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What's at the Farm Stand May 26
Posted 5/25/2016 2:50pm by Gregg Keckler.
 
East Columbia Library Farm Stand
6600 Cradlerock Way
May 26    1-6 pm

 

  Come out and buy local farm products from the real  farmer!

We will have Strawberries next week, June 2

 

 Fruit
Apples
Rhubarb

 

Vegetables 
French Radishes
China Rose Radishes
 Spring onions
Asparagus
Kale
Lettuce Mix
Spinach
 
 
Meat - our own home grown
Beef- steaks, ground beef, roasts
Pork- bacon, sausage, chops, steaks
Beef Butcher Bologna
 
Herbs
lovage
mint tea
sorrel

 

Bedding Plants

Flowers

Vegetables

Herbs

Hanging baskets

 

 

Home Baked Goods

Raised Breads- Honey Oatmeal, Cinnamon
Sweet Breads - pumpkin, banana
Cookies- Chocolate chip, Oatmeal
Strawberry Rhubarb Pies
Cherry Pies

 

Great Farm Products

Home grown Eggs from our chickens
Homemade jellies and jams from our fruits
HONEY
Shagbark Hickory Syrup
 
Cheese from Whispering Brook Cheese Haus

 

 

 

 

 

 Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
CSA delivery to National Geographic Farm Stand and DOT next Tuesday, May 31
Posted 5/24/2016 3:41pm by Gregg Keckler.
First delivery for the Spring session is next Tuesday, May 31
 
How it works
 
You can go to the Farm Stand either at DOT or Nat Geo.  Your name will be on a list, check off your name and pick up your box.  Make sure that if you are a personal share, that you take a white box with vegetables on it and if you are a half or full share that you take a brown tomato box.  If in doubt ask either Gregg or Oliver.
 
You can transfer your fruits and vegetables into your own bags and leave the boxes or you can take the box with you.  YOU MUST BRING BACK THE BOX NEXT WEEK!  Please remember this.  It is very frustrating when we run out of boxes and have to buy them in mid-season.
 
If you ordered eggs, the list will have it recorded and you can go to Gregg or Oliver and they will have eggs set aside for you in a cooler.
 
Please remember that fresh fruits and vegetables are very perishable.  Get them into refrigeration as soon as possible.
 
The Store
We will have the store open very soon.  You may order things from the store if you like.  Since we have most things at the stand already, you may not need to order them.  There are a few unique items that are only on the store, so check it out. 
 
Vacations
 
This year we instituted a new policy for vacations,.  If you let us know ahead of time, we  can hold your share and  you can get a double on the following
week.  You may do this for two weeks throughout the entire summer.   After the second vacation, you will have the choice to have a friend pick up for you OR donate your share to the DC Soup kitchen OR pick up at another location within the same week.
 
If you do not let us know and you do not show up, we will automatically donate your share. 
 
We are looking forward to this year's CSA season and hope that you will enjoy the vegetables and fruits.  With the interesting weather patterns so far, it will be different - that is for sure!
 
Please let us know if you have any questions. 
You will be getting an email on Monday morning letting you know what will be in your shares for week 1.
 
Market times for pick up for the spring session
 
Nat Geo in the Courtyard - Tuesday, May 31 through Tuesday, July 12 -  8 am until 2 pm
 
DOT on 3rd and M St - Tuesday, May 31 through Tuesday July 12- 8:30 am until 2 pm
 
If you do not believe that you should be getting this email because you are not getting a share in the spring session, please let us know.
 
 
Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm, Inc

 

Not Geo at the Courtyard Farm Stand - May 24
Posted 5/23/2016 2:41pm by Gregg Keckler.
NGS Farm Stand in the Courtyard
 Tuesday, May 24

 

  Come out and buy local farm products from the real farmer!

 

 Fruit
Apples
Rhubarb

 

Vegetables 
French Radishes
China Rose Radishes
 Spring onions
Asparagus
Kale
Lettuce Mix
Red beets
Sorrel
Spinach
 
Herbs
Lovage
Mint tea
 
 
 
Meat - our own home grown
Beef- steaks, ground beef, roasts
Pork- bacon, sausage, chops, steaks
Beef Butcher Bologna

 

Bedding Plants

Flowers

Vegetables

Herbs

Hanging Baskets

 

 

Home Baked Goods

Raised Breads- Honey Oatmeal, Cinnamon
Sweet Breads - pumpkin, banana
Cookies- Chocolate chip, Oatmeal
Strawberry Rhubarb Pies
Cherry Pies

 

Great Farm Products

Home grown Eggs from our chickens
Homemade jellies and jams from our fruits
HONEY
Shagbark Hickory Syrup
 
Cheese from Whispering Brook Cheese Haus

 

 

 

 

 

 Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
May 24 at DOT Farm Stand
Posted 5/23/2016 2:40pm by Gregg Keckler.
 First DOT Farmers' Market
 Tuesday, May 24

 

  Come out and buy local farm products from the real farmer!

