Craving the perfect roasted garlic dip but don’t want to go through the trouble of roasting fresh garlic? Look no further – we have the solution! Our Roasted Garlic Spice Blend is all you need. Start by taking one brick of cream cheese and mix it until smooth. Using a hand mixer works great for this step. Next, add a…
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This is by far one of my favorite recipes, especially this time of year. I was so excited a couple of years to put my asparagus bed in and finally this year we had a great harvest of asparagus. It takes 3 years for asparagus to get established and this year was year 3! If only they could grow…
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It has been a while since I have blogged. Funny how fast time goes by. Keeping you informed and updated is one of my goals this season. We have a lot of great things happening on the farm this, and I am looking forward to sharing them with you. Last Fall we planted about 550 pounds of garlic in…
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So we had our first annual garlic sale on August 14th and what a fun day. I did not realize how many hours could/would go into a garlic sale, but I do now. Prior to the sale, I spent days in the barn cleaning and sorting the garlic. A lot of thought went into the set up and layout…
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Many people have said that garlic has many health benefits and I tend to believe that it does, however, I have not talked about those benefits in my blog or general, because I have not found an article or information that has been supported by a reliable health source, until now. My husband came across this article https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7265825/ yesterday. This…
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We finished harvesting and hanging the garlic crop yesterday. It was a long process, but we were fortunate to have some helping hands, which made the process a little easier and quicker. Trying to get ahead of the weather, we starting pulling Thursday afternoon, continuing through all day Friday. Both of these days the weather was good, HOT, but…
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It is looking like this weekend is going to be the weekend! After 9 nine long months, our garlic is ready to harvest. This is so exciting to me, because it is what we have been looking forward to since October. There has been a lot of stress the past 9 months, that’s for sure, with the weather…
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Rising early and getting out in the field early in morning is key in the Adirondacks before the sun gets too hot and the bugs come out. So Saturday morning, early to rise it was! We were in the field nice and early and began to cut the scapes. With a little help from my father, my son and…
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Its starting to get very real on the farm. The garlic is growing nicely and our e-commerce is underway. I decided to write a quick blog as I think more and more about the “garlic store”, our pricing and our products. I want explain the difference between seed garlic and culinary (food grade) garlic. Despite their names, both…
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Things on the farm are coming along. We are gearing up for the season and getting things in order. The garlic is looking fantastic. The German Extra Hardy is growing at a faster rate than the other varieties, which I find very interesting. We