Big, Sweet and Delicious- and abundant.  There are over 1,000 Quarts of ripe berries in the field waiting to be picked and as it is going to be  hot tomorrow there will be even more by Monday morning. The strawberries are getting ripe! With the rain and then this hot humid weather the berries areContinue Reading Strawberry picking at Martins Farmstand Monday morning

The strawberries are getting ripe! We are planning to open the farm for U-pick for the first time this year on Monday June 19 at 7 AM. The picking times are Mondays Starting at 7 AM; Wednesdays starting at 2 PM ( no morning picking on Wednesdays) and Saturdays Starting at 7 am. This repeatsContinue Reading INFO ABOUT 2017 STRAWBERRY SEASON AT MARTINS FARMSTAND

The tender touch. In this modern age sometimes we get fascinated with all the wonders of higher math and science. Math is good  but it is possible to get weird and faulty results when we use mathematics to try to figure out which school teachers are the best.  Are test scores the only thing thatContinue Reading Martin’s Farmstand

      This nice gentle rain is lovely for the gardens. We had several days of dry weather this week and got a lot of things planted. Things like Gladiolas and cosmos, basil and lettuce, beans and spinach. The first sweet corn is up and growing and there are 10,000 lovely white strawberry blossoms.Continue Reading What is cooking?

  God has promised seed time and harvest. The sun and warm has made the asparagus grow. This mornings cutting added up to over a quarter ton of asparagus- 600 lbs to be exact.  We are starting to pick a few cucumbers from the greenhouse and the tomatoes should be starting in a few weeks.Continue Reading Seeds And Planting Advice From Daniel

I have cut the first asparagus and am opening the stand for this season today. We will be open every day except Sunday with our normal hours.   (Monday- Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm) Besides asparagus, rhubarb, chives, green garlic and a very limited supply of greens we have an assortment of stored cropsContinue Reading Opening