Category Archives: Our Products

How Much Salad Mix You Should Buy for Your Party

The question I often hear murmured at my farmer’s market stand is… How much salad mix should I buy? Am I buying enough salad mix? Maybe I should buy one more bag…? As the only farmer at the Lewiston Artisan Farmers Market selling pesticide-free, freshly harvested salad mixes, I hear it allllll the time. SoContinue reading “How Much Salad Mix You Should Buy for Your Party”

6 Tips to Care for Your Flower Bouquet

It’s Saturday afternoon & you’ve just returned home from the farmer’s market. You’re unpacking your pesticide-free vegetables, a bundle fresh herbs, and you’re about to set your local, organically grown flower bouquet in that vase your grandma gave you. Before you do, make sure you follow these 6 tips to prolong the life of yourContinue reading “6 Tips to Care for Your Flower Bouquet”

What are Salad Turnips & How to Eat Them

Something I never saw until I started growing in a local community garden was a salad turnip. It was white, round, and tender with the greens sticking out of it like a radish or beet…and I didn’t know what to do with it or when to harvest it. A few of them stayed in theContinue reading “What are Salad Turnips & How to Eat Them”

Why Schul Farmstead’s Sourdough Granola Stands Out

If you’ve been following me on social media, reading our Harvest List emails, or visiting the Lewiston Artisan Farmers Market, you may have noticed I’ve been offering Organic Sourdough Granola. There are many vendors who sell tasty granola in western New York, but today I wanted to dive into what makes the granola made byContinue reading “Why Schul Farmstead’s Sourdough Granola Stands Out”

What are Microgreens & How to Use them

Microgreens, sprouts, shoots. These are names that often are tossed around for the same or similar tiny greens that you’ll find at the farmers market and in your CSA shares. Our farm grows what are botanically known as microgreens – tiny, sprouting plants. What are microgreens? Microgreens are the tiny, edible cotyledon leaves (first leaves)Continue reading “What are Microgreens & How to Use them”

6 Ways to Celebrate Winter

A theme I leaned into this year was “in-season”. From foods to scents to activities to everything in between. Of all the seasons, it’s easy to let winter slip by, unnoticed and un-relished, as we hide away in the short day length, curled upon our couches taking in the blue light of our screens. There’sContinue reading “6 Ways to Celebrate Winter”

How to LOVE & ENJOY Root Veggies

Root veggies are the ugly duckling of the vegetable world. You have your crisp and fresh lettuce leaves, your stunning red tomatoes…but a rutabaga? turnip? winter radish? These are stout, hardy, and grizzled. Root vegetables are a staple in fall & winter farmers markets, CSA shares, and recipes. But if you never grew up eatingContinue reading “How to LOVE & ENJOY Root Veggies”