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Dear Folks,
This week's shares will include:
Full and Half shares:
green beans
parsley
sour cherries
blueberries
kohlrabi
Sweet Candy Onions
Swiss chard
Personal shares:
Sour cherries
green beans
parsley
Sweet Candy onion
Swiss chard
Sour cherries are sour. they are meant for pies, cobblers, etc. Parsley is a great addition to any dish cold and hot. If you cannot think of enough ways to use it at the moment, dry it. then crush it and you will have parsley for your soups and stews in the winter. We are now digging our good candy sweet onions. These are great onions for raw salads. you can use them in sautés, but do not over cook them, they will cook away til there is nothing left! I love creating different combinations either on the grill or in stir fries. yesterday, I grilled a combo of sweet onions, fennel, zucchini, and kohlrabi with garlic scapes and olive oil and salt. It was delicious! Be adventurous!
This is the last week of the spring session. if you want to sign up for the summer session now is the time. The summer session begins next week.
Sign up deadline is Friday for summer session. We have added a flower share for the summer session. Check it out!
Looking forward to seeing everyone this week!
Gregg, Louise, and Oliver Keckler
Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm, Inc
Dear Folks,
This is the seventh week - the last week of the spring session.
This is pick off the table week. You must bring your own bag and pick your own share.
When you come to the stand - you can check the list to see if you are a personal, full or half share. pick your share and check off your name.
personal - $13
half - $22
Full - $44
You can choose anything on the stand, vegetables, fruits, meats, cheese, jelly, honey, flowers, baked goods -anything that is for sale!
WESTMINSTER PICK UP - if you would like to get any meat - chicken, pork or beef, please let us know by ordering from the store - so that we will be sure to bring it for you.
If you have not signed up for the summer session yet, Do it NOW! Summer session starts next week and runs through September 1.
Looking forward to seeing everyone this week.
Gregg, Louise, and Oliver Keckler
Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm, Inc
Tomorrow JULY 11TH
Oliver will be at St Luke's Episcopal Church from 8 - 1 pm.
Gregg will be at St. Mark's Episcopal Church on South King's Highway Alexandria on Saturdays from 8-1 pm
These are some of the items that we will have tomorrow at the market stands.
We will have jellies, honey, Shagbark hickory syrup
Fruit
apples - Lodi
plums
red raspberries
Sweet cherries
apricots
blueberries
black raspberries
plumcots
gooseberries
currants
peaches
sour cherries
Vegetables
patty pan squash
Sweet onions
peppers
fennel
green beans
Kale
lettuce
red potaotes
Swiss chard
Red Beets with tops
cauliflower
broccoli
cucumbers
zucchini
Yellow summer squash
kohlrabi
cabbage
pickling cucumbers
Tomatoes
cherry tomatoes
Meat - our own home grown
beef - WE HAVE STEAKS! Filets, NY strips, Rib steaks, sirloin, flat iron
Fresh chicken - just butchered
pork - We have chops and ham steak, bacon, breakfast links
Bakery
Raised Breads - Honey Oatmeal and cinnamon bread
cinnamon rolls
Sweet breads - banana, zucchini, and apple
cookies
Homemade strawberry/rhubarb pies
Cherry pies
blackberry pies
Home grown eggs
Homemade jellies and jams
HONEY
Shagbark Hickory Syrup
Cheese from Whispering Brook Cheese Haus
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow at the stand!
Gregg, Louise, Oliver Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
East Columbia Farmer's Market
East Columbia Library
Cradlerock Way
2-6 pm.
Rain or shine - We will be here to bring you fresh fruits and vegetables as they are picked!
Come out to check out the great vegetables and berries. We have great green beans and sweet corn!!!
These are some of the items that we will have tomorrow at the market.
Fruit
Rhubarb
Sweet Cherries
Apricots
blueberries
black raspberries
red raspberries
gooseberries
plumcots
PEACHES
Vegetables
spring onions
Kale
lettuce
red beets in the bunch!
