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Farm Happenings at Great Country Farms
Farm Happenings for August 10, 2021
Expect lots of peaches and potatoes to be hitting your shares this week, so beat the heat with a delicious potato salad or a cold peach smoothie! Don't forget the Big Dig Potato Harvest is this coming weekend! Grab your shovels and join us at the farm, remember CSA members get 10% off your U-Pick p1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 3, 2021
Pristine apples and peaches are continuing to rush in, remember to refrigerate or consume these fruits in a relatively short amount of time as they age quickly. We are finally getting a break from cucumbers and we are excited to welcome the first harvests of tomatoes and potatoes. Remember to adjus1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 27, 2021
The year's first apples come in this week. It's a variety called Pristine, perhaps because they're delicate. The look like Golden Delicious, but they're tarter and crisper. Their skin is very thin, so it's difficult to get them from the tree to your kitchen without a little bruising, but don't let1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 20, 2021
We have a large crop of cucumbers on our hands: 2300 will go into shares this week, and they will continue to arrive for a while yet. That being the case, you might consider making some pickles. If you want to keep them fresh in the refrigerator longer, wrap each cucumber in a paper towel, and then1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 13, 2021
We have two items in large quantity this week: plums and cucumbers. Some of the plums might need to ripen for a couple of days on your counter. If they're already soft, you might want to refrigerate them, or just eat them soon. The cucumbers should be refrigerated immediately. We expect to pick tho1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 6, 2021
The first picking of the first planting of green beans is going home this week. If you don't get beans in your share this week, rest assured that there should be many more to come, if they get enough rain. The same goes for this week's cucumbers -- the first picking of the first planting, with more1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 29, 2021
The beets are beautiful. Check Crop Talk for a recipe that turns them into a complete meal. New items this week include plums, which will reappear in different varieties periodically, and zucchini, which should be available for the next three or four weeks.
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Farm Happenings for June 22, 2021
Some of you will receive white peaches this week. They have to be picked when they're still pretty hard, or they won't survive the trip to your house. Let ripen in a paper bag on your counter for a couple of days after arrival. Next week peaches will start to come in heavily, and they will co1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 15, 2021
Greetings from Bluemont. Welcome to CSA week 3. Here are suggestions for the peas and beets many of you will receive this week. This is a whole-pod variety of peas. They can be eaten raw or lightly cooked in any number of ways -- Google offers lots of options. The conventional way to handle beets i1 read more »
About the farm
Great Country Farms is a diversified family farm on the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Using sustainable growing practices, we raise 50 to 60 crops each year, which we sell to members and visitors. We believe it is important to make clean, nutritionally vibrant food available to as many people as possible. It is our mission to give people a chance to see how their food grows, and we want to preserve the ecosystem of our soil for future generations.
Offering more than just a Community Supported Agriculture program, come visit Great Country Farms for pick-your-own fruits and veggies, a farm market with local products and baked goods, our 12 acre play area with activities for all ages, and seasonal festivals.
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Offering more than just a Community Supported Agriculture program, come visit Great Country Farms for pick-your-own fruits and veggies, a farm market with local products and baked goods, our 12 acre play area with activities for all ages, and seasonal festivals.