A Puffy Cloud Kinda Day

New Apple Trees

 We're planting them even closer together...

One Week Later, strawberries look amazing!!

Look Mom, we found the strawberry plants!!

 3 NEW TUNNELS ADDED TO COVER EXISTING STRAWBERRIES
AND FUTURE RASPBERRIES.

 WE LOVE JEAN MICHEL'S BOWLS!

Peach Pruning is coming along

Growing the Farm

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Plan ahead for your Summer Job!

We are already looking for summer help.  We will need field help as well as first year Interns who want to learn the ins and outs of growing and selling fruit. You must be at least 16 to help with the summer harvest. We plan to have 2 shifts: 7:00-11:30 and 12:30 -5:00. We start the season mid- May with Strawberry picking and Peach thinning.  Cherries, Raspberries, then Blackberries all need attention before the Peach Season begins. August is the most intense month on the farm as just about every crop becomes ready to harvest: Peaches, Blackberries and Apples as well as the Tomato crop grown in our High Tunnels.
There are also positions open for first year Interns interested in learning beyond the summer months.  This is a chance to see the full cycle of the farm through the seasons.  Instruction includes Pruning and helping prepare the next years' crops.

Applesauce Cake- Serve this when you're done shoveling snow!!!

Applesauce Cake

½ lb butter

1 ¼ cups sugar

2 cups of Manoff Market Gardens applesauce

3 cups flour

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp nutmeg and or allspice

½ tsp salt

1 ¾ tsp baking soda

1 cup of raisins

1 tsp vanilla

 3 eggs

topping:

1 cup chopped pecans or almonds

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup flour

1/4 cup butter

Oven 350

Melt butter and add to applesauce. Stir in eggs and vanilla. Mix flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and soda together and add raisins. Combine with liquids.  Pour into 9x13 greased and floured pan.  Cut together topping ingredients and sprinkle onto batter. Bake 1 hour in oven.  Test to see if done, bake longer if necessary.