Marsh Edge Farm Notes
Marsh Edge Farm Notes:
Welcome to my farm blog. I don't have a farm, but I do everything possible to have fresh produce on my table all summer long, as well as can and preserve much of what I grow. I live on the edge of Tolland Marsh and three years ago began calling my home garden Marsh Edge Farm. I created a label to place on all my canned goods, and everything I preserve, from jams to saurkraut end up with one of my simple labels.
I have two gardens, one is a spring garden and the other is my summer garden. From each garden I usually can grow enough to keep me in fresh vegetables for the whole summer, as well as enough to can and freeze to last the winter.
I also grow many of the herbs that go into my dishes. One of my favorite things to do with all these vegetables is create recipes that my family will eat. That is what this blog is mainly about, the recipes I develop or create in my kitchen as I experiment. Hope you enjoy reading my farm blog, and I hope you will try some of my recipes.
Updates for 2014
After a few years of very bad crops, I have left behind the vegetable gardens for awhile. However, I have found that fresh produce is available throughout the summer at the many farmers markets in the area. Here is a list of some of the markets and farms I gather my fresh fruits and vegetables from.
Rockville Farmers Market: Thursdays from 10 to 1 at the courthouse parking lot.
Tolland Farmers Market: Saturdays from 9 to 12 on the green.
Coventry Regional Farmers Market: Sundays from 11 to 2 at the Nathan Hale Homestead on South St.
Wright's Orchard on South River Road in Tolland, CT
Larry Lemeks Berries on Goose Lane in Tolland, CT.
Johnny Appleseeds Peach Orchard on Old Schoolhouse Rd. in Ellington, CT.
Buell Orchards in Eastford, CT.
There are many other farmers markets throughout the state of Connecticut on different days as well as numerous roadside stands. Support your local farmers no matter how small and you will gain in health and well being by eating the freshest of the fresh.
A link to the Connecticut Farmers Markets for 2014
http://www.ct.gov/doag/lib/doag/marketing_files/2014/fm_listing_as_of_07-01-2014.pdf
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