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You can snip your own herbs, and we also have them available at the farm stand. Through August we will be open Tuesday through Sunday from 7:30 to 3:00 (until 6:00) on Fridays.
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It’s a good thing we planted too much basil, because it is very popular, and we are keeping up with demand.
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My family loves using fresh rosemary on gently sauted sliced potatoes. It adds a wonderful flavor.
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We were lucky to find this variety of gold cherry tomato that does not crack easily. On the other hand, the farmers feel free to eat the ones that crack and save the whole ones for the farm stand. As a result of this quality, we farmers have not been eating too many of these little sweet tomatoes this year. Oh, well.
If people are interested we will schedule workshops on crafting your own dried flower arrangements. Please email and tell us if you are interested.
]]>It has taken a lot of time, but I’m pleased to say today we’ve found some excellent sources for herbs that have the qualities we want for You-Snip customers. Many of the larger growers concentrate on producing plants that are strictly visually exciting. Some lavenders, for example, are incredibly beautiful in the garden and as a hedge.
But we seek varieties that are also excellent for cooking and baking, that smell wonderfully fragrant and that dry well for use in crafts such as wreathes and sachets. We expect to transplant our first eight varieties of lavender this spring in the You-Snip part of the field.
We also found several different sage varieties that will also be versatile for cooking, their unusual fragrance as well as great for crafts. Rosemary, one of my favorite herbs in the kitchen, will also be part of the You-Snip field. I’ve recently made a deliciously fragrant hair treatment using both rosemary from my garden and rosemary essential oil.
So much fun!
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