Swiss chard
kohlrabi
cauliflower
zucchini
yellow summer squash
cucumbers
red and green cabbage
pickling cucumbers
tomatoes
cherry tomatoes
English shell peas (shelled)
green beans
Meat - our own home grown
beef - We have steaks - rib steaks, NY strip, sirloin flat iron, filets !
pork- We have chops, fresh ham steaks, 7 in grillers and breakfast links
chickens - whole
Bakery
Raised Breads - honey oatmeal bread
Sweet breads - banana,and apple and zucchini
cookies
Homemade strawberry - rhubarb pies
Cherry pies
blackberry pies
peach pies
Home grown eggs
Homemade jellies and jams
HONEY
Shagbark Hickory Syrup
Cheese from Whispering Brook Cheese Haus
Looking forward to seeing everyone at the stand!
Gregg, Louise, Oliver Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
National Geographic Society - Tuesday, July 7 from 9-2pm in the courtyard.
We will have jellies, honey, Shagbark hickory syrup
Fruit
Rhubarb
Sweet Cherries
sour cherries
black raspberries
blueberries
apricots
pluots
gooseberries
red currants
Vegetables
spring onions
Kale
lettuce
red beets with the tops
Swiss chard
sweet candy onions
okra
cucumbers
zucchini
yellow summer squash
kohlrabi
sweet corn!
tomatoes
red potatoes
cherry tomatoes
pickling cucumbers
green beans
HERBS
mint tea
catnip
cut basil
dill
parsley
Meat - our own home grown
beef - we have steaks!
pork - we have chops!
whole chicken
Bakery
Raised Breads
Sweet breads
cookies
Homemade strawberry-rhubarb pies
Cherry pies
blueberry pies
Home grown eggs
Homemade jellies and jams
HONEY
Shagbark Hickory Syrup
Cheese from Whispering Brook Cheese Haus
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow at the stand!
Special deals on sauce apples
$15 half bushel or TWO half bushels for $20
email us if you would like to have Gregg bring some for you!
Gregg, Louise, Oliver Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
We will be at DOT for the Farmer's Market tomorrow from 10-2 pm
Come out and get fresh vegetables. We will have these items available for sale.
We will have jellies, honey, Shagbark hickory syrup
Fruit
Rhubarb
Sweet cherries
blueberries
sour cherries
black raspberries
apricots
pluots
gooseberries
currants
Vegetables
spring onions
Kale
lettuce
red beets with the tops
Swiss chard
tomatoes
cherry tomatoes
zucchini
summer squash
red potatoes
cucumbers
pickling cucumbers
green beans
sweet corn!
HERBS
mint tea
catnip
cut basil
dill
parsley
Meat - our own home grown
beef - We have steaks!
pork - We have chops!
chickens - whole
Bakery
Sweet breads
cookies
Homemade strawberry-rhubarb pies
Cherry pies
blueberry pies
Home grown eggs
Homemade jellies and jams
HONEY
Shagbark Hickory Syrup
Cheese from Whispering Brook Cheese Haus
Speical deals on sauce apples!
half bushels of zucchini, summer squash and cucumbers.
email us for information if you would like some tomorrow at DOT!
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow at the stand!
Gregg, Louise, Oliver Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
Dear Folks,
We are doing some exciting things this week.
Now is the time to sign up for the summer session which begins on July 20 - September 5. You can go to the website and sign up and pay with a credit card or you can save 4% by sending us a check in the mail.
YOU CAN GET FREE STORE CREDIT BE SIGNING UP A FRIEND!
If you get a friend to sign up and they write your name in the box provided on the sign up page, you can get a $20 voucher for items from our online store or at the farm stands.
Help us get new members!
Help yourself to get fresh fruits, vegetables and meats!
Help a friend to get into good eating, local farming, and sustainable living
Second special contest of the week!
This week each CSA box will have a zinnia in it. If you get a yellow zinnia in your box, send us a picture of the flower next to your CSA box, and we will give you a FREE quart of peaches next week! They are delicious early peaches.
So get excited about your vegetables and fruits this week.
I am constantly changing items on the store.
Gregg is making zinnia bunches. Check them out on the store. These will brighten your day!
I just added a SPECIAL deal for blueberries. 2 pints for $10. Stock up on blueberries for the winter.
Special - two bunches of kale for $5.00.
We still have sauce apples available as well.