 

 Fruit
Apples
Rhubarb

 

Vegetables 
French Radishes
China Rose Radishes
 Spring onions
Asparagus
Kale
Lettuce Mix
Spinach
 
Herbs
sorrelsorrel
mint tea
lovage
 
 
Meat - our own home grown
Beef- steaks, ground beef, roasts
Pork- bacon, sausage, chops, steaks
Beef Butcher Bologna

 

Bedding Plants

Flowers

Vegetables

Herbs

 

 

Home Baked Goods

Raised Breads- Honey Oatmeal, Cinnamon
Sweet Breads - pumpkin, banana
Cookies- Chocolate chip, Oatmeal
Strawberry Rhubarb Pies
Cherry Pies

 

 

Great Farm Products

Home grown Eggs from our chickens
Homemade jellies and jams from our fruits
HONEY
Shagbark Hickory Syrup
 
Cheese from Whispering Brook Cheese Haus

 

 

 

 

 

 Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
CSA at Cedar Lane
Posted 5/23/2016 2:35pm by Gregg Keckler.

Dear Folks,

 Thank you for bearing with all the changes that we have made this year.  Now we are making another one.  We are trying to move away from CSA deliveries and have market stands with CSA pick ups.  We thought that we would give Cedar Lane another try since two years ago it was able to make about $500/ week.  We had to move it to Friday because we just do not have any  more people to work the stands on Saturdays.  Unfortunately there is not enough traffic to warrant the stand or the CSA pick up.  Gregg made less that half on the first week and last week it was even worst.  We have been going to farm stands long enough to know that it will not get better only worse.  We know that once the CSA starts there would be more money coming in because all of you folks would buy from the stand as well, but the foot traffic and road traffic is just not good and as you all know the visibility is very bad.

So with all that said:  we decided to cancel the farm stand at Cedar Lane on Fridays before the CSA season actually starts so that you folks can find another option for getting your vegetables this summer.  We will also not be able to do any home deliveries since we eliminated the Friday delivery and there is no room on the Wednesday deliveries. 

For some of you that have been with us for many years we will be saying Good Bye. 

Thanks so much for supporting us over the years.  If you are convenient to any of our stands we would lovoe to see you, but we currently do not have any stands in the Bethesda area.

If you have already paid for your CSA, I will be either sending you a check or refunding your credit cards.  Thanks again for trying to help us.  We regret the decision, but we must make sure that we are being wise.

 

tTank you for understanding.

Louise Keckler

Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm, Inc

www.orchardcountryproduce.com

What's new at the Farm Stand at Cedar Lane Church
Posted 5/19/2016 4:37pm by Gregg Keckler.
 
Come out tomorrow
 
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church
9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda
Friday, May 20 from 2 - 6 pm

 

  Come out and buy local farm products from the real farmer!

 

 Fruit
Apples
Rhubarb

 

Vegetables 
Potatoes
French Radishes
China Rose Radishes
 Spring onions
Asparagus
Kale
Lettuce Mix
Red Beets
 
 
Meat - our own home grown
Beef- steaks, ground beef, roasts
Stewing hens- Not many left!
Pork- bacon, sausage, chops, steaks
Beef Butcher Bologna
 
Herbs
Lovage
Mint tea
Sorrel

 

Bedding Plants

Flowers

Vegetables

Herbs

 

 

Home Baked Goods

Raised Breads- Honey Oatmeal, Cinnamon
Sweet Breads - pumpkin, banana
Cookies- Chocolate chip, Oatmeal
Strawberry Rhubarb Pies
Cherry Pies

 

 

Great Farm Products

Home grown Eggs from our chickens
Homemade jellies and jams from our fruits
HONEY
Shagbark Hickory Syrup
 
Cheese from Whispering Brook Cheese Haus

 

 

 

 

 

 Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
May 19 at the Farm Stand East Columbia Library
Posted 5/18/2016 3:16pm by Gregg Keckler.
 
East Columbia Library Farm Stand
May 19     1-6 pm

 

  Come out and buy local farm products from the real  farmer!

