Down Route 7, at the Land Trust barns, Megan Haney runs an organic farm. While Haney delivers on shares of her produce to regulars, she also runs a weekend farm stand. And she sends emails to interested parties. Here is a sample:
If I were the Calendar Queen, I’d hereby decree this:
The Week of the Pea.
Though they started trickling in a couple of weeks ago, they’ve been a bit shy. Some years they stay shy–when our typical New England summers zoom onto central stage from outa nowhere. But this year, we seem to have entered the Bermuda Triangle and come out in Seattle, and the peas have lapped up the ride like so many golden retrievers with their heads out the window, and really taken off.
So we’ve gone from a few pounds a week to 70 lbs. picked just this morning! In large part this is thanks to “Super Sugar Snap”, a variety I’m trialing this year. So far all our pickings have been from Sugar Ann, which bears early but with small pods. Super Sugar Snap steals the show now with far longer vines, far heavier pod set, and much larger, tastier pods.
Not to be outdone, the snow peas AND an early variety of shelling peas have decided to fledge in the past couple of days as well.
Elsewhere from our fields we’ll be hauling in:
* beets glorious beets (both standard dark red and the red-and-white ringed Chioggia)
* the first of our spring carrots
* broccoli
* kale, Swiss and rainbow chard, Chinese cabbage, sorrel
* head lettuce, salad mix, arugula
* lots ‘o small things to spike up your meals (scallions, garlic scapes, radishes, basil, parsley)
* smatterings of cukes (from our greenhouse) and zukes (from the Great Outdoors).Fran and Bill’s eggs, Bantam Bread, Adam’s pestos, Ox Hollow’s pastured meats, and our own herb seedlings and dwarf sunflowers also await.
–Megan
Marble Valley Farm, 170 Kent Road, Kent CT 06757 (Route 7, 2.5 mis. south of town)
860-592-0020; 603-667-7160Farm stand hours: Sat/Sun 10 – 2
Thursday pre-order option: e-mail me an order (no minimum) by midnight Thursday, we’ll have it ready for your pick-up between 3 and 6 on Friday
General custom ordering: $30 minimum, place order a day ahead, pick-up possible any day but Monday