Concord MA - Organic Since 1973
Cover crops are important- we need them to maintain our soil’s nutrients over the winter, protect our soil from erosion, and to build nutrients and organic matter for next year! Planting cover crops- a winter rye and hairy vetch mix winter rye and hairy vetch planted a few weeks ago a clover and winter rye […]
We have the following apple varieties in good supply as of 10/8/11 available at the farm stand. Here are some descriptions to help you choose! Gala: small to medium. Extremely crisp/crunchy sweet and flavorful. Great eating. Excellent storage for 3 months with refrigeration. Macoun: A crisper, crunchier, more aromatic, less tart McIntosh type. Great eating. […]
Another summer passes, another October arrives—‘harvest’ season it’s called, but of course we have been harvesting steadily since May. The continuing warm weather has helped keep our summer crops producing—tomatoes are still available, as are, more sporadically, eggplant, peppers, squash and corn—but the shorter days have slowed everything down, and continual wet weather makes for […]
This Saturday we will have Concord’s own Pam Palumbo Templeton from Pies from Kitchens Past selling her old fashioned apple pies made from Hutchins Farm’s apples. They will be made with all organic ingredients! Pam comes from a longtime Concord farming family- you may remember her father Joe and her uncle Frank from Palumbo Farm […]
Deer fencing going up around the next lettuce planting Butternut Squash at the farm stand All photos by Michelle Sisson
Onions drying
Today we have a recipe from crew member, and blogger at afarmerinthedell.com, Andrea! Beetza! Ingredients: Homemade or store bought pizza dough 4 large beets. Boiled 1 small bunch curly kale, torn into bite sized pieces 1/2 cup goat cheese, plus a little more for crumbling 1 tbs olive oil 1tsp salt 1/4 cup Parmesan 1/4 […]