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Posted 7/25/2012 2:14pm by Gregg Keckler.
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Farm Market Stand Open this Saturday! July 28
Just a reminder: We are ALWAYS there. We have never missed a market or Farm Stand Day. So you can depend on us!. No matter what the weather holds we will be there!
Come to:
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church - 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda 9am-1pm
St Luke's Episcopal Church - 8009 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria 8am-1pm NEW LOCATION!
Let us know if you would like to buy anything in large quanities for canning or freezing. We can provide it for you.
NEW ITEMS this week!
HEIRLOOM TOMATOES! - You have been asking and now they are finally here. We have Lemon Boy, Pineapples, Pink Brandywine, and Black Tula!
PEACHES! White and yellow and Dount peaches! These are very sweet and perfect for just eating!
Canteloupes!
NECTARINES!
Apricots!
Methley, Santa Rosa, Shiro, Ozark PLUMS!
Many varieties and colors - Cherry and Pear tomatoes!
RED TOMATOES! Nice sandwich tomatoes!
Blueberries! Red Raspberries! Blackberries! Berries are in - time to make muffins and ice cream!
Great Rambo and transparent apples for sauce. these are softer and tarter apples that make good sauce. Buy them by the quart or the peck!
Currents! - time to make jam!
Summer Squash! Yellow Squash
Zucchini! Time for summer steamed squash - Squash on the grill!
CUCUMBERS! pickling and others
OKRA and first of the season -
Sweet corn!! We have MIRA - a good sweet variety that will hold its delicious flavor for several days. We also have INCREDIBLE - a great yellow corn.
Red beets and Gold beets!
SWEET CANDY ONIONS!
lettuce, salad greens !
cabbage (small heads), kale, Swiss chard! Time for stir fry!
Red potatoes! These are great for kabobs on the grill!
White new potatoes!
Green Beans!
We have our own sweet breads - Banana, Pumpkin, and Zucchini.
Homemade pies - Cherry, Strawberry/Rhubarb, Blackberry, Peach and Blueberry
We make our own jams and jellies and natural applesauce.
HONEY!
Get ready for the grill!
We have BEEF! Our own lean pasture-raised beef grown slooowly the way it should be!
Steaks- Filets, NY Strips, Del Monicos, Sirloin, rib steaks, round steaks
Ground Beef!
We have pork - steaks, chops and 7 inch links. We now have breakfast links as well!
Our hogs are raised on grass/woodlands. They love rooting under leaves and eating acorns. I have been grilling these sausages every Saturday for a while. They are better tasting and BETTER for you than hot dogs.
free range EGGS from our own chickens!
We will also be offering cheese from Whispering Brook Farm. Ed Breckbill makes his own cheese at his farm in Chambersburg, PA. His cheeses are delicious with a short list of ingredients: unpasturized milk, vegetable enymes, sea salt. Check out his cheeses!
We are looking forward to seeing folks on Saturday, July 28
Stop in, look around and take home some fresh greens, vegetables, berries, and baked goods!
If you have any questions, let us know - www.orchardcountryproduce.com or send an email ocp@orchardcountryproduce.com
Gregg, Louise, Virginia, and Oliver Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
Farm Market Stand Open this Saturday! July 28
Just a reminder: We are ALWAYS there. We have never missed a market or Farm Stand Day. So you can depend on us!. No matter what the weather holds we will be there!
Come to:
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church - 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda 9am-1pm
St Luke's Episcopal Church - 8009 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria 8am-1pm NEW LOCATION!
Let us know if you would like to buy anything in large quanities for canning or freezing. We can provide it for you.
NEW ITEMS this week!
HEIRLOOM TOMATOES! - You have been asking and now they are finally here. We have Lemon Boy, Pineapples, Pink Brandywine, and Black Tula!
PEACHES! White and yellow and Dount peaches! These are very sweet and perfect for just eating!
Canteloupes!
NECTARINES!
Apricots!
Methley, Santa Rosa, Shiro, Ozark PLUMS!
Many varieties and colors - Cherry and Pear tomatoes!
RED TOMATOES! Nice sandwich tomatoes!
Blueberries! Red Raspberries! Blackberries! Berries are in - time to make muffins and ice cream!
Great Rambo and transparent apples for sauce. these are softer and tarter apples that make good sauce. Buy them by the quart or the peck!
Currents! - time to make jam!
Summer Squash! Yellow Squash
Zucchini! Time for summer steamed squash - Squash on the grill!
CUCUMBERS! pickling and others
OKRA and first of the season -
Sweet corn!! We have MIRA - a good sweet variety that will hold its delicious flavor for several days. We also have INCREDIBLE - a great yellow corn.
Red beets and Gold beets!
SWEET CANDY ONIONS!
lettuce, salad greens !
cabbage (small heads), kale, Swiss chard! Time for stir fry!
Red potatoes! These are great for kabobs on the grill!
White new potatoes!
Green Beans!
We have our own sweet breads - Banana, Pumpkin, and Zucchini.
Homemade pies - Cherry, Strawberry/Rhubarb, Blackberry, Peach and Blueberry
We make our own jams and jellies and natural applesauce.
HONEY!