I just added steaks to the store. We are now stocked with various beef steaks. Check them out.
This week's shares will include:
half and Full shares:
blueberries
gooseberries
red beets
green beans
kale
summer squash/zucchini
slicing cucumbers
personal shares:
blueberries
kale
red beets
summer squash/ zucchini
slicing cucumbers
Gooseberries are a great tart summer berry. They are like a grape in texture, but more tart. Give them a try.
Red Beets are a great source of iron. Do not turn your nose up at them because of some old childhood memory. Give them a second chance. They are delicious.
I know we have been giving a lot of summer squash and zucchini.
Here is what happened. We have always planted our summer squash on zucchini on rented land. This year we purchased a farm, (which some of you got a chance to see at the spring workday) We planted the same amount of seeds, but the plants went crazy. They began producing and are still producing. We were actually hauling summer squash ahd zucchini to auction. The pigs and steers have been enjoying them and of course you are eating them and we are eating them too Obviously this new farm has great soil. Next year we will only plant half the seeds. So enjoy.
We are picking great looking green beans right now!
Cucumbers are great on any salad and also a good cucumber sandwich with mayo is just right for a lunch!
Have a great week! Enjoy the goldfinches and the lovely sunflowers!
Sometimes goldfinches one by one will drop
From low-hung branches; little space they stop,
but sip, and twitter, and their feathers sleek,
Then off at once, as in a wanton freak;
Or perhaps, to show their black and golden wings;
pausing upon their yellow flutterings.
John Keats
Gregg, Louise and Oliver Keckler
Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm, Inc
Tomorrow JULY 4TH
Oliver will be at St Luke's Episcopal Church from 8 - 1 pm.
Gregg will be at St. Mark's Episcopal Church on South King's Highway Alexandria on Saturdays from 8-1 pm
These are some of the items that we will have tomorrow at the market stands.
We will have jellies, honey, Shagbark hickory syrup
Fruit
apples - Lodi
Rhubarb
red raspberries
Sweet cherries
apricots
blueberries
black raspberries
plumcots
gooseberries
currants
Vegetables
patty pan squash
SNOW PEAS!
spring onions
green beans
Kale
lettuce
red potaotes
Swiss chard
Red Beets with tops
Snap peas
broccoli
cucumbers
zucchini
Yellow summer squash
kohlrabi
cabbage
shall peas
pickling cucumbers
Tomatoes
cherry tomatoes
Meat - our own home grown
beef - WE HAVE STEAKS! Filets, NY strips, Rib steaks, sirloin, flat iron
Fresh chicken - just butchered
pork - We have chops and ham steak, bacon, breakfast links
Bakery
Raised Breads - Honey Oatmeal and cinnamon bread
cinnamon rolls
Sweet breads - banana, zucchini, and apple
cookies
Homemade strawberry/rhubarb pies
Cherry pies
blackberry pies
Home grown eggs
Homemade jellies and jams
HONEY
Shagbark Hickory Syrup
Cheese from Whispering Brook Cheese Haus
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow at the stand!
Gregg, Louise, Oliver Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
We will be there on JULY 4TH!
Rain or shine - We will be here to bring you fresh fruits and vegetables as they are picked!
Come out to check out the vegetables and fruits. We have sweet corn! .
These are some of the items that we will have tomorrow at the market.
Fruit
apples - Lodi
Rhubarb
plumcots
Sweet cherries
apricots
blueberries
black raspberries
red raspberries
gooseberries
currants
Vegetables
spring onions
green beans
Kale
lettuce
sweet corn
red beets in the bunch!
Swiss chard
Snow peas
Snap peas
kohlrabi
broccoli
zucchini
yellow summer squash
cucumbers
patty pan squash
pickling cucumbers
tomatoes
cherry tomatoes
Meat - our own home grown
beef -
Bakery
Raised Breads - honey oatmeal bread and cinnamon bread
Sweet breads - banana, pumpkin and apple, zucchini
cookies
Homemade strawberry - rhubarb pies
Cherry pies
Blackberry pies
Home grown eggs
Homemade jellies and jams
HONEY
Shagbark Hickory Syrup
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow at the stand!
Gregg, Louise, Oliver Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm