Category Archives: Farmer’s Market

Market Day #2

We didn’t have a market on the 4th of July, so yesterday was our second farmer’s market day of the season.  We’re starting to hit the mid-season slump, where the spring crops are petering out but the summer stuff (tomatoes, … Continue reading

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First Market Day of the Season

It’s been more than a month since my last post (sounds very confessional, I know), but things are still rolling along.  We had our first farmer’s market of the season this past Thursday at the JP Farmer’s Market at the … Continue reading

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Final Market Day Tomorrow!

It’s hard to believe that tomorrow (Thursday, October 25) will be our final farmer’s market of the season.  This will be our 19th Thursday at the market.  Right now the weather looks good, which means that we had quite streak … Continue reading

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Still plugging away

We’re past the middle of September now, but we’ve still got pretty full fields.  Where the cucumbers have come out, I’ve planted spinach seeds.  The snow peas are up where we used to have beans and early beets.  But the … Continue reading

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September Arrives

September has arrived, with slightly cooler weather and lots (and lots) of tomatoes.  Hard as it may be to believe, we’re still planting new seedlings.  This weekend, we planted starts for cabbage, lettuce, and mustard, and seeds for spinach, snow … Continue reading

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A busy week (the week of August 16)

This was a busy week (as always) at the farm.  We made deliveries of tomatoes, hot peppers, and chard to the World PEAS CSA.  And we brought LOTS of veggies to the Thursday market (and Tracy was able to be … Continue reading

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Market Day #8 (August 9)

We had another successful market day this past Thursday.  Tracy was actually able to come help out and see the market (and she’ll be there next week, too).  It was great fun to finally have tomatoes for sale. %%wppa%% %%slide=1%% … Continue reading

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Market Day #6 (July 26)

Last week’s market was a big success, despite the threat of thunderstorms and the fact that I forgot our camera (hence no photos).  Once again, we sold almost everything we brought, surpassing our previous week’s sales (by about $5). We … Continue reading

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Market Days #4 and #5 (July 12 and 19)

I did make it to the market over the past few weeks, despite being deep in the midst of workshopping my play at the Huntington Theatre Company.  On each Thursday so far, sales have continued to climb–we’ve had good weather … Continue reading

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Market Day #3 (July 5)

Our third market, last Thursday, went very well.  Jamaica Plain has a “First Thursdays” event, where there are various open studios and vendors around, so we had lots of traffic.  We almost sold out!  All I had left at the … Continue reading

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