This Week at the Farm
Field Notes
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The Farm Stand
Open daily for self service of local raw honey, cut flowers, fresh herbs, chamomile, seedlings, heads of lettuce. Our main harvest days are Wednesdays and Saturdays, but please stop in other days. Venmo and cash box for payment (we cannot make change at this time).
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Wednesday and Saturday Market opens at 10 a.m.
This week features:
Spinach, peas, arugula, romaine, salanova, escarole, baby kale, swiss chard, bok choy, asian lettuce, fresh parsley/oregano/cilantro, and lots of flowers. Other green goodies possible on Saturday.
Coming : raspberries, carrots, beets, green onions, chives, summer squash, and green beans.
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Welcome Colleen, Zoe, Tamar, and Maia to the farm team. Hooray!
If you would like to join the volunteer corps, check times on our events
calendar
or message/call Farmer Dan at 401-834-5828. Waiver
form
required.
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Pictured: the legendary Kelvin in the compost heap, Emily and a Medusa-sized escarole, John & Abhi weaving
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Food-scrap collection continues at the farm stand, including fish carcasses and shells in with veggie scraps (
no
meat or chicken bone at this time).
Have you added chickens to your backyard garden? We gladly accept any excess bedding and organic chicken manure. Find the drop-off location in this
video
plus a tour of the farm stand.
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In the nonprofit world, one key to continuity and success is a steady stream of volunteers. For our farm, the ongoing regeneration of this 3-acre parcel of land has been the best kind of tasking!
Now as the summer sets in we remain inspired, encouraged, and truly pleased with the support and commitment we've received from the community.
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Currently, we have upwards of 25 committed volunteers on the farm on a weekly basis, either coming to the farm as families for educational experiences or high school and college students making the best of their time out of school.
We also have a few hardcore college graduates who for one reason or another find themselves home for the summer. Others include long time farmers new to the area and young adults who simply love the outdoors and want to learn more about farming and supporting this wonderful program. Each week, we receive inquiries about the farm and folks wanting to bring their families or come as individuals.
BFS board members are also amazing volunteers, where each member spends multiple hours a week at the farm completing a variety of farm chores and tasks.
Perhaps the most inspiring part of this is when new volunteers enjoy their experience and then decide to bring a friend to tag along. In this way, our corps continues to propagate.
Each day on the farm is a lesson in growing, whether it is new knowledge about a particular crop and its habits, an evolving level of compassion for colorful garden pests and how to achieve karmic balance when 'dealing' with them, or creatively repurposing materials to create drying racks or worm hotels.
Come grow with us.
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Pictured: bed maintenance, and trellised cherry tomatoes
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The warm and sunny days have energized the fields. Everything is setting fruit from the cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers, to beans and squash. It is going to be a remarkably bountiful summer.
Major projects this week:
- finish preparing the washing station and complete irrigation set up
- continue to weave and stake solanaceae (tomato, eggplant, peppers)
- succession sowing of beets, carrots, herbs, lettuce
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The demand for take-home seedlings is great, and we plan on continuing our offerings of basil, sunflowers, and other seedlings throughout the season.
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Dear Friends and Followers of the Barrington Farm School:
We are partnering with Progreso Latino, which operates a large food pantry in Central Falls. We will be bringing donated products to Progreso Latino once a week.
Stay tuned, more info to come!
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An inclusive community farm and learning center that provides farming, food, health, and environmental education supported by dedicated volunteers serving as stewards of our historic farm. Barrington Farm School is a 501(c)3, educational resource for students of all ages.
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