Farm Happenings at Ashbourne Farms
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Farm Happenings at Ashbourne Farms

Farm Happenings for May 14, 2019

Posted on May 10th, 2019
What a week!! This past week was insanely busy and fun! Not only did we have an amazing first week of our CSA program, but we were also able to get the vast majority of our summer planting done! We now have roughly 1,100 tomatoes planted in the greenhouses, some of which already have tiny baby toma1 read more »

Farm Happenings for May 7, 2019

Posted on May 3rd, 2019
Welcome all!! We are so excited for this season and the start of our CSA program! We have so much fun stuff planned for this year and our fields are turning bright green. We hope you all enjoy your first spring share and have lots of fun creating fun and healthy dishes in your kitchens.   1 read more »

Farm Happenings for April 3, 2019

Posted on March 28th, 2019
Hi All! We are so excited for Spring to officially be here. The farm is busy with seeding and planting. So far both potatoes and cabbage family veggies are in the ground. We have even started early tomato planting in the greenhouses! This is the last CSA pick up for the winter CSA. If you haven't s1 read more »

Farm Happenings for March 20, 2019

Posted on March 14th, 2019
This week on the farm is super eventful. We have 3 new calves and our very own farm baby! Diane M., One of our CSA members sent us a wonderful review of the Chickpea Carrot Salad recipe that was posted alongside her bunch of carrots last week. We love hearing feedback on the recipes, your veggies,1 read more »

Farm Happenings for March 6, 2019

Posted on February 28th, 2019
I am sure you have all gotten the emails, and I know several of you have signed up already, but we have officially started taking sign ups for our Spring -Fall Shares plus our Bi weekly CSA share! We had a sale last week for National CSA Day, but if you missed out, don't worry, you can still save $1 read more »

Farm Happenings for February 20, 2019

Posted on February 14th, 2019
Happy Valentines Day! This time of the year new beginnings are all around and we finally see a glimpse of a much anticipated spring. Calves are being born and our propagation greenhouse is full of baby fruits and veggies. Get ready for lots of young, tender greens and veggies early in the year. You1 read more »

Farm Happenings for February 6, 2019

Posted on January 31st, 2019
Next week ids the biggest seeding week of the year here at Ashbourne. I would say that 40% of all the produce we grown during the spring and summer will be seeded then. We have about 3,000 tomato plants that we plant to out and over 1,000 peppers of various varieties. I had somebody ask me the othe1 read more »

Carrrots! And a Few More Announcements

Posted on January 17th, 2019
Everybody loves carrots. Especially our greenhouse carrots, but they are really hard to grow when its colder outside, even with heated greenhouses. They are slow to grow and much slower to germinate than field carrots in the summer.The rotation that we will harvest from this week, we should have se1 read more »

Farm Happenings for January 9, 2019

Posted on January 3rd, 2019
Hope Everyone had a Very Happy New Year! We are excited for 2019 and another wonderful CSA year. We have just kicked off our initial spring seeding for transplants. This year is going to be filled with lots of new crops. I am most looking forward to the large selection of peppers we have seeded. We1 read more »