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”
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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”
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”
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