Come visit Littlewood Farm at the Plainfield Farmers’ Market TODAY!
4pm-7pm
We’ll have lettuce and salad mix, rhubarb and asparagus, black beans and mustard greens! We’ll also bring a selection of our organically grown plant seedlings, for those of you who didn’t have time to plant last weekend or maybe discovered you had more room for hot peppers than you previously thought!
See you there!
It’s the weekend to get all those plants in the ground!
We still have so many plants. Our back benches are just about to collapse under the weight of all the winter squash and pumpkins. We still have great selections of peppers and tomatoes, melons and brassicas, also flowers and herbs. Our hanging baskets are only $15 and are incredibly vibrant!
I’ll be doing a little gardening myself tomorrow morning before the sale begins. In the garden bed next to the retail house I’m going to put in nasturtium and tangerine and lemon gems for our farmers’ market salad mix. Justin and I have also grown out some seed we saved from our enormous crop of Amish Paste last year and I’ll put some of those plants in there as well. A friend brought us “rare” Peruvian pepper seeds back from South America last year so a couple of those plants will go in as well. The bed should be an eclectic mix of flowers and tomatoes, peppers and an enormous spreading oregano plant. We’ll probably top it off with sunflowers and zinnias too. You’ll be able to watch the madness unfold throughout the season!
And, in 1 week the Plainfield Farmers’ Market begins!
The first-of-the-season Barre Farmers’ Market on Wednesday went great. Pre-market bustle on the farm in the morning meant that there was going to be at least one thing I forgot and it was my camera… so I don’t have any photos of the vendors with their maple syrup, cookies, tamales, veggies, flowers, pottery and so on under a big yellow sun or all the visitors with their shopping bags and children, perusing the wares or sitting on the park benches listening to the rockin’ band. The thunderstorms/hailstorms and other unfortunate weather events miraculously hit everyone else in the area but mostly missed the market. Thanks to everyone who came by!
Not to belabor the point… but you should really head out to the Barre Farmers’ Market today from 3 – 6:30pm. It’s a beautiful day!
The Barre Farmers’ Market begins tomorrow! The market goes from 3-6:30pm, rain or shine… so bring an umbrella to ward off these showers! It’s downtown in City Hall Park, right in front of the Opera House. Come out to meet all the vendors and scope out our products!
Littlewood Farm will bring yummy spring greens: lettuce and baby spinach, braising greens and bunched mustards, bunched arugula and cilantro; as well as asparagus and rhubarb, organic dry black beans, and a selection of our organic plant seedlings. The black beans are a really exciting product for me; if you’ve never had “fresh” dried beans, then you’re in for a treat. They cook up much faster than store-bought dried beans but it’s the taste that really highlights the difference. They are incredibly creamy and rich! This year we’re going to be growing a couple different varieties of dry beans and a variety of garbanzos. I’ll update you on their progress as the season goes on. For now, we have some gorgeous black beans that Joey grew last year on the farm and we’ll be bringing them to market in 2-cup containers.
We hope to see you there!
Our first weekend of the Seedling Sale went fabulously, thanks to all the great gardening folks who came out to the farm! Justin and I enjoyed meeting members of the community and it was great to see people getting excited about all the veggies. Some especially popular plants were Sun Gold cherry tomatoes, Gourmet sweet peppers, mixed-pack eggplants, and brussels sprouts. We still have lots of everything! Remember that Littlewood has lots of warm-loving seedlings like melons, winter squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplant and peppers for planting in your gardens later in May (or June, if you’re very cautious!) Some of these were just popping out last weekend; they’ll be perfect for planting time!
We’re open:
Wednesday – Friday, 4pm-6pm
Saturday – Sunday, 9am-2pm
You can also give us a call if these times don’t work for you and we’ll make sure to have someone around when you come. Or you can just swing on by!
Thanks, folks!
SEEDLING SALE:
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Hours:
Wednesday-Friday, 4-6pm
Saturdays and Sundays, 9am – 2pm
also by chance or appointment
Heirloom and hybrid tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, eggplants, rainbow chard, kales, brussels sprouts, red and green cabbage, broccoli, onions, muskmelons and watermelons, squash, herbs, hanging flower baskets, annual flowers…and more!
For descriptions of our eggplant, melon, tomato and pepper varieties, click “2012 Seedling Sale Varieties”.
See you at the farm!
The great folks at the Barre Farmers’ Market have listed their 2012 vendors. Check out the fabulous diversity of producers and our wares:
Amanda Peyerl~Pottery and Honey Products
Barre Congregational Church~Crafts
Creative Indulgence Hand painted crafts and baked goods
Creamery Meadow Farm~Produce
Ella Hilton VanOsdall~ Jewelry
Flora/Fauna Shee Grazers~ Wool Products
Graze and Gaze Farm~Meats
Garden of Seven Gables~ soaps and herbal oils
Highland Garden~ Plants and Annuals
Hot Tamale~Tamales, Tacos and Burritos
Kristin Ferry~ Breads and Rolls
Lepage Farm~ Produce
Lightfoot Farm~ Dried flowers crafts
Littlewood Farm~ Produce
Mint Magic~Mint cookies and brownies
Single Gate Farm~ Produce, flowers, crafts
Taproot Consulting~Herbal teas and tinctures
Woodchuck Hollow Farm~ Produce
Don’t forgot, the first market is:
May 16th, 3 – 6:30pm, at City Hall Park in Barre!