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Simply Fresh–Week 2–Kohlrabi
Posted on June 21, 2017 by Julie in CSA, Featured.I am so excited. Compared with past year’s output, this year’s early harvest is plentiful and nicely varied. We even have peas (shelling and snap) and annual herbs (cilantro, dill and parsley) available to pick already. A few notes on some of the items you may see that you may not be too familiar with. […]
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Simply Fresh–Week 1–Bok Choy
Posted on June 14, 2017 by Julie in CSA, Featured.Featured Item—Bok Choy A few years back, I was one of those people that ran from anything that ended in choy. But I could not be a bigger fan of this special vegetable than I am now. Bok Choy is a part of the cabbage family originally cultivated in China. Hence it also known as […]
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Join us for Yoga in the Fields – Free and Open to the Public!
Posted on June 13, 2017 by Trish Percival in Events & Activities. Continue Reading... 2 Comments. -
Learn About Health Benefits of Essential Oils – Free and Open to the Public!
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Introduction to CSA Procedures, Tips and Simply Fresh Blog
Posted on June 7, 2017 by Julie in CSA, Featured.Hello Fellow CSA members. I am so excited to write for you for yet another wonderful Holcomb Farm growing season. I am Julie Wern, health coach, food writer, cooking instructor and author of Holcomb Farm’s Simply Fresh blog. Simply fresh is a weekly blog designed to inform, instruct and inspire the healthful, flavorful, and efficient […]
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Name the Holcomb Farm Pigs!
Posted on May 29, 2017 by Joe O'Grady in CSA, Events & Activities, Featured.Happy Memorial Day Weekend Everyone, We hope to head home a little early today, as it was a busy weekend. This morning we planted 4 beds of flowers for the Pick Your Own section and our third planting of lettuce. Yesterday the Peas, Potatoes, Horse Radish and Parsnips were cultivated. Saturday we planted thousands of […]
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Only 3 Weeks Until the Farm Opens!
Posted on May 23, 2017 by Joe O'Grady in CSA, Featured.The Farm will open its Barn and fields 3 weeks from today and some CSA shares are still available so delay no longer and reserve your share today! Click Here to Sign Up The crew is in the middle of a planting frenzy and the early crops are looking good: Potatoes, peas and onions are […]
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1 Month ‘Til Farm Fresh Veggies!!
Posted on May 15, 2017 by Joe O'Grady in CSA, Featured.Opening Day of the Farm Store and the start of the CSA is ONLY ONE MONTH AWAY and life at the farm is looking as good as it ever has. There has been an unprecedented amount of investment in the upcoming season and the crew is large, experienced and skilled – everything is going to […]
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Friends of Holcomb Farm Annual Meeting
Posted on May 14, 2017 by Trish Percival in Events & Activities.Friends of Holcomb Farm, you are invited to our Annual Meeting on Monday, June 12, at the Holcomb Farm Workshop, 113 Simsbury Road, West Granby. We will gather for a wine and cheese reception on the Workshop Patio at 6:30 pm; and will commence our annual meeting at 7:15 pm in the Workshop. Please join us […]
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The Farming Season Has Begun!
Posted on April 22, 2017 by Joe O'Grady in CSA, Featured.It’ll be a few weeks before we can start eating locally again, but we’re tilling, amending, spreading, seeding, mulching and planting like there’s no tomorrow. And a late and – most welcome – rush of applicants finally has me confident that we’ll have a big enough farm crew to get everything picked and packed. […]
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