What’s Happening on the Farm: Hi There! We’ve come upon a fairly strange conundrum here on the farm. With a late cold spring, and then lots of heat, and no rain, our season has been funky, to say the least. Even though our strawberries started a little late, this didn’t transfer into the strawberry season […]
Happy Fourth of July!Stock up for your weekend BBQ We’ve got: New England Family Farms All Natural Beef Patties, Pork Chops & Steak Tips Misty Knoll Farms Chicken Thighs & Breasts, and Ground Turkey Field Roast Vegetarian Hamburgers & Frankfurters Chips & Salsas Cheese & Crackers Cold Sodas & Juices Connecticut River Valley Sweet Corn […]
What’s happening on the farm this week? Independence Day! It’s time to celebrate our great country and gather with family and friends to count our blessings. Our family loves tradition, in fact, we’re pretty darn stuck in our ways when it comes to holidays. So, like thousands of other New Englanders, our family at Applecrest […]
What’s happening on the farm this week? This week we are avidly harvesting one of our favorite crops: English Peas! Some fun facts about peas: they are only green because they are harvested when immature, a ripe pea is more yellow in color. Only five percent of peas grown world-wide are sold fresh–the remainder are […]
Applecrest Farm Market Grand Opening & 10th Annual Strawberry Festival Sunday, June 21st, 2015 Come Celebrate Our New Barn, Strawberries and, of course, Dad! It’s an unbelievably great crop this year, folks, with five rolling acres of ready-to-pick strawberries. Red, ripe, ravishing and bursting with flavor, our regulars say they’re the sweetest they’ve […]
What’s happening on the farm this week? First CSA distribution! We are so happy this day has finally come. Thank you so much for being patient with us , this spring was definitely a little bit strange: very cold, then warm, then too hot and dry, cold again, hot again, and finally some rain today! […]
Our own Asparagus now being freshly harvested every morning One of our favorite food bloggers, Jane Lear, featured fresh picked asparagus in her blog post this morning. We love seeing enthusiasm for farm fresh foods. Check out her blog for wonderful recipes and ideas: http://janelear.com/wordpress/ What is your favorite way to prepare asparagus? We […]
2015 CSA shares now available! Hi There! If you have already signed up for the 2015 season, wonderful! Be sure to check out our new Budding Farmers share, perfect for the growing family! If not, now is the chance. We are still taking FarmShare C.S.A. sign ups for the 2015 season. Click Here to sign […]
