Farmstand Hours
Friday 9am - 7pm
Saturday & Sunday 9am - 5pm
Closed Easter Sunday |
Winter Share This Week Includes:
Asparagus, Basil, Beets, Broccoli/Cauliflower, Chard, Dates, Eggplant, Firssee/Radiccio, Lettuce, Mangoes, Pears, Pineapples, Peppers, Tomatoes.
distribution subject to change based on availability
Produce Available for Purchase includes: Apples, Asparagus
Avocados, Bananas, Basil, Beets, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Chard, Dates, Frissee, Garlic, Grapefruit, Herbs (Assorted), Kale, Lemons, Lettuce, Limes, Mangoes, Mushrooms, Onions, Parsley, Pears, Peppers, Potatoes (Russets and Fingerlings), Radicchio
Sprouts, String Beans, Tangelos, Tomatoes, Turnips, Yams.
Local Products:
Maple Syrup
Honey from Ipswich
Valley View Goat Cheese
Richardson's Milk
and Ice Cream
Our Own Eggs,
Chickens & Pork
Grass Fed Beef Appleton Farms
Atomic Cafe Fair Trade Coffee
Taza Chocolate |
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We've always had great music playing in the farmstand but we recently decided to save money and cancel our satellite radio. We thought it would be fun to ask our customers to bring in their favorite farmstand "type" CDs for us to play. Some of our favorite farmstand music includes: folk, reggae, bluegrass and world music. If you have music you think would work in the farmstand, please bring it by, and thanks! |
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As a special for subscribers to "The Cultivator", anyone looking to try the IonCleanse at Marybeth's will receive 10% off their first treatment when mentioning Green Meadows Farm.
To make your appointment, please contact Marybeth's at 978-468-1000
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Farmer Andrew's Update
The farmstand has been very busy lately...thank you! We're so  happy to see everyone visiting the farm now that the weather is better. We will be CLOSED for Easter Sunday - Winter/Spring Produce Co-Op member please pick up your shares on Friday or Saturday.
We have another eight week session of the produce co-op beginning the week of April 24th and ending the week of June 12 (the week before our first CSA distribution). Anyone may join this and the cost is $320 for eight weeks of fruit and vegetables. We will have our own produce available soon. Spinach, chard, kale and lettuce are looking great and should be available for harvest within the next 4 weeks. Please visit the farmstand for a sign up sheet if you're interested.
The pace of work is picking up fast. The last few days we've put in way too many hours in the greenhouses seeding: broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, chard, kale, eggplant, flowers, herbs, lettuce, basil and dozens of other crops. Isrrael, now in his fourth season at Green Meadows, has been spreading compost. Once completed, we will plow, disc, make beds and get busy direct seeding crops like: Arugula, Asian greens, carrots, peas, potatoes, shallots, and radishes.
I've had numerous requests for chicks and laying hens from customers. We expect another shipment of baby chicks from the hatchery at the end of April. If you'd like to buy a bird that is already laying, we have about 70 left. These birds will be processed on April 22nd so don't wait. They are laying very large to jumbo size eggs, averaging about an egg every day to other day. Baby chicks will be sold after the "Chickens in Your Backyard" talk on Saturday, May 16th. If you are interested in buying live chickens and will not be attending this workshop, please visit the farmstand after the talk between 12-1.
We have also had many requests for our meat birds. The weekend of April 24 - 26 we will be selling "stewing birds". These are older laying hens that are not producing as much as we need for our production flock. They make excellent stock and "Coq au Vin" but are not ideal for roasting due to their age. Chickens are available on a first come, first served basis. |
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Crew Spotlight: Sonia  Sonia Sanchez has just arrived from Puno, Peru. It's a town near the Bolivian border. She is our newest MESA student at Green Meadows Farm. MESA stands for Multilingual Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture. We have worked with this program for several years, educating young farmers from South America about our Organic practices here at Green Meadows Farm.
