Our Tomatoes Have Personality

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We do try to be educational on the farm.  The plants are the entertainment.

Remember Your Produce!

We had a nice couple from Alto purchase produce yesterday.  As often happens, they set some produce aside, walked the field and then left without that one bag.  They were charged for the cucumbers but not the squash.  We will appreciate the business and will make it right. 

Please remember to check that you have gathered all your produce, even after we have been distracted by a beautiful day of flowers, bees and the aroma of herbs!

Sweet Corn Coming Soon

We just finished up the yellow sweet corn and are waiting on the last bi-color corn. This cold snap has slowed things down, still it could be ready as early as Wednesday or Friday this week.  We will keep you posted.

In the meantime we have plenty of tomatoes, carrots, eggplant, kale, radishes (mostly white Japanese), fennel, sweet bell peppers, cucumbers, green onions, turnips, basil, cilantro, chives, french tarragon, parsley, and rosemary.

Tomatoes, Tomatoes...TOMATOES!

We previously posted a picture of one of our heirloom tomatoes sliced up and ready to go on a BKT (bacon, kale, tomato) sandwich.

Below is another of these sweet tomatoes.  I thought it was four tomatoes when I went to pick it.  This luscious heirloom weighed in at just over 1 pound 8 ounces.  Yep, more than 1.5 pounds!

We also have what we call "Nogal Mountain Maters" that are large and yummy, as well as sweet cherry and others.

We are picking as fast as we can and are open from 9 to 5 today.  On Saturday we will be at the Ruidoso Downs Farmer's & Artisan's Market.

Come and get your maters!

Crisis Averted

Some of you visiting the farm have had a good laugh with me, or maybe at me, about the slender carrots I planted that went through the hard pan.  They are fragile enough that we could not get them out of the ground without breaking the carrot.  We have been at a standstill on that row of carrots for more than a month. 

Crisis averted!  Some very big hearted people, who will remain unnamed because I did not get permission to call them out, actually own a sturdy broadfork and loaned it to us.  Here is a picture of a bunch of the rascal carrots.  One carrot is over 13.5 inches long!

Tomatoes and more to Market Saturday!

This is a fabulous heirloom tomato we grow!

We are headed to the Ruidoso Downs Farmer's Market on Saturday with: Carrots, Sweet Yellow Corn, Cucumbers (lemon and also slicing), Eggplant, Kale, Sweet Bell Peppers (orange), Squash (yellow crookneck and zucchini), TOMATOES (lots!), turnips, basil, and cilantro.

Turnips with Greens!

We have scarlet turnips, which have a nice green, and a white Japanese turnip. One bunch, freshly pulled, for only $2.00. Yummy!

We are loaded with product today. Carrots, corn, bell peppers (sweet orange), slicing cucumbers, lemon cucumbers, eggplant, fennel, several kinds of kale, radishes, squash, tomatoes, and turnips. Herbs: basil, chives, cilantro, french tarragon and rosemary.

Sunflowers

We also have sunflowers at the farm.  Our single stems are so big they must bend their faces down to look at you!  Is it possible to gaze upon a sunflower and keep from smiling?  

The multi-flowered chocolate sunflowers are a bit smaller.

Borage

To the delight of the hummingbirds and the bees, the borage blooms have begun to open.  Yes, we also have flowers on the farm. Borage (aka 'star flower') can also be used as an herb. 

SPECIAL DEAL on Farm - Today ONLY

We have a SPECIAL DEAL today at the farm. Buy any item, then pick as many green beans as you want. We are doing this because we feel our green beans are past their prime and will not charge for them or take them to market. You just need to be your own harvester (ie. you!) Bring your own bucket and a harvesting chair if you want to sit while you harvest, or you could just kneel or bend over. I will show you how to pick and from which plants to pick. I still have a few young plants for market and will be picking those this morning.

Labor Day Hours

The farm is open on Labor Day from 9 am to 2 pm.  Come get veggies for your holiday meal!

Corn, Corn, CORN!!!

We began selling corn this week.  Seriously sweet corn!  We try to pick it the day we sell it.  Quantities remain limited, but we will do our best to get you what you want.  A buck an ear and well worth it.

Once you try this corn, we are sure you will covet it as much as Teddy Bear the Porcupine.  Thank you Adele for introducing us to this prickly corn fanatic!

We are open at the farm Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 am to 5 pm, and now on Saturdays, 11 am to 3 pm.  We are also at the Ruidoso Downs Farmer's Market on Saturdays from about 7:30 (or so) to about 10:00 or 10:30 am.