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Farm Happenings at Potomac Vegetable Farms
Week 6: What a Week of Successes!
There are times in the season when we have to do so many things at once, and it is never entirely clear how it will all happen. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are our big farming days--the days when we are most able to focus on the work that is not related to picking and selling vegetables.
This week, in1 read more »
Green Garlic and Other Allium Treats
We sometimes think should call ourselves Potomac Allium Farms--alliums are the onion and garlic family. Right now we are pulling green garlic. This is garlic with all the juicy pungent flavor and no sections yet, so you can cut it like an onion. This only lasts a few weeks and then the separate clo1 read more »
After 50 Years of Excellent Service, It Died
The latest Farm Notes is online! Continue meeting your farmers. Also, the roadside stands are open for business!
In 1971, the Newcombs built the roadside stand on Leesburg Pike. It had a concrete floor, one room with three rough walls and a second floor with a steep roof. We sold corn and tomatoes,1 read more »
After 50 Years of Excellent Service, It Died
The latest Farm Notes is online! Continue meeting your farmers. Also, the roadside stands are open for business!
In 1971, the Newcombs built the roadside stand on Leesburg Pike. It had a concrete floor, one room with three rough walls and a second floor with a steep roof. We sold corn and tomatoes,1 read more »
Week 3: Kohlrabi Season
Every vegetable has a true season, and this is high kohlrabi season. For those who have never tasted kohlrabi, now is the time. It is tender and sweet and crunchy. In a few weeks it won't be as sweet and the skin will be super tough, so strike now while the kohlrabi is at its peak.
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Week 2: Notes from the Field
By now we have planted half our sweet potatoes and half our winter squash, so we have about 1/4 acre of each so far. Usually we don't plant half at a time but the sweet potato plants didn't grow at the same pace, so we are waiting for our specialty varieties to be ready. And then the soil that we p1 read more »
First Week of the Summer CSA 2021
Welcome to the first installment of a long and unstoppable flow of vegetables!
Our first edition of our biweekly newsletter, Farm Notes, is online! We do hope you will read it. In this edition, you will meet your farmers!
For those who are new to eating with the seasons, you will find that the firs1 read more »
Autumn Week 9: The Last Hurrah
Our final Farm Notes, Vol. 21, No. 12 of the season is online. And this week we are giving thanks.
This is the final week of the Autumn CSA--congratulations to all! Some of us on the farm have tried to eat a packed CSA share every week, and most of us didn't manage it well. We are spoiled here at t1 read more »
Autumn Week 8: The Penultimate Week
There are a few crops that we haven't started to harvest yet, but not many. The Jerusalem artichokes are just waiting underground, in no hurry at all as they can be dug in the middle of winter...but we will start digging them soon. There is some cabbage that is not yet firm in the head yet, a1 read more »
About the farm
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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.
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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.