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Fresh Farm Food Year-round

  By Administrator | March 12, 2013 - 5:16 pm | ,
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Good news for those who like fresh, organic, local and sustainably-grown food.

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Blue Ray blueberries from Hay Berry Farm

 

I’m excited that we can now provide year-round access to farm food via our new internet buyers club.

The selection is large, and will increase in the spring when your neighboring farmers can add their products to the choices.  There are currently over 3000 choices of fruit, vegetables, meat, drinks, flour, herbs, bread, cheese, etc.

The price is reasonable and there is no fee to join.  Buyers order on an internet website and pick up their order on Babcock Lake Road in Hoosick.

Check out the link:

http://www.wholeshare.com/join/1987

Questions?   [email protected]

 

Before and after … Shiitake mushroom site

  By Administrator | February 22, 2013 - 11:55 am |
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Dan checking out a mushroom growing site

 

You saw it before,when we were checking this area under the hemlocks.  It seemed perfect for growing Shiitake mushrooms.  Shaded by the hemlock trees and protected from winds coming from the hay fields, this space will keep the mushrooms from drying out.

 

 

 

And now you see the area after Dan cleared stumps and branches on the ground.  In this photo there are over 600 logs stacked and waiting for good weather.  Then the crew will inoculate the logs with mushroom spawn.

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Logs in our Shiitake mushroom growing site waiting to be inoculated

 

All of us at the farm have been thankful for a REAL winter this year.  We can reach the trees without creating ruts, because the ground is solidly frozen.  We also expect any problem insects to get off to a very slow start because of the cold.

We never use toxins on the farm, so cold is a wonderfully natural and “organic” way to discourage trouble.

It seems that a few deer like this spot also, so we might have to ask them to hang out somewhere else, in case they decide that Shiitake mushrooms are tasty.