Rooting for You!

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Rooting for You!

Rooting for You!

This week’s exciting eating in season highlight features the versatile and delicious root vegetable. Root vegetables are low in calories, high in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants and are very nourishing, as you would expect. High in fiber and slow burning carbs, root veggies which may help boost gut health. Growing underground, root vegetables soak up… Read More »

This week’s exciting eating in season highlight features the versatile and delicious root vegetable. Root vegetables are low in calories, high in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants and are very nourishing, as you would expect. High in fiber and slow burning carbs, root veggies which may help boost gut health. Growing underground, root vegetables soak up… Read More »

Ringing in a Healthy New Year

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Ringing in a Healthy New Year

Ringing in a Healthy New Year

New Year’s Eve is rapidly approaching and we want to help you ring in the new year in a healthy and delicious way! Reinvent your NYE appetizers to include kale, which is now in season. Kale will provide a nutritious boost to your appetizers and help you eat healthy in the new year. Try a… Read More »

New Year’s Eve is rapidly approaching and we want to help you ring in the new year in a healthy and delicious way! Reinvent your NYE appetizers to include kale, which is now in season. Kale will provide a nutritious boost to your appetizers and help you eat healthy in the new year. Try a… Read More »

Totally Kale-in it!

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Totally Kale-in it!

Totally Kale-in it!

As the new year approaches our thoughts tend to focus on healthy foods and eating Kale in season should be top of the list. Kale is truly one of nature’s superfoods as it’s packed with nutrient dense vitamins, minerals, plant sterols, and phytonutrients. Don’t know what all that means? Not to worry, all you need… Read More »

As the new year approaches our thoughts tend to focus on healthy foods and eating Kale in season should be top of the list. Kale is truly one of nature’s superfoods as it’s packed with nutrient dense vitamins, minerals, plant sterols, and phytonutrients. Don’t know what all that means? Not to worry, all you need… Read More »

Spilling the Beans

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Spilling the Beans

Spilling the Beans

French horticultural beans are a small but mighty crop on our farm and we’re spilling the beans to let everyone know about their greatness. They are small in that we only farm less than an acre of these beans, mighty, as these beans allow one to eat well year round! Eating healthy and in season… Read More »

French horticultural beans are a small but mighty crop on our farm and we’re spilling the beans to let everyone know about their greatness. They are small in that we only farm less than an acre of these beans, mighty, as these beans allow one to eat well year round! Eating healthy and in season… Read More »

Spud-tacular Food

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Spud-tacular Food

Spud-tacular Food

The Spud-tacular potato is in season on our farm and we grow six different varieties on over 6 acres of farmland including; white, russet, red, Yukon gold, fingerling, and purple. Potatoes prefer cool weather and are planted in mid-April as they can survive cool weather. They grow best in cool, well drained & loosened soil… Read More »

The Spud-tacular potato is in season on our farm and we grow six different varieties on over 6 acres of farmland including; white, russet, red, Yukon gold, fingerling, and purple. Potatoes prefer cool weather and are planted in mid-April as they can survive cool weather. They grow best in cool, well drained & loosened soil… Read More »

Apple-ly Delicious

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Apple-ly Delicious

Apple-ly Delicious

Apples have a long history, originating in Central Asia, making their way to America and specifically New Jersey with the early settlers. Apples were primarily used in our region for apple cider and hard apple cider (also known as Apple Jack) as growing apples was more conducive to the climate of the early settlers than… Read More »

Apples have a long history, originating in Central Asia, making their way to America and specifically New Jersey with the early settlers. Apples were primarily used in our region for apple cider and hard apple cider (also known as Apple Jack) as growing apples was more conducive to the climate of the early settlers than… Read More »

Harvesting Sunflower Seeds

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Harvesting Sunflower Seeds

Harvesting Sunflower Seeds

Ingredients: 3-4 sunflower heads that are past bloom 6– 8 cups of water (adjust according to bucket size) 1/4 cup kosher salt Clean bucket/ container & cutting shears Paper towels and cookie sheet or shallow box Spices of choice, cooking spray if desired How to harvest the sunflower heads: Use sunflower heads that have died… Read More »

Ingredients: 3-4 sunflower heads that are past bloom 6– 8 cups of water (adjust according to bucket size) 1/4 cup kosher salt Clean bucket/ container & cutting shears Paper towels and cookie sheet or shallow box Spices of choice, cooking spray if desired How to harvest the sunflower heads: Use sunflower heads that have died… Read More »

Oh My Ghourd!

