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Farm Happenings at One Straw Farm
Farm Happenings for August 12, 2019
It's officially tomato season! Look for every variety of tomato in this week's availability. We will have cherry, slicer, heirloom, and roma varieties on the list this week. We are also getting into the start of colored bell peppers.
This is also most likely our last week of melons so if you haven'1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 5, 2019
It's melon season! We will have cantaloupe, watermelon, and sun jewel melons available this week. Sun Jewel is a new variety for us. It looks like a smaller spaghetti squash and has bright, crisp flesh with a sweet clean flavor. It is great on its own or sliced very thin on salad or tossed with cuc1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 30, 2019
We will have the first of the cherry tomatoes this week! We have also added basil, leeks, and red slicing tomatoes to the list
For a quick summer dinner try sautéing cherry tomatoes, spring onion, leeks, and sausage until everything is tender and the tomatoes start to burst. Stir in just eno1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 22, 2019
New to the availability list this week are shishito peppers. We first grew these last year and they quickly became one of our favorite snacks. The easiest way to prepare them is to put them in a hot cast iron skillet over high heat and stir until they get slightly blistered and charred. Take them o1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 15, 2019
We have a great week ahead of us! This week will feature the first round of sweet corn along with eggplant and peppers. We have two varieties of eggplant this week. Italian eggplant is the larger variety and is great for slicing into steaks for eggplant parmesan. Japanese eggplant is long and skinn1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 10, 2019
This week will feature the first of the cucumbers. We like to do a quick refrigerator pickle if we have any leftover after making salads. Slice the cucumbers thin and place them in a non-reactive container. Top with rice vinegar, water, salt, and a little bit of sugar or honey to taste. You can als1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 8, 2019
This week will feature the first of the green tomatoes. We like to do an early season BLT by lightly breading a slice of green tomato and giving it a quick pan fry in the bacon drippings. Tastes like summer!
You will also notice that a couple of items are listed "without tops" this week. As turnips1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 1, 2019
Happy July 4th Week! As a reminder, if you will not be able to pick up your share this week please take a moment to log in to your account and reschedule the delivery to a later week.
New items this week include fresh onions, fennel, and carrots. If you get onions this week please plan on usi1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 1, 2019
Happy July 4th Week! As a reminder, if you will not be able to pick up your share this week please take a moment to log in to your account and reschedule the delivery to a later week.
New items this week include basil, fresh onions, fennel, and carrots. If you get onions this week please plan1 read more »
About the farm
One Straw Farm is a family owned and operated vegetable farm in Northern Baltimore County, Maryland. Lovingly tended by Drew and Joan Norman since 1983. One Straw Farm supplies families, restaurants and wholesalers with the finest produce. The goal of farming is more than simply growing a satiable crop, but also the responsibility of safeguarding the integrity of the land we cultivate. Each week we promise you a provision of sustainable produce with a responsible ecological footprint. We extend our value base into the creation of a strong relationship with our market customers and our members through interaction and communication on a daily basis. From our family to yours, we invite you to enjoy our gorgeous home-grown vegetables either through our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program.
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