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Farm Happenings at Potomac Vegetable Farms
Week 7: Pesto Time!
Farm Notes is online! We talk about summer fruits, meet a few more farmers, and realize it is almost tomato time!
While we wait for the tomatoes to ripen (they are starting to come in, a few at a time, and that is a very good sign), we have a vast amount of basil in the field. You don't have1 read more »
Week 6: Weeding and Waiting
This is the right time for farmers to go on vacation -- we are in this small window of time where we are just weeding and waiting. All but one of the tomato patches are planted, all the stakes are in, we are up to the second or third string (it takes about five horizontal strings to hold up a tomat1 read more »
Week 5 -- Farming Two Farms
Farm Notes is online! This week, we are celebrating Pride Month! If you missed the last edition (which we know you did because we forgot to post it), you can continue to meet the farmers of PVF and also read all about tractor season!
For almost 50 years we have traveled between the farm in Vienna1 read more »
Week 4 -- Potomac Allium Farms
This week we are on the brink of peak alliums—onion family crops. We have scallions, leeks, fresh garlic, the last of the overwintered onions, the last of the garlic scapes. What other onion crops are there? Very soon it will be time to do the big garlic harvest and eventually it will be time1 read more »
Such a Nice June So Far!
Sometimes June can be a sauna. So we need to appreciate right this minute how friendly the weather has been so far--we are putting plants in the ground just before the rain, we are working in the middle of the day without melting, and we are almost able to get everything done in a timely manner. Th1 read more »
Week 2: Sunshine and Heat -- We Hit the Ground Running
When the weather finally switched to hot and dry for a few days, it was exactly the right time to plant our winter squash and sweet potatoes.
On Monday morning, I thought about all that we needed to do (in addition to getting the CSA started) and it seemed almost overwhelming. First we had to pick1 read more »
Week One! It's Been a Long, Cool Spring
Welcome! This is the beginning of our 23rd CSA season! Please take a look at our first newsletter of the year, Farm Notes. In it you will find some farmer introductions, as well as a few recipes and some general good words from good people.
As we look at the lists of vegetables from Week Ones of th1 read more »
Week One! It's Been a Long, Cool Spring
Welcome! This is the beginning of our 23rd CSA season! Please take a look at our first newsletter of the year, Farm Notes. In it you will find some farmer introductions, as well as a few recipes and some general good words from good people.
As we look at the lists of vegetables from Week Ones of th1 read more »
Autumn Week 9: The Last CSA Pickup of 2021!
Farm Notes is online: The PVF Season in Review! We hope you have enjoyed this season as much as we have!
For those who pick up at the farmers markets, we do have one more weekend of normal market sales on November 20/21. And if you missed a week, that final weekend at the market is your chance to c1 read more »
About the farm
Registration for the 2022 season is open!
Our farm has been in operation since 1962 and is owned and managed by three women farmers (with lots of help). We have two farms in Northern Virginia -- the hub is in Fairfax County and the larger production farm is in Loudoun County. We grow our vegetables ecoganically (focusing on soil health, human health and long term sustainability) and sell them at seven farmers markets, our two roadside stands, and through the CSA.
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Our farm has been in operation since 1962 and is owned and managed by three women farmers (with lots of help). We have two farms in Northern Virginia -- the hub is in Fairfax County and the larger production farm is in Loudoun County. We grow our vegetables ecoganically (focusing on soil health, human health and long term sustainability) and sell them at seven farmers markets, our two roadside stands, and through the CSA.