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Oh My Ghourd!

Oh My Ghourd!

A pumpkin is a cultivar of winter squash that is round with smooth, ribbed skin, most often orange in coloration containing both seeds and pulp. Technically a fruit, and some are gourds, they are packed with nutrition and both the flesh and the seeds are edible. Pumpkin provides many health benefits according to nutritionists including… Read More »

A pumpkin is a cultivar of winter squash that is round with smooth, ribbed skin, most often orange in coloration containing both seeds and pulp. Technically a fruit, and some are gourds, they are packed with nutrition and both the flesh and the seeds are edible. Pumpkin provides many health benefits according to nutritionists including… Read More »

Elige el tuyo

Elige el tuyo

Elige el tuyo

Elige el tuyo

elige el tuyo Para la salud y el bienestar de todos, actualmente exigimos que todos los boletos PYO se compren en nuestro sitio web antes de su visita. No podemos garantizar su entrada sin un boleto comprado previamente en nuestro sitio web. Agradecemos la cooperación y comprensión de todos. Para los boletos comprados en nuestra… Read More »
elige el tuyo Para la salud y el bienestar de todos, actualmente exigimos que todos los boletos PYO se compren en nuestro sitio web antes de su visita. No podemos garantizar su entrada sin un boleto comprado previamente en nuestro sitio web. Agradecemos la cooperación y comprensión de todos. Para los boletos comprados en nuestra… Read More »

Falling for Apples

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Falling for Apples

Falling for Apples

Nothing is as quite as iconic to New Jersey as the versatile apple. Apples connote health (apple a day keeps the doctor away) as well as affection (apple of my eye) and are one of the 3rd most valuable crops in N.J. right after tomatoes and blueberries, according to the State Department of Agriculture. Apples… Read More »

Nothing is as quite as iconic to New Jersey as the versatile apple. Apples connote health (apple a day keeps the doctor away) as well as affection (apple of my eye) and are one of the 3rd most valuable crops in N.J. right after tomatoes and blueberries, according to the State Department of Agriculture. Apples… Read More »

Late Summer Fruits & Veggies

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Late Summer Fruits & Veggies

Late Summer Fruits & Veggies

Nothing tastes as delectable as in-season produce which has been sun kissed, field ripened, and fresh picked, providing the perfect combination for appetizing, nutrient dense fruits and vegetables. It’s late Summer season on our farm and did you know that so many wonderful items are still being harvested including ; peppers, tomatoes, sweet corn, eggplant,… Read More »

Nothing tastes as delectable as in-season produce which has been sun kissed, field ripened, and fresh picked, providing the perfect combination for appetizing, nutrient dense fruits and vegetables. It’s late Summer season on our farm and did you know that so many wonderful items are still being harvested including ; peppers, tomatoes, sweet corn, eggplant,… Read More »

One in a Melon!

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One in a Melon!

One in a Melon!

Watermelon is quintessential with summer, not only for the time it is in season, but also for its ability to connect us with the nostalgia of our childhood. Most everyone can relate to a sentimental memory of eating watermelon on a hot summer day as a very special treat.  It’s watermelon season on our farm… Read More »

Watermelon is quintessential with summer, not only for the time it is in season, but also for its ability to connect us with the nostalgia of our childhood. Most everyone can relate to a sentimental memory of eating watermelon on a hot summer day as a very special treat.  It’s watermelon season on our farm… Read More »