Valarie Russell on May 26th, 2011

If you’re unfamiliar with this humble green, you’re missing out! Swiss chard is amazingly healthy, packed with fiber, vitamins, minerals and important antioxidants like lutein. It is delicious, mild in taste and really inexpensive–usually only about $2 a bunch at the local market. And of course, because of the “no net calories” rule (meaning you […]

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Valarie Russell on March 30th, 2011

Welcome Spring!  Baby lettuce has arrived! We have begun cutting and selling our fresh loose leaf baby lettuce. Loose leaf lettuce is a lettuce variety which does not form a compact head. There are numerous different types of loose leaf lettuce, with basic red and green being the most common. This lettuce variety is very easy to grow and it can be flexibly […]

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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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Valarie Russell on September 24th, 2010

Get Fresh – Buy the freshest lettuce you can from a farmer’s market or a grocery store you know that typically has good produce.  Keep it cool – Set your refrigerator and produce drawer temperature and humidity controls correctly.  You don’t want your refrigerator temperature set low and the humidity high or your lettuce will […]

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Valarie Russell on September 24th, 2010

    Six different kinds of lettuce  Our lettuce is looking great for this time of year and we will be bringing some to the New Albany Farmer’s Market tomorrow. This first planting consist of Red Oak Leaf, Butter Crunch, Black seeded Simpson,  Salad Bowl, Kentucky Bibb, and Grand Rapids.  We are picking three of the six varieties this week.  […]

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Valarie Russell on September 18th, 2010

Winter squash is a warm-season vegetable that can be grown in most of the country. It differs from summer squash in that it is harvested and eaten in the mature fruit stage, when the seeds within have matured fully and the skin has hardened into a tough rind. When ripened to this stage, fruits of […]

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Valarie Russell on August 31st, 2010

Saturday was another great day at the farmer’s market. We even had a great full page ad in our local paper that day. It’s just a shame we didn’t get that much print at the start of the market in May. Produce is still plentiful and we will be there again tomorrow Wednesday from 4-7 pm.  […]

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Valarie Russell on August 20th, 2010

Just a quick note to let everyone know what we will have available tomorrow…   It’s pepper season and Kenny loves to grow and show off his peppers. I think he grows about half of these different peppers and  we will have a large variety available tomorrow.  Tomatoes are another of his passions and we […]

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Valarie Russell on August 18th, 2010

Fall is arriving too soon this year, our apples are coming in a few weeks early. I guess this is a good thing, but we are still picking the last of our peaches this week as well. We will have both peaches and Gala Apples this weekend at the market.

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