 

 Fruit
Apples
Rhubarb

 

Vegetables 
Potatoes
French Radishes
China Rose Radishes
 Spring onions
Asparagus
Kale
Lettuce Mix
Red Beets
 
 
Meat - our own home grown
Beef- steaks, ground beef, roasts
Stewing hens-  Almost all gone for the year!
Pork- bacon, sausage, chops, steaks
Beef Butcher Bologna
 
Herbs
lovage
mint tea
sorrel

 

Bedding Plants

Flowers

Vegetables

Herbs

Hanging baskets

 

 

Home Baked Goods

Raised Breads- Honey Oatmeal, Cinnamon
Sweet Breads - pumpkin, banana
Cookies- Chocolate chip, Oatmeal
Strawberry Rhubarb Pies
Cherry Pies

 

Great Farm Products

Home grown Eggs from our chickens
Homemade jellies and jams from our fruits
HONEY
Shagbark Hickory Syrup
 
Cheese from Whispering Brook Cheese Haus

 

 

 

 

 

 Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
Opps! I forgot the addres and the time River Towers
Posted 5/16/2016 3:04pm by Gregg Keckler.
Grand opening!
River Towers Farm Stand
6621 Wakefield Dr, Alexandria
3:30 - 6 pm
 Tuesday, May 17

 

  Come out and buy local farm products from the real farmer!

 

 Fruit
Apples
Rhubarb

 

Vegetables 
French Radishes
China Rose Radishes
 Spring onions
Asparagus
Kale
Lettuce Mix
Red beets
Sorrel
 
Herbs
Lovage
Mint tea
 
 
 
Meat - our own home grown
Beef- steaks, ground beef, roasts
Stewing hens- These are a great deal!
Pork- bacon, sausage, chops, steaks
Beef Butcher Bologna

 

Bedding Plants

Flowers

Vegetables

Herbs

Hanging Baskets

 

 

Home Baked Goods

Raised Breads- Honey Oatmeal, Cinnamon
Sweet Breads - pumpkin, banana
Cookies- Chocolate chip, Oatmeal
Strawberry Rhubarb Pies
Cherry Pies

 

Great Farm Products

Home grown Eggs from our chickens
Homemade jellies and jams from our fruits
HONEY
Shagbark Hickory Syrup
 
Cheese from Whispering Brook Cheese Haus

 

 

 

 

 

 Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
River Towers Farm Stand opening tomorrow May 17
Posted 5/16/2016 2:34pm by Gregg Keckler.
Grand opening!
River Towers Farm Stand
 Tuesday, May 17

 

  Come out and buy local farm products from the real farmer!

 

 Fruit
Apples
Rhubarb

 

Vegetables 
French Radishes
China Rose Radishes
 Spring onions
Asparagus
Kale
Lettuce Mix
Red beets
Sorrel
 
Herbs
Lovage
Mint tea
 
 
 
Meat - our own home grown
Beef- steaks, ground beef, roasts
Stewing hens- These are a great deal!
Pork- bacon, sausage, chops, steaks
Beef Butcher Bologna

 

Bedding Plants

Flowers

Vegetables

Herbs

Hanging Baskets

 

 

Home Baked Goods

Raised Breads- Honey Oatmeal, Cinnamon
Sweet Breads - pumpkin, banana
Cookies- Chocolate chip, Oatmeal
Strawberry Rhubarb Pies
Cherry Pies

 

Great Farm Products

Home grown Eggs from our chickens
Homemade jellies and jams from our fruits
HONEY
Shagbark Hickory Syrup
 
Cheese from Whispering Brook Cheese Haus

 

 

 

 

 

 Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
May 17 at DOT Farm Stand
Posted 5/16/2016 2:17pm by Gregg Keckler.
 First DOT Farmers' Market
 Tuesday, May 17

 

  Come out and buy local farm products from the real farmer!

 

 Fruit
Apples
Rhubarb

 

Vegetables 
French Radishes
China Rose Radishes
 Spring onions
Asparagus
Kale
Lettuce Mix
 
 
Meat - our own home grown
Beef- steaks, ground beef, roasts
Stewing hens- These are a great deal!
Pork- bacon, sausage, chops, steaks
Beef Butcher Bologna

 

Bedding Plants

Flowers

Vegetables

Herbs

 

 

Home Baked Goods

Raised Breads- Honey Oatmeal, Cinnamon
Sweet Breads - pumpkin, banana
Cookies- Chocolate chip, Oatmeal
Strawberry Rhubarb Pies
Cherry Pies

 

 

Great Farm Products

Home grown Eggs from our chickens
Homemade jellies and jams from our fruits
HONEY
Shagbark Hickory Syrup
 
Cheese from Whispering Brook Cheese Haus

 

 

 

 

 

 Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm