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Farm Happenings at Strawberry Hill Farm
Merry Christmas from the Farm!
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We’re looking forward to having our whole family here at the farm next week for a late Christmas celebration. We’re sure you have happy holiday plans too.
This week our farm stand offers items that will help make your gatherings special:1 read more »
Christmas Baking!
Mary’s busy baking these days, putting Christmas goodies in the freezer for when our family will gather. Baking takes lots of eggs, so it’s time to stock up! We have plenty of eggs available for your holiday baking.
We also have some of Mary’s shortbread this week, and she will ba1 read more »
Thanksgiving Is Coming
Most Thanksgiving tables include a dish of mashed potatoes or sweet potatoes—or maybe scalloped potatoes or candied sweet potatoes. However you cook them, they’re bound to be delicious. We have both regular potatoes and sweet potatoes on our farm stand this week, just in time for your T1 read more »
Frosty Weather
We’ve had a warm and dry fall this year. The leaves took a long time to show their color, but they finally did and were beautiful. We had no frosts at all until last week, when boom! We had three killing frosts in a row.
This took out a lot of the gardens. No more tomatoes, no more flowers; m1 read more »
Winter Delivery Schedule Starts Now
Fall is definitely here, and crops are winding down in the gardens. This week’s delivery will be the last of our regular season, and we will now begin our winter schedule. We’ve been glad to supply you with the best from Strawberry Hill Farm, and appreciate your support. Thank you for b1 read more »
Mix of Summer and Fall
We haven’t had frost yet, but it’s feeling more like fall these days. We always enjoy the deep blue sky in October. It reminds us of Colorado, where we have often visited Ron’s aunt and uncle.
In the gardens, we have a mix of summer and fall crops. We still have a good number of t1 read more »
Butternut Squash, the Taste of Fall
Leaves are changing color, nights are cool, and pumpkins and pumpkin recipes are everywhere. Did you know you can make “pumpkin” pie from butternut squash? At Strawberry Hill Farm we prefer it! Pies made from butternut squash have a smoother, creamier texture and aren’t as wa1 read more »
Salad Mix Is Back!
We were finally able to pick salad mix this week, and from our new row of romaine too. The cool nights are helping the greens and other fall crops like kale and beets, but slowing down crops like tomatoes and green beans.
This week we have a new item—onions—on the list, and butternut sq1 read more »
The Fall Garden
Things are changing in the gardens now that the nights are growing chilly. We still have tomatoes, but they are winding down. The green beans and peppers are growing more slowly, and the flowers are fading—except for the dahlias. The beets and kale, on the other hand, are enjoying the cooler1 read more »