Back in Peru, Sonia studied Agronomy at the Universidad Nacional del Altiplano. While in college, she worked at a farm where she grew traditional Peruvian crops like potatoes, wheat, beans, oats and quinoa. Sonia is very interested in learning more about organic farming techniques and greenhouse production while she is here in the United States so she can start a farm on her family's land when she returns. She is also looking forward to learning more English. Her favorite vegetables are carrots and lettuce. |
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Violas, Pansies, Seedlings and Soil
We have a very colorful selection of spring flowers ready to be planted. Violas and Pansies are in the farmstand greenhouse and come in 6-packs or hanging baskets. They are from a local greenhouse and make a great first flower for your garden or home containers. We also have begun to bring out some vegetable seedlings. Kale and Swiss Chard 6-packs are almost ready to go in the ground. We still have a couple of picnic tables in the farmstand greenhouse and enjoy seeing customers eat their lunch while admiring the plants.
Soil and Compost are ready to purchase from Vermont Compost Company. All of their products are blended from ingredients acceptable for use in certified organic crop production. This is the exact same product Andrew uses for his seedlings that are sold for the plant sale and the seedlings that get planted out into the fields of Green Meadows Farm.
Manure Compost: Compost is the basis for all the Vermont Compost soil blends. This material is a great source of fertility and life for any garden and landscape project. It is made from blends of cow, horse and hen manure, bark, leaves, straw, hay, sawdust, high strength dairy waste, spoiled forage, and mature compost. Uses: New garden preparation or to amend current gardens, and as a starter/odor absorbent to your kitchen compost bucket
Fort Vee Potting Soil A complete growing mix for soil blocks, trays, or small containers. This is our most popular general-purpose mix for starting garden vegetables and annuals, and is also great for houseplants. It is blended from mature compost, sphagnum, rock phosphate, gypsum, protein meal, crushed granite and vermiculite. Uses: A germinating mix and for growing vegetables, annuals and transplanting houseplants
Compost Plus This blend is our transplant and booster mix for landscape and garden applications. It is a high nutrient blend of compost, organic and mineral amendments. Uses: For transplanting and topdressing vegetables, perennials, and ornamentals
Don't forget to sign up for one of our gardening classes in May:
Planning Your Vegetable Garden
Saturday, May 2nd from 1pm - 3pm
$30 per person ($28 members).
Building Raised Beds
Saturday May 9th from 10 am - 12 noon
$65 per person ($60 members)
Testing Your Soil
Saturday May 2nd from 11 am - 12 noon
$20 per person ($18 members).
Rain Barrel Gardening
Saturday May 9th from 1 pm - 2 pm
(Free. Rain Barrels will be available for purchase)
Click here for full workshop descriptions. To sign up, please call our farm office at 978-468-3720.
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Green Meadows Quilt Project
 The Green Meadows "Barn Theme" quilt is now completed and is hanging inside the farmstand. We are extremely thankful to crew member Robin O'Neil, who also happens to be our Education Coordinator. Robin organized this project, completed multiple squares, and hand stitched the entire quilt together at the end. Raffle tickets are now on sale for $5 each. The money will go towards food for low-income families. The drawing will be held on June 26th.
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"Jedi Rice"
 Farmer Andrew has been spending time involved in light saber battles with his son, Anson. One fun way he discovered to get Anson to try some new food was to call Quinoa Pilaf "Jedi Rice". Anson loves to eat it because he believes it increases his "Midichlorian Count." In the movie Star Wars, Midi-chlorians are intelligent microscopic life forms that live symbiotically inside the cells of all living things. When present in sufficient numbers, they could allow their host to detect the pervasive energy field known as "The Force."
"Jedi Rice" Recipe
INGREDIENTS
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 onion, chopped
1 stalk celery, chopped
2 carrots, diced
1/2 cup red quinoa
1 cup hot water or broth
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 cup frozen green peas, thawed
salt to taste
ground black pepper to taste
handful of ground nuts (optional)
DIRECTIONS
Pour oil into a medium saucepan, and place over medium heat. Add onion, celery, and carrots; cook and stir for 10 minutes, or until vegetables are tender. Using a strainer, rinse quinoa under cold water. Drain well. Stir into the vegetables; cook and stir for 1 minute. Add water or stock, lemon rind and juice; bring to boil. Cover, and reduce heat to medium low. Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes, or until liquid is absorbed and quinoa is tender. Stir in peas, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Toss in ground nuts, if desired. Serve.
Special Bonus: Any child who tells us that they have tried their Jedi Rice will get a free "Jedi Robe". Atomic Cafe in Beverly recently gave us a stack of beautiful burlap coffee sacks. Just cut up the middle and make two slits for the arms. Trim if needed (they are pretty long) and use what you have trimmed for a sash. Your little Jedi will look just like Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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