Get ready for the grill!
We have BEEF! Our own lean pasture-raised beef grown slooowly the way it should be!
Steaks- Filets, NY Strips, Del Monicos, Sirloin, rib steaks, round steaks
Ground Beef!
We have pork - steaks, chops and 7 inch links. We now have breakfast links as well!
Our hogs are raised on grass/woodlands. They love rooting under leaves and eating acorns. I have been grilling these sausages every Saturday for a while. They are better tasting and BETTER for you than hot dogs.
free range EGGS from our own chickens!
We will also be offering cheese from Whispering Brook Farm. Ed Breckbill makes his own cheese at his farm in Chambersburg, PA. His cheeses are delicious with a short list of ingredients: unpasturized milk, vegetable enymes, sea salt. Check out his cheeses!
We are looking forward to seeing folks on Saturday, July 28
Stop in, look around and take home some fresh greens, vegetables, berries, and baked goods!
If you have any questions, let us know - www.orchardcountryproduce.com or send an email ocp@orchardcountryproduce.com
Gregg, Louise, Virginia, and Oliver Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
Posted 7/19/2012 9:54am by Gregg Keckler.
Sign up today for the CSA for the summer session if you have not done so yet. We are planning lots of tomatoes, corn, peaches, canteloupe and early apples. In addition we have green beans, beets, Swiss chard, kale, cucumbers, and a lot of great summer vegetables.
You can sign up and pay with paypal right now or you can sign up with invoice and send us a check for $160 for a half share or $300 of a full share. www.orchardcountryproduce.com
Let me know if you have any questions.
ATTENTION: JBS, NLC, the WYOMING - these stops are still shy of the minimum number of shares.
Louise Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
www.orchardcountryproduce.com
You can sign up and pay with paypal right now or you can sign up with invoice and send us a check for $160 for a half share or $300 of a full share. www.orchardcountryproduce.com
Let me know if you have any questions.
ATTENTION: JBS, NLC, the WYOMING - these stops are still shy of the minimum number of shares.
Louise Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
www.orchardcountryproduce.com
Posted 7/18/2012 1:10pm by Gregg Keckler.
Please forward this email to any list serve with the church and surrounding communites! Thanks
Farm Market Stand Open this Saturday! July 21
Come to:
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church - 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda 9am-1pm
St Luke's Episcopal Church - 8009 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria 8am-1pm NEW LOCATION!
NEW ITEMS this week!
PEACHES! White and yellow and Dount peaches! These are very sweet and perfect for just eating!
Canteloupes!
NECTARINES!
Apricots!
Methley, Santa Rosa, Shiro, Ozark PLUMS!
Cherry and Pear tomatoes!
RED TOMATOES! Nice sandwich tomatoes!
Blueberries! Red Raspberries! Blackberries! GOOSEBERRIES! Berries are in - time to make muffins and ice cream!
Currents! - time to make jam!
Summer Squash! Yellow Squash
Zucchini! Time for summer steamed squash - Squash on the grill!
CUCUMBERS! pickling and others
OKRA and first of the season -
Sweet corn!!
Red beets and Gold beets!
SWEET CANDY ONIONS!
lettuce, salad greens - get the greens now - they are almost over until fall!
cabbage (small heads), kale, Swiss chard! Time for stir fry!
Red potatoes! These are great for kabobs on the grill!
White new potatoes!
Green Beans!
We have our own sweet breads - Banana, Pumpkin, and Zucchini.
Homemade pies - Cherry, Strawberry/Rhubarb, Blackberry, Peach and Blueberry
We make our own jams and jellies and natural applesauce.
HONEY!
Get ready for the grill!
We have BEEF! Our own lean pasture-raised beef grown slooowly the way it should be!
Steaks- Filets, NY Strips, Del Monicos, Sirloin, rib steaks, round steaks
Ground Beef!
We have pork - steaks, chops and 7 inch links. We now have breakfast links as well!
Our hogs are raised on grass/woodlands. They love rooting under leaves and eating acorns. I have been grilling these sausages every Saturday for a while. They are better tasting and BETTER for you than hot dogs.
free range EGGS from our own chickens!
We will also be offering cheese from Whispering Brook Farm. Ed Breckbill makes his own cheese at his farm in Chambersburg, PA. His cheeses are delicious with a short list of ingredients: unpasturized milk, vegetable enymes, sea salt. Check out his cheeses!
We are looking forward to seeing folks on Saturday, July 14!
Stop in, look around and take home some fresh greens, vegetables, berries, and baked goods!
If you have any questions, let us know - www.orchardcountryproduce.com or send an email ocp@orchardcountryproduce.com
Gregg, Louise, Virginia, and Oliver Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
Farm Market Stand Open this Saturday! July 21
Come to:
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church - 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda 9am-1pm
St Luke's Episcopal Church - 8009 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria 8am-1pm NEW LOCATION!
NEW ITEMS this week!
PEACHES! White and yellow and Dount peaches! These are very sweet and perfect for just eating!
Canteloupes!
NECTARINES!
Apricots!
Methley, Santa Rosa, Shiro, Ozark PLUMS!
Cherry and Pear tomatoes!
RED TOMATOES! Nice sandwich tomatoes!
Blueberries! Red Raspberries! Blackberries! GOOSEBERRIES! Berries are in - time to make muffins and ice cream!
Currents! - time to make jam!
Summer Squash! Yellow Squash
Zucchini! Time for summer steamed squash - Squash on the grill!
CUCUMBERS! pickling and others
OKRA and first of the season -
Sweet corn!!
Red beets and Gold beets!
SWEET CANDY ONIONS!
lettuce, salad greens - get the greens now - they are almost over until fall!
cabbage (small heads), kale, Swiss chard! Time for stir fry!
Red potatoes! These are great for kabobs on the grill!
White new potatoes!
Green Beans!
We have our own sweet breads - Banana, Pumpkin, and Zucchini.
Homemade pies - Cherry, Strawberry/Rhubarb, Blackberry, Peach and Blueberry
We make our own jams and jellies and natural applesauce.
HONEY!
Get ready for the grill!
We have BEEF! Our own lean pasture-raised beef grown slooowly the way it should be!
Steaks- Filets, NY Strips, Del Monicos, Sirloin, rib steaks, round steaks
Ground Beef!
We have pork - steaks, chops and 7 inch links. We now have breakfast links as well!
Our hogs are raised on grass/woodlands. They love rooting under leaves and eating acorns. I have been grilling these sausages every Saturday for a while. They are better tasting and BETTER for you than hot dogs.
free range EGGS from our own chickens!
We will also be offering cheese from Whispering Brook Farm. Ed Breckbill makes his own cheese at his farm in Chambersburg, PA. His cheeses are delicious with a short list of ingredients: unpasturized milk, vegetable enymes, sea salt. Check out his cheeses!
We are looking forward to seeing folks on Saturday, July 14!
Stop in, look around and take home some fresh greens, vegetables, berries, and baked goods!
If you have any questions, let us know - www.orchardcountryproduce.com or send an email ocp@orchardcountryproduce.com
Gregg, Louise, Virginia, and Oliver Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
Posted 7/16/2012 10:47am by Gregg Keckler.
Dear Folks,
This is the last week of the srping session. It has been a unique session with more summer than spring. That makes each year different! We have enjoyed having everyone with us for this spring. We hope that you will sign up for the summer session if you are able. You can go to the website: www.orchardcountryproduce.com and click membership update to sign up for the summer session.
The deadline to sign up is JULY 19 - this THURSDAY sign up now! If you sign up with paypal you can pay right then. If you decide to send a check, you can take a deduction on the price. Price for checks - $160.00 for half share and $300.00 for full share.
I will be sending everyone who ordered extras for this session emails with the balance due later this week after your delivery - Be watching for it.
This week's shares - will include: peaches, apricots, zucchini, summer sweet onions, kale, basil, tomatoes, blueberries
The peaches are still considered cling peaches - in other words just eat them do not try to cut them off the stone. some of them have been free stone especially if they are very ripe. The onions are great. They are good Candy sweet onions. They are great raw or in stirfries or on the grill. The tomatoes are just the smallish red ones yet. We will be picking the heirloom tomatoes in about two weeks. These tomatoes are great on sandwiches and in salads. You may be getting tire of blueberries. It is very easy to freeze them. Just put a cup or a half of a cup of berries in a zip loc bag and freeze them. They would be great to find on a cold day in January!
Enjoy this week's things. Have a cookout - do some grilling, but most importantly- GET OUTSIDE! Whether it is raining, hot, muggy or perfect weather going outside will refresh your body, soul, and mind. You will be amazed at what you can get done if you take a half hour outside each day!
If you will not be back for the summer, thanks for supporting our farm and being a part of our little enterprise for this year. We look forward to seeing you again next spring. Keep in touch!
Gregg, Louise, Virginia, and Oliver Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
www.orchardcounntryproduce.com
This is the last week of the srping session. It has been a unique session with more summer than spring. That makes each year different! We have enjoyed having everyone with us for this spring. We hope that you will sign up for the summer session if you are able. You can go to the website: www.orchardcountryproduce.com and click membership update to sign up for the summer session.
The deadline to sign up is JULY 19 - this THURSDAY sign up now! If you sign up with paypal you can pay right then. If you decide to send a check, you can take a deduction on the price. Price for checks - $160.00 for half share and $300.00 for full share.
I will be sending everyone who ordered extras for this session emails with the balance due later this week after your delivery - Be watching for it.
This week's shares - will include: peaches, apricots, zucchini, summer sweet onions, kale, basil, tomatoes, blueberries
The peaches are still considered cling peaches - in other words just eat them do not try to cut them off the stone. some of them have been free stone especially if they are very ripe. The onions are great. They are good Candy sweet onions. They are great raw or in stirfries or on the grill. The tomatoes are just the smallish red ones yet. We will be picking the heirloom tomatoes in about two weeks. These tomatoes are great on sandwiches and in salads. You may be getting tire of blueberries. It is very easy to freeze them. Just put a cup or a half of a cup of berries in a zip loc bag and freeze them. They would be great to find on a cold day in January!
