 weeks. Farmer's market is this Saturday downtown at our summer location at Elm St. and State. St.
Finally got out and did some ramp digging yesterday. I should have plenty of wild ramps for market this Saturday and am going to attempt making some wild ramp pesto. Should be pretty darn good, I have some frozen basil puree from last fall, the ramps, some cheese, and a bit of lemon and salt.
Should have soup for the market this Saturday as well since the weather looks like it will not be cooperating too much. Weather next week is looking grand, sunny and warm. Need to get my broccoli into the ground along with a lot of other goodies. So .....row, row, row your boat............ 

Rainy and not so nice out today....

Soggy is the word of the day. I think I might try my hand at making mud pies. Not sure if they will sell but I have ample product to make them with. The only thing growing well outside right now is the lawn.  I need to get Broccoli in and the early summer squash. First summer market is this Saturday. We open at 9 am and go until 1pm. Should have plenty of salad mix, radish, maybe some baby turnips, ramps, chives, still debating whether to bring soup or not. We shall see.

Have a great day and stay dry out there.

Sunny and real nice out today......

Going to put baseboards onto the new greenhouse, put some stone down on the patio, and perhaps find some time to watch the grass grow a bit. First summer market is next weekend!? Hoping the weather will cooperate and make it a good one.
Need to try and get some work done with seedlings. Today, do some potting on and get the wet hay moved into the compost pile and get that cooking.
Try and get lots of other seeds started.
Headin' outside.......