Farm Happenings at Strawberry Hill Farm
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Farm Happenings at Strawberry Hill Farm

Produce Picking Up Slowly

Posted on May 25th, 2021
Our spring crops have been slow this year, but we finally have some salad mix and arugula on the farm stand this week. We are also offering more bunches of radishes, but this might be the last of them because of the hot weather. Other items on the list this week are green onions, fresh mint te1 read more »

Strawberries Blooming, Produce Growing Slowly

Posted on May 18th, 2021
Our produce is just getting started at the farm. The extra cold weather last week and the extra wet weather (5 inches of rain!) the week before slowed down the growth and put us behind schedule. We do have a few bunches of radishes and green onions this week, plus fresh herbs and mint tea mix. As a1 read more »

More Produce Coming Next Week

Posted on May 11th, 2021
The gardens are finally starting to produce after some chilly, wet weather the past few weeks! This week we’re offering fresh mint tea mix, oregano and thyme, in addition to eggs, ground beef, honey and raspberry jam. Our next delivery will be in one week, and will be weekly from then on thro1 read more »

New Product—Local Honey!

Posted on April 20th, 2021
We are happy to announce that, starting this week, we are offering local, filtered raw honey at our farm stand! Dick Mullet, local beekeeper, has bottled his delicious honey in three sizes: half-pound, one-pound, and two-pound. All are squeeze bottles. We’re excited to join with Dick in makin1 read more »

One-Time Bread Special for Easter!

Posted on March 30th, 2021
Happy Easter from the farm! For this week’s delivery we're offering a one-time bread special. Our daughter Katie is visiting us from Indiana, and she’s an expert bread baker! We’re offering loaves of her delicious homemade oatmeal bread for you to buy and enjoy. We also have an ab1 read more »

Spring, Easter, and Eggs

Posted on March 16th, 2021
Snow crocuses and snowdrops are blooming, the weather is mild, and grandsons are playing in the sandbox—it must be spring! We’re starting seedlings and cleaning the winter debris from the gardens, getting ready to plant early crops. Easter is coming soon, so we’re saving up eggs t1 read more »

Planning for Spring

Posted on February 23rd, 2021
This week of warmer weather and melting snow reminds us that spring will be coming again before long. Ron has been planning for the 2021 growing season, plotting out garden rows, deciding what seedlings to start and what seeds we need to order. Soon we will start seeding vegetables like onions, tom1 read more »

Winter of Ice and Snow

Posted on February 2nd, 2021
It’s a snowy and icy winter this year, and some of us at the farm are taking advantage of it! Three-year-old Carsten, son of Chris and Erin, is learning to skate, and enjoys pushing little brother Everett (1½) around the pond. It's a good time to cozy up by the fire and to enjoy comfor1 read more »

First Delivery of 2021

Posted on January 12th, 2021
Happy New Year! We hope you all had a meaningful holiday season, even if more restricted than usual. Our family managed to all get together for Christmas after quarantining for at least two weeks ahead of time. Son Chris and son-in-law Neil were both working from home, and son-in-law Brandon, a hig1 read more »