Enjoy this week's things. Have a cookout - do some grilling, but most importantly- GET OUTSIDE! Whether it is raining, hot, muggy or perfect weather going outside will refresh your body, soul, and mind. You will be amazed at what you can get done if you take a half hour outside each day!
If you will not be back for the summer, thanks for supporting our farm and being a part of our little enterprise for this year. We look forward to seeing you again next spring. Keep in touch!
Gregg, Louise, Virginia, and Oliver Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
www.orchardcounntryproduce.com
Posted 7/11/2012 10:26am by Gregg Keckler.
Please forward this email to any list serve with the church and surrounding communites! Thanks
Farm Market Stand Open this Saturday! July 14
Come to:
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church - 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda 9am-1pm
St Luke's Episcopal Church - 8009 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria 8am-1pm NEW LOCATION!
NEW ITEMS this week!
PEACHES! White and yellow! These are very sweet and perfect for just eating!
NECTARINES!
Apricots!
Methley and Early Gold Plums!
Shiro Plums!
RED TOMATOES! Nice small sandwich tomatoes!
SOUR CHERRIES! Get them now!
Blueberries! Red Raspberries! Blackberries! GOOSEBERRIES! Berries are in - time to make muffins and ice cream!
Currents! - time to make jam!
Summer Squash! Yellow Squash
Zucchini! Time for summer steamed squash - Squash on the grill!
CUCUMBERS! pickling and others
OKRA and first of the season - Sweet corn
Red beets and Gold beets!
SWEET CANDY ONIONS!
We have spring onions, radishes
lettuce, salad greens - get the greens now - they are almost over until fall!
cabbage (small heads), kale, Swiss chard! Time for stir fry!
Red potatoes! These are great for kabobs on the grill!
White new potatoes!
Green Beans!
We have our own sweet breads - Banana, Pumpkin, and Zucchini.
Homemade pies - Cherry, Strawberry/Rhubarb, blackberry and Blueberry
We make our own jams and jellies and natural applesauce.
HONEY!
Get ready for the grill!
We have BEEF! Our own lean pasture-raised beef grown slooowly the way it should be!
Steaks- Filets, NY Strips, Del Monicos, Sirloin, rib steaks, round steaks
Ground Beef!
We have pork - steaks, chops and 7 inch links. We now have breakfast links as well!
Our hogs are raised on grass/woodlands. They love rooting under leaves and eating acorns. I have been grilling these sausages every Saturday for a while. They are better tasting and BETTER for you than hot dogs.
free range EGGS from our own chickens!
We will also be offering cheese from Whispering Brook Farm. Ed Breckbill makes his own cheese at his farm in Chambersburg, PA. His cheeses are delicious with a short list of ingredients: unpasturized milk, vegetable enymes, sea salt. Check out his cheeses!
We are looking forward to seeing folks on Saturday, July 14!
Stop in, look around and take home some fresh greens, vegetables, berries, and baked goods!
If you have any questions, let us know - www.orchardcountryproduce.com or send an email ocp@orchardcountryproduce.com
Gregg, Louise, Virginia, and Oliver Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
Farm Market Stand Open this Saturday! July 14
Come to:
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church - 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda 9am-1pm
St Luke's Episcopal Church - 8009 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria 8am-1pm NEW LOCATION!
NEW ITEMS this week!
PEACHES! White and yellow! These are very sweet and perfect for just eating!
NECTARINES!
Apricots!
Methley and Early Gold Plums!
Shiro Plums!
RED TOMATOES! Nice small sandwich tomatoes!
SOUR CHERRIES! Get them now!
Blueberries! Red Raspberries! Blackberries! GOOSEBERRIES! Berries are in - time to make muffins and ice cream!
Currents! - time to make jam!
Summer Squash! Yellow Squash
Zucchini! Time for summer steamed squash - Squash on the grill!
CUCUMBERS! pickling and others
OKRA and first of the season - Sweet corn
Red beets and Gold beets!
SWEET CANDY ONIONS!
We have spring onions, radishes
lettuce, salad greens - get the greens now - they are almost over until fall!
cabbage (small heads), kale, Swiss chard! Time for stir fry!
Red potatoes! These are great for kabobs on the grill!
White new potatoes!
Green Beans!
We have our own sweet breads - Banana, Pumpkin, and Zucchini.
Homemade pies - Cherry, Strawberry/Rhubarb, blackberry and Blueberry
We make our own jams and jellies and natural applesauce.
HONEY!
Get ready for the grill!
We have BEEF! Our own lean pasture-raised beef grown slooowly the way it should be!
Steaks- Filets, NY Strips, Del Monicos, Sirloin, rib steaks, round steaks
Ground Beef!
We have pork - steaks, chops and 7 inch links. We now have breakfast links as well!
Our hogs are raised on grass/woodlands. They love rooting under leaves and eating acorns. I have been grilling these sausages every Saturday for a while. They are better tasting and BETTER for you than hot dogs.
free range EGGS from our own chickens!
We will also be offering cheese from Whispering Brook Farm. Ed Breckbill makes his own cheese at his farm in Chambersburg, PA. His cheeses are delicious with a short list of ingredients: unpasturized milk, vegetable enymes, sea salt. Check out his cheeses!
