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 July 18th, 2012

Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes…. what a bounty we have right now. We will have many varieties too choose from; Cherokee Purple, German Pink, Mr. Stripie, Japanese Truffle, Beef-master, Carolina Gold… just to name a few. Stop by and see Kenny’s unique collection, a fine selection to suit most any tomato connoisseur. Kenny’s eggplants are beautiful right now and there [...]

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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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Valarie Russell on May 19th, 2011

Kenny’s newest critters are Northern Quail, he decided to try his hand at raising them and selling their eggs.  We have a few Vietnamese families that are our customers and they purchased quail eggs from a vendor at the market last year.  That vendor stopped handling quail so that left our customers without an outlet for eggs, [...]

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Valarie Russell on May 19th, 2011

You don’t have to wait until the last average frost date in your area to start a vegetable garden outdoors. As soon as the ground can be worked, onions, peas and spinach can be added to your garden. If you are going to grow your own onion seedlings, start them indoors approximately eight weeks before [...]

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Valarie Russell on March 30th, 2011

The hens have really started laying.. .once we started getting warmer weather and longer days the have really started producing.  We have added a few new varieties to the coop and will have the traditional brown eggs available, but we also have the Easter Egger’s.  Which if you are unfamiliar with these, they are called Araucana and Ameraucana, and are originally [...]

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Valarie Russell on September 30th, 2010

Lettuce is a vegetable that would be good to add you your diet. Most people can have positive benefits by adding more lettuce to their diets. Lettuce is green leafy and full of good nutrients that keep our bodies strong and healthy. The fresher the lettuce the better it is for us, so if you [...]

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