Gonna have a theoretical ton of watermelons for sale this Saturday. I say theoretical cuz it's gonna be 90+ degrees all week without any rain. I understand that my chances as well as the watermelon's chances of surviving the week are...limited. Hope to see you Saturday!
Read more...We're shaking things up folks and heading back to the Blawnox Community Field this week. We like providing access to the senior citizens that live next door who can't get up to the Freeport location. Hope to see you tomorrow from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
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| Kristie setting up in the morning. |
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| L to R: Jalapeneos, CrookNeck Squash, Lemon/Dill/Slicing Cukes, Poblano/Chocolate/Green Bell Peppers |
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| These tomatoes are change your life forever good. |
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| Me about to put our SFMNP signs up. |
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| Yes, they are that good. |
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| The End. |
Sorry this is a little late, but if you're looking to come and get some fresh veggies we'll be at our market stand again this week. We are back to our regular location -- the corner of Freeport Road and North Avenue in Blawnox from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Hope to see you there!
Here's what we've got this week:
Red tomatoes
Yellow tomatoes
Cherry tomatoes
Large heirloom tomatoes
Green peppers
Chocolate peppers
Poblano peppers
Swiss chard
Lemon cucumbers
Radishes
Basil
Free-range eggs
Hardwood Charcoal
I haven't been in the fields since Friday. I'm pretty sure the weeds took the weekend off and the grass mowed itself and the self-planting seeds just went ahead and did what they are supposed to do. Actually, I'll be happy if I get out there tomorrow and confirm that the groundhogs didn't hold Lolla-Pa-Eat-All-Brett's-Crops-Looza 2010.
Read more...The market stand is back folks and we've got lots of tasty treats!
The Goods
Red and Yellow Heirloom Tomatoes
Green, Chocolate, Ancho, and Jalapeño peppers
Zucchini and Crook-neck Squash
Eggplant
Lemon Cucumbers
Carrots
Beets
Radishes
Swiss Chard
Basil, Parsley, Catnip, Sage
Homeade Hardwood Charcoal
Conventional Corn
These suckers are 'MeltChoFaceOffHott'. I'm from Texas and thought I was used to jalapeno peppers. It seems the peppers I was used to were the ones that had sat on a truck from Mexico or California and thus the "heat" I thought they had was not a true representation of the power these things possess. Behold these little nukes, our Early Jalapeno Pepper.
Not as hot as they look (as "spicy" as a green pepper), but plenty damn tasty. I'm pretty excited about these peppers as I love anything that can be dried and used during the long, cold winters.
These Ancho Poblano Peppers also are doing very well under black plastic.
You can't see it, but it's adorable.
The second type of eggplant that we are growing this year is called Pingtung Long Eggplant, a Japanese variety. The green link goes to a description (all our links here on SVF are in the green color seen above so if you see it and you want more info, click any text you see in that color).
So ummmm.... if you've got your finger on the pulse of Western PA agriculture/gardening you know that you and most everyone you know is BURIED under a mountain of cucumbers. Except me. For my name is Johnny, Johnny Come-Lately. Took me a few weeks past the normal planting date to realize that I had no cukes in the ground. Welp, better late than never. These are a theoretical 2-3 weeks from setting fruit and harvest. If I was all tricky like, I'd say I planned it this way and did it to take advantage of the warmer than usual pattern we'd been seeing and KNEW JUST KNEW that I could plant them late and harvest them long after all other producers had succumbed to powdery-mildew and other such cucumber killers. We'll see how that works out for me.
So, here it is all National Farmers Market Week and what are we gonna be doing? Setting up our farm stand for the fourth week in a row? Nope. Heading off to a wedding in NY cuz we're crazy and that's just how we roll. Sooooo to keep your appetites whetted for the tasty deliciousness that is SVF produce during the week that we are to be away, I finally got a camera out into the fields and snapped some pics of the fruits and veggies that will be headed to our Saturday farm stand table come 14AUG10. Check back each day for pics of a new featured crop. Today I present to you:
Moon and Stars Melon
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