We are looking forward to seeing folks on Saturday, July 14!
Stop in, look around and take home some fresh greens, vegetables, berries, and baked goods!
If you have any questions, let us know - www.orchardcountryproduce.com or send an email ocp@orchardcountryproduce.com
Gregg, Louise, Virginia, and Oliver Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
Posted 7/9/2012 11:03am by Gregg Keckler.
This week in the shares -
Red potatoes, Green beans, Basil, Plums, Blueberries, Swiss chard, Cucumbers.
We are just beginning to pick green beans. These are a very tender variety. I know that basil goes with tomatoes, but since the tomatoes are not quite ready yet. Try pesto sauce with pasta or potaotes. Another thing I have been doing with basil is making basil lemonade. it is amazing! I make about two quarts of lemonade then add between a half to a full cup of basil leaves. Put it in the blender or processor with about two cups of ice cubes. It is very good! My husband will drink two quarts of this all by himself on a Sunday afternoon without even realizing it! Give it a try. We will be giving lots of basil. If you remember from last year - folks were actually starting to root their own basil on the kitchen table from our cuttings! Basil will keep very well in a jar with water on the counter. I kept some that had come back from market for almost a whole week. Try to keep the leaves out of the water.
We are stocked full of plums and blueberries right now. Enjoy the berries - make muffins, eat them with sugar and shortcake, use with yogurt, make smoothies. I make popcicles with one pint of blueberries, one cup of vanilla yogurt, one half of sugar, and one cup of ice cubes - in the blender. You can eat this for a dessert or you can freeze it for popcicles.
I am going to be sending another email later about the sign up for the summer session. The deadline is coming soon for the sign up. July 19th - Deadline
Check out the online store for any extras.
blueberries-
apricots (seconds)- These are delicious, but they have "the black spot" (to quote Robert Louis Stevenson) - it is a bacterical spot from not enough spray. Check them out if you would like to peel them, eat them raw or use for cooking or jam.
basil -
soft peaches- These are delicious, soft, ready to eat. They are CLING peaches, so they are difficult to cut off the stone. I have been cutting them up and eating them. I just peel the shell off and then cut around the stone. It is not a perfect job, but it is very easy to get the most of the peaches.
pickling cucumbers- Make a batch of pickles! I have not made any yet this year, I always make dill pickles (both sweet and sour). I am thinking I will make some bread and butter pickles this year. I haven't made them in years.
Enjoy that week. I am glad that we have a little reprieve from the extremely hot days. We are planting sugar baby watermelons for a late crop in late September and October. The turkets and the chickens are looking great. We should have chicken by the second week in August.
Let us know if you have any questions about anything.
Gregg, Louise, Virginia, and Oliver Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
Red potatoes, Green beans, Basil, Plums, Blueberries, Swiss chard, Cucumbers.
We are just beginning to pick green beans. These are a very tender variety. I know that basil goes with tomatoes, but since the tomatoes are not quite ready yet. Try pesto sauce with pasta or potaotes. Another thing I have been doing with basil is making basil lemonade. it is amazing! I make about two quarts of lemonade then add between a half to a full cup of basil leaves. Put it in the blender or processor with about two cups of ice cubes. It is very good! My husband will drink two quarts of this all by himself on a Sunday afternoon without even realizing it! Give it a try. We will be giving lots of basil. If you remember from last year - folks were actually starting to root their own basil on the kitchen table from our cuttings! Basil will keep very well in a jar with water on the counter. I kept some that had come back from market for almost a whole week. Try to keep the leaves out of the water.
We are stocked full of plums and blueberries right now. Enjoy the berries - make muffins, eat them with sugar and shortcake, use with yogurt, make smoothies. I make popcicles with one pint of blueberries, one cup of vanilla yogurt, one half of sugar, and one cup of ice cubes - in the blender. You can eat this for a dessert or you can freeze it for popcicles.
I am going to be sending another email later about the sign up for the summer session. The deadline is coming soon for the sign up. July 19th - Deadline
Check out the online store for any extras.
blueberries-
apricots (seconds)- These are delicious, but they have "the black spot" (to quote Robert Louis Stevenson) - it is a bacterical spot from not enough spray. Check them out if you would like to peel them, eat them raw or use for cooking or jam.
basil -
soft peaches- These are delicious, soft, ready to eat. They are CLING peaches, so they are difficult to cut off the stone. I have been cutting them up and eating them. I just peel the shell off and then cut around the stone. It is not a perfect job, but it is very easy to get the most of the peaches.
pickling cucumbers- Make a batch of pickles! I have not made any yet this year, I always make dill pickles (both sweet and sour). I am thinking I will make some bread and butter pickles this year. I haven't made them in years.
Enjoy that week. I am glad that we have a little reprieve from the extremely hot days. We are planting sugar baby watermelons for a late crop in late September and October. The turkets and the chickens are looking great. We should have chicken by the second week in August.
Let us know if you have any questions about anything.
Gregg, Louise, Virginia, and Oliver Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
Posted 7/5/2012 7:31am by Gregg Keckler.
Please forward this email to any list serve with the church and surrounding communites! Thanks
Farm Market Stand Open this Saturday! July 7 Come to:
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church - 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda 9am-1pm
St Luke's Episcopal Church - 8009 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria 8am-1pm NEW LOCATION!
