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Farm Happenings at Willow Haven Farm
Beans and Greens
First thing Monday morning our crew headed to the field to pick beans and weed greens.
Dragon Tongue Beans and Purple beans were picked and will be sent various places this week.
The crew reported that weeding the mixed greens and arugula was fairly easy and almost fun. The rows were being pr1 read more »
Rainy, Cold Days
We are thankful for the end of the really hot weather.
It seems that we are getting a taste of the coming autumn. On days like this Farmer Reuben takes some time to pay bills and prepare tax information for the accountant, you know, the business stuff.
This week we are sending you Butternut S1 read more »
Your farm works on Labor Day
It’s hard to take a day off in the summer but we do it occasionally. On Monday, we worked on some projects around the house and prepared for the week of picking vegetables.
Loads of tomatoes are waiting for us in the field. I’m sure there are plenty of eggplant as well.
Last week1 read more »
Digging Ourselves a Hole
Your farm has major projects happening this week. Putting in our new root cellar is a great infrastructure improvement for our Farm Share CSA. Read more below.
New Item: fingerling potatoes
Fingerlings are their own variety of potato, though they often get confused with new potatoes be1 read more »
Work, Eat & Rest
It is really important that our farm family gets a day of rest on Sundays. This takes various forms: sometimes a nap in the afternoon and a visit with the farm grandparents, sometimes a walk on the country roads, or a date with good friends.
This weekend our family enjoyed a long afternoon of visit1 read more »
Oh, No! My Tomato has a Spot!
** Keep a close watch on your spaghetti squash, melons and tomatoes this week. **
What should you do if your farm fresh vegetables have spots or imperfections?You don’t need to throw the whole item out, save what you can. The earlier you catch it the more you can save and use. Usually the res1 read more »
You Can’t Even Imagine How Much
You can’t even imagine how many vegetables we are picking, sorting and packing at this time of year; thousands and thousands of zucchini, corn, cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplant, watermelons, cantaloupe, peppers and eggplant.
In recent weeks we’ve sent you farm fresh vegetables and m1 read more »
Rain & Watermelons
Remember all the rain and flooding last week? I bet some of you wondered how the farm does with all that water.
Well, we are lucky that we have soil that drains easily so even though we received 5 ½ inches of rain we didn’t experience any flooding, no crops were washed out and no1 read more »
A Challenging Week
About the Harvest: We are happy to have tomatoes and sweet corn for you this weekend. The rain is great for the corn but the dear are loving it too. They just walk over from our neighbors GM field corn into our field at night. I think they like organic better! This weather i1 read more »
About the farm
Eating healthy and eating more vegetables is so much easier when you join Willow Haven Farm to purchase your food.
We grow and deliver delicious, local food that fits your life. It’s a challenge to get to the farmer’s market every week but when you join the market box subscription you will always have the nutritious, local food you want for creating meals to feed your family. We organically grow and produce many of the foods in your box - the rest are from local farmers we trust. Customize your delivery with grass fed raw dairy, meats, eggs, brick oven bread, organic vegetables and flowers. You'll never miss the farmer's market again!
We've been raising nutritious and flavorful vegetables, breads and meats on our farm in Lehigh Valley PA for over 10 years so we can share our knowledge and experience with you as you learn to cook and eat from your box each week.
You'll make less trips to the grocery store and support a local farmer you can get to know!
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We grow and deliver delicious, local food that fits your life. It’s a challenge to get to the farmer’s market every week but when you join the market box subscription you will always have the nutritious, local food you want for creating meals to feed your family. We organically grow and produce many of the foods in your box - the rest are from local farmers we trust. Customize your delivery with grass fed raw dairy, meats, eggs, brick oven bread, organic vegetables and flowers. You'll never miss the farmer's market again!
We've been raising nutritious and flavorful vegetables, breads and meats on our farm in Lehigh Valley PA for over 10 years so we can share our knowledge and experience with you as you learn to cook and eat from your box each week.
You'll make less trips to the grocery store and support a local farmer you can get to know!