Valarie Russell on July 14th, 2015

It’s here… sweet corn at the market this Saturday.  We also have home grown tomatoes… a few heirlooms, red and yellow. Beets, cucumbers, kale, Swiss chard, zucchini – green & golden, cabbage, yellow squash, green peppers, kohlrabi, green beans, egg plant and new potatoes. Kenny will be bringing plenty more candy onions and a few elephant garlic. Peaches are […]

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Valarie Russell on June 24th, 2014

We have been quite productive around the homestead this week.  We have been getting tomatoes for a couple of weeks and not selling all of them on Wednesdays so we decided to put them to use. Kenny and I made several batches of salsa, both our regular “Medium” as well as our “Chipotle Black bean and […]

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Valarie Russell on May 20th, 2014

If growing your own calorie-free, natural sweetener sounds too good to be true, it’s time to get to know stevia. Native to Paraguay and other tropical areas of the Americas, the stevia plant (Stevia rebaudiana) produces leaves packed with super-sweet compounds that remain stable even after the leaves have been dried. Stevia leaves have been […]

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Valarie Russell on October 29th, 2013

Thanks everyone for a wonderful season it’s been incredible.  We appreciate all of the support, and cherish each relationship that was developed this season. We have decide not to participate in this year’s winter market, but still plan on providing you with fresh lettuces, spinach, kale, Swiss chard and EGGS.  Our lettuces are still a couple weeks […]

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Gary on June 11th, 2013

Use this chart as a guide to local fruit and vegetable availability throughout the growing season. Early crops can vary by up to two weeks depending on spring weather. Late season harvests tend to vary little.

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Valarie Russell on February 12th, 2013

Thanks Dodge for this awesome commercial.  The Ram brand has declared 2013 the year of the farmer, and is kicking off a year of programs dedicating to highlighting the importance of farmers. I can’t watch this without tearing up, this was the best commercial of the Super Bowl. I know it’s a Dodge commercial, but it was  […]

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Valarie Russell on January 24th, 2012

What strange weather we are having thus far in 2012.  The birds and plants are really confused… I saw a huge red breasted robin the other morning… not sure if they haven’t flown south yet or already returned. We have wrens nesting in bird houses on the front porch too. I was walking around our […]

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Valarie Russell on November 9th, 2011

Greetings from Seattle, while I am here visiting the newest little one to our family, Kenny is home working in the gardens and greenhouse.  When I talked with him yesterday he told me he planted 400 garlic for next year and asked me to bring home some “Elephant Garlic” for him to plant too. I […]

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Valarie Russell on November 2nd, 2011

Well, so much for the end of the farmer’s market, it looks like the market is still happening in downtown New Albany (and that’s a good thing!).  We have just changed locations and headed indoors and out of the cold!   This weekend begins our first week at the New Albany Fire Department Headquarters on […]

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Valarie Russell on June 7th, 2011

The New Albany Farmer’s Market is open for the 2011 season, so I thought I would re-post this Harvest Calendar so everyone could use this chart as a guide to local fruit and vegetable availability throughout the growing season. Early crops can vary by up to two weeks depending on spring weather. Late season harvests tend […]

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