NEW ITEMS this week!
PEACHES! These are very sweet and perfect for just eating!
Apricots!
Methley and Early Gold Plums! Shiro Plums!
Fourth of July TOMATOES! Nice small sandwich tomatoes!
Sweet CHERRIES! Great taste!
SOUR CHERRIES! Get them now!
Blueberries! Black Raspberries! Red Raspberries! Blackberries! Berries are in - time to make muffins and ice cream!
Summer Squash! Yellow Squash
Zucchini! Time for summer steamed squash - Squash on the grill!
CUCUMBERS! pickling and others
Red beets and Gold beets!
We have spring onions, radishes
lettuce, salad greens - get the greens now - they are almost over until fall!
spearmint tea
cabbage (small heads), kale, Swiss chard! Time for stir fry!
Red potatoes! These are great for kabobs on the grill!
We have our own sweet breads - Banana, Pumpkin, and Zucchini.
Homemade pies - Cherry, Strawberry/Rhubarb, blackberry and Blueberry
We make our own jams and jellies and natural applesauce.
HONEY!
Get ready for the grill!
We have BEEF! Our own lean pasture-raised beef grown slooowly the way it should be!
Steaks- Filets, NY Strips, Del Monicos, Sirloin, rib steaks, round steaks
Ground Beef!
We have pork - steaks, chops and 7 inch links. We now have breakfast links as well!
Our hogs are raised on grass/woodlands. They love rooting under leaves and eating acorns. I have been grilling these sausages every Saturday for a while. They are better tasting and BETTER for you than hot dogs.
free range EGGS from our own chickens!
We will also be offering cheese from Whispering Brook Farm. Ed Breckbill makes his own cheese at his farm in Chambersburg, PA. His cheeses are delicious with a short list of ingredients: unpasturized milk, vegetable enymes, sea salt. Check out his cheeses!
We are looking forward to seeing folks on Saturday, July 7!
Stop in, look around and take home some fresh greens, vegetables, berries, and baked goods!
If you have any questions, let us know - www.orchardcountryproduce.com or send an email ocp@orchardcountryproduce.com
Gregg, Louise, Virginia, and Oliver Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
Farm Market Stand Open this Saturday! July 7 Come to:
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church - 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda 9am-1pm
St Luke's Episcopal Church - 8009 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria 8am-1pm NEW LOCATION!
NEW ITEMS this week!
PEACHES! These are very sweet and perfect for just eating!
Apricots!
Methley and Early Gold Plums! Shiro Plums!
Fourth of July TOMATOES! Nice small sandwich tomatoes!
Sweet CHERRIES! Great taste!
SOUR CHERRIES! Get them now!
Blueberries! Black Raspberries! Red Raspberries! Blackberries! Berries are in - time to make muffins and ice cream!
Summer Squash! Yellow Squash
Zucchini! Time for summer steamed squash - Squash on the grill!
CUCUMBERS! pickling and others
Red beets and Gold beets!
We have spring onions, radishes
lettuce, salad greens - get the greens now - they are almost over until fall!
spearmint tea
cabbage (small heads), kale, Swiss chard! Time for stir fry!
Red potatoes! These are great for kabobs on the grill!
We have our own sweet breads - Banana, Pumpkin, and Zucchini.
Homemade pies - Cherry, Strawberry/Rhubarb, blackberry and Blueberry
We make our own jams and jellies and natural applesauce.
HONEY!
Get ready for the grill!
We have BEEF! Our own lean pasture-raised beef grown slooowly the way it should be!
Steaks- Filets, NY Strips, Del Monicos, Sirloin, rib steaks, round steaks
Ground Beef!
We have pork - steaks, chops and 7 inch links. We now have breakfast links as well!
Our hogs are raised on grass/woodlands. They love rooting under leaves and eating acorns. I have been grilling these sausages every Saturday for a while. They are better tasting and BETTER for you than hot dogs.
free range EGGS from our own chickens!
We will also be offering cheese from Whispering Brook Farm. Ed Breckbill makes his own cheese at his farm in Chambersburg, PA. His cheeses are delicious with a short list of ingredients: unpasturized milk, vegetable enymes, sea salt. Check out his cheeses!
We are looking forward to seeing folks on Saturday, July 7!
Stop in, look around and take home some fresh greens, vegetables, berries, and baked goods!
If you have any questions, let us know - www.orchardcountryproduce.com or send an email ocp@orchardcountryproduce.com
Gregg, Louise, Virginia, and Oliver Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
Posted 6/27/2012 3:54pm by Gregg Keckler.
Please forward this email to any list serve with the church and surrounding communites! Thanks
Farm Market Stand Open this Saturday! June 9Come to:
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church - 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda 9am-1pm
St Luke's Episcopal Church - 8009 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria 8am-1pm NEW LOCATION!
NEW ITEMS this week!
PEACHES!
Apricots!
Methley and Early Gold Plums!
Fourth of July TOMATOES! Nice small sandwich tomatoes!
Sweet CHERRIES! Great taste!
SOUR CHERRIES!
