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We launched our 2016 season on Saturday with the help of roughly 250 runners in the Bluemont Shamrock 5K, which began and ended at the farm market. After running in the cold rain, many of those brave drenched souls went up the mountain to Dirt Farm and took advantage of the complimentary tasting available to all runners. While they were up there enjoying Boots Off IPA and oysters from Nomini Bay Oyster Ranch, the mountain was engulfed in dense now storm -- a beautiful surprise!
The newly-re-covered greenhouse is currently incubating thousands of young plants -- kale, leeks, chard, lettuce, jalapeƱos, pimento peppers, cabbage, parsley, mizuna, broccoli. egg plant, Sweetie Tom tomatoes, and purslane. Peaches, apples, plums, and strawberries have begun to bloom, and the cow train is up and running again. The market is still full of baby chicks -- if you ordered some to take home, please pick them up this week. We're open every day from 10:00 to 5:00, except for Easter Sunday, with wagon rides each day at 11:00, 1:00, and 3:00.
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If you'd like to pack your share in style this summer, consider one of the lovely straw baskets for sale in the market. They're just the right size for a weekly produce share, or for a day's worth of diapers, toys, and extra clothes, or a picnic basket and a bottle of Farm Table White. Hand-woven from elephant grass by village co-ops in Ghana, each basket is durable, flexible, and beautiful.
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On your first visit to the farm this year, we'll give you a 2016 membership card, with space on the back for the names of all your family members. We'll also give you two guest passes so you can bring a couple of friends to the farm with you. To save postage, we won't be mailing cards, unless you ask us to.
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Good Eating
In an effort to help our members make the most of their share each week, we'll be working with Marla Vargas-Mundey, the chef at
LAJ Foods. We're going to give Marla a share to play with every week, and she's going write about her fun on our blog. Marla will have a table at the Members Open House on April 30; come and meet her and sample her wares -- some of which will be available in the market. You can read more about Marla and her food on our
blog.
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Pick Up Your Chicks
If you ordered chicks, please come and get them this week. Chick-raising
suggestions are still up on our website under the Festivals/Events menu. And if you'd like to know what your chicks are thinking about, take a look at
this article in Modern Farmer. Apparently, scientists have concluded that chickens are smarter than toddlers -- not your toddlers, of course!
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Egg Hunt and Marshmallow Harvest, April 2 & 3
The best marshmallows grow on trees...
Dog Days Bloom Festival, April 23 & 24
Come out to smell the blossoms and the puppies!
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Great Country Farms | 540-554-2073 | CSA@GreatCountryFarms.com | www.GreatCountryFarms.com
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