Blueberries! Black Raspberries! Red Raspberries! Berries are in - time to make muffins and ice cream!
Summer Squash! Yellow Squash
Zucchini! Time for summer steamed squash - Squash on the grill!
CUCUMBERS! pickling and others
Red beets and Gold beets!
We have spring onions, radishes
lettuce, salad greens - get the greens now - they are almost over until fall!
spearmint tea
cabbage (small heads), kale, Swiss chard! Time for stir fry!
Red potatoes! These are great for kabobs on the grill!
We have our own sweet breads - Banana, Pumpkin, and Zucchini.
Homemade pies - Cherry, Strawberry/Rhubarb, blackberry and Blueberry
We make our own jams and jellies and natural applesauce.
HONEY!
Get ready for the grill!
We have BEEF! Our own lean pasture-raised beef grown slooowly the way it should be!
Steaks- Filets, NY Strips, Del Monicos, Sirloin, rib steaks, round steaks
Ground Beef!
We have pork - steaks, chops and 7 inch links. We now have breakfast links as well!
Our hogs are raised on grass/woodlands. They love rooting under leaves and eating acorns. I have been grilling these sausages every Saturday for a while. They are better tasting and BETTER for you than hot dogs.
free range EGGS from our own chickens!
We will also be offering cheese from Whispering Brook Farm. Ed Breckbill makes his own cheese at his farm in Chambersburg, PA. His cheeses are delicious with a short list of ingredients: unpasturized milk, vegetable enymes, sea salt. Check out his cheeses!
We are looking forward to seeing folks on Saturday, June 30
Stop in, look around and take home some fresh greens, vegetables, berries, and baked goods!
If you have any questions, let us know - www.orchardcountryproduce.com or send an email ocp@orchardcountryproduce.com
Gregg, Louise, Virginia, and Oliver Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
Farm Market Stand Open this Saturday! June 9Come to:
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church - 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda 9am-1pm
St Luke's Episcopal Church - 8009 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria 8am-1pm NEW LOCATION!
NEW ITEMS this week!
PEACHES!
Apricots!
Methley and Early Gold Plums!
Fourth of July TOMATOES! Nice small sandwich tomatoes!
Sweet CHERRIES! Great taste!
SOUR CHERRIES!
Blueberries! Black Raspberries! Red Raspberries! Berries are in - time to make muffins and ice cream!
Summer Squash! Yellow Squash
Zucchini! Time for summer steamed squash - Squash on the grill!
CUCUMBERS! pickling and others
Red beets and Gold beets!
We have spring onions, radishes
lettuce, salad greens - get the greens now - they are almost over until fall!
spearmint tea
cabbage (small heads), kale, Swiss chard! Time for stir fry!
Red potatoes! These are great for kabobs on the grill!
We have our own sweet breads - Banana, Pumpkin, and Zucchini.
Homemade pies - Cherry, Strawberry/Rhubarb, blackberry and Blueberry
We make our own jams and jellies and natural applesauce.
HONEY!
Get ready for the grill!
We have BEEF! Our own lean pasture-raised beef grown slooowly the way it should be!
Steaks- Filets, NY Strips, Del Monicos, Sirloin, rib steaks, round steaks
Ground Beef!
We have pork - steaks, chops and 7 inch links. We now have breakfast links as well!
Our hogs are raised on grass/woodlands. They love rooting under leaves and eating acorns. I have been grilling these sausages every Saturday for a while. They are better tasting and BETTER for you than hot dogs.
free range EGGS from our own chickens!
We will also be offering cheese from Whispering Brook Farm. Ed Breckbill makes his own cheese at his farm in Chambersburg, PA. His cheeses are delicious with a short list of ingredients: unpasturized milk, vegetable enymes, sea salt. Check out his cheeses!
We are looking forward to seeing folks on Saturday, June 30
Stop in, look around and take home some fresh greens, vegetables, berries, and baked goods!
If you have any questions, let us know - www.orchardcountryproduce.com or send an email ocp@orchardcountryproduce.com
Gregg, Louise, Virginia, and Oliver Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
Posted 6/21/2012 7:09am by Gregg Keckler.
Please forward this email to any list serve with the church and surrounding communites! Thanks
Farm Market Stand Open this Saturday! June 9Come to:
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church - 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda 9am-1pm
St Luke's Episcopal Church - 8009 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria 8am-1pm NEW LOCATION!
NEW ITEMS this week!
Sweet CHERRIES! We have the early dark cherries and the red sweet ones. Great taste!
SOUR CHERRIES!
Blueberries! Black Raspberries! Red Raspberries! Berries are in - time to make muffins and ice cream!
Summer Squash! Yellow Squash
Zucchini! Time for summer steamed squash - Squash on the grill!
CUCUMBERS! pickling and others
Sugar Snap Peas - very sweet! Get them now! They are almost over for the year!
Hull Peas - the old fashioned one that you have to shell! These are great in a pan with lettuce, spring onions and a little olive oil!
We have spring onions, radishes, and red beets with the greens,
lettuce, salad greens, and spearmint tea
cabbage (small heads), kale, Swiss chard! Time for stir fry!
Get the ASPARAGUS now! The season is coming to a close!
We have our own sweet breads - Banana, Pumpkin, and Zucchini.
Homemade pies - Cherry, Strawberry/Rhubarb, Raspberry and Blueberry
We make our own jams and jellies and natural applesauce.
HONEY!
Get ready for the grill!
We have BEEF! Our own lean pasture-raised beef grown slooowly the way it should be!
Steaks and ground beef!
We have pork - steaks, chops and 7 inch links. Our hogs are raised on grass/woodlands. They love rooting under leaves and eating acorns. I have been grilling these sausages every Saturday for a while. They are better tasting and BETTER for you than hot dogs.
free range EGGS from our own chickens!
We will also be offering cheese from Whispering Brook Farm. Ed Breckbill makes his own cheese at his farm in Chambersburg, PA. His cheeses are delicious with a short list of ingredients: unpasturized milk, vegetable enymes, sea salt. Check out his cheeses!
Check out the bedding plants! Herbs, tomato plants, and flowers!
We are looking forward to seeing folks on Saturday,June 16
Stop in, look around and take home some fresh greens, vegetables, berries, and baked goods!
If you have any questions, let us know - www.orchardcountryproduce.com or send an email ocp@orchardcountryproduce.com
Gregg, Louise, Virginia, and Oliver Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
Farm Market Stand Open this Saturday! June 9Come to:
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church - 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda 9am-1pm
St Luke's Episcopal Church - 8009 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria 8am-1pm NEW LOCATION!
NEW ITEMS this week!
Sweet CHERRIES! We have the early dark cherries and the red sweet ones. Great taste!
SOUR CHERRIES!
Blueberries! Black Raspberries! Red Raspberries! Berries are in - time to make muffins and ice cream!
Summer Squash! Yellow Squash
Zucchini! Time for summer steamed squash - Squash on the grill!
CUCUMBERS! pickling and others
Sugar Snap Peas - very sweet! Get them now! They are almost over for the year!
Hull Peas - the old fashioned one that you have to shell! These are great in a pan with lettuce, spring onions and a little olive oil!
We have spring onions, radishes, and red beets with the greens,
lettuce, salad greens, and spearmint tea
cabbage (small heads), kale, Swiss chard! Time for stir fry!
Get the ASPARAGUS now! The season is coming to a close!
We have our own sweet breads - Banana, Pumpkin, and Zucchini.
Homemade pies - Cherry, Strawberry/Rhubarb, Raspberry and Blueberry
We make our own jams and jellies and natural applesauce.
HONEY!
Get ready for the grill!
We have BEEF! Our own lean pasture-raised beef grown slooowly the way it should be!
Steaks and ground beef!
We have pork - steaks, chops and 7 inch links. Our hogs are raised on grass/woodlands. They love rooting under leaves and eating acorns. I have been grilling these sausages every Saturday for a while. They are better tasting and BETTER for you than hot dogs.
free range EGGS from our own chickens!
We will also be offering cheese from Whispering Brook Farm. Ed Breckbill makes his own cheese at his farm in Chambersburg, PA. His cheeses are delicious with a short list of ingredients: unpasturized milk, vegetable enymes, sea salt. Check out his cheeses!
Check out the bedding plants! Herbs, tomato plants, and flowers!
We are looking forward to seeing folks on Saturday,June 16
Stop in, look around and take home some fresh greens, vegetables, berries, and baked goods!
If you have any questions, let us know - www.orchardcountryproduce.com or send an email ocp@orchardcountryproduce.com
Gregg, Louise, Virginia, and Oliver Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
Posted 6/5/2012 10:46am by Gregg Keckler.
Dear Folks,
News from the farm! Melons, fennel, and broccoli were planted out today. Gregg and Oliver planted over 5000 tomato plants. We are picking strawberries, lettuce, beets, kale. Swiss chard, peas, Peas, PEAS. We have also begun picking sweet cherries. All the fruit is about 3 weeks early this year because of the mild spring. That is good for some things, but others are suffering. We did not have as much rhubarb or asparagus as other years. The spinach bolted because of the 90 degree weather. But summer fruits are going to be ready very soon. We are looking forward to some good raspberries and blueberries this year and also plums.
We butchered 2 hogs last month and 2 more are going next week. The chicks and turkey poults have arrived. We should have chicken for sale in August and turkeys by October.
If you haven't signed up for the CSA this year, but would like to, we are still taking subscriptions for the summer and fall session. Go to www.orchardcountryproduce.com to sign up. Summer session begins July 23 and Fall session begins September 10.
If you are in the area of our farm markets or farm stands stop by the stands and stock up on good fresh produce, fruit, meat, eggs, cheese.
Tueadays DOT Tuesdays - 10-2pm
Tuesdays - NEW LOCATION!!! NGS Farm Stand - in the Courtyard at National Geographic Society
16th St NW 9:30-1pm
Thursdays - East Columbia Library - Cradlerock Way 2-6pm
Saturday - Westminster Farmer's Market 8- 12 noon
Saturday - Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church - Cedar Lane, Bethesda 9 - 1pm
Saturday - NEW LOCATION!!! St Luke's Episcopal Church - 8009 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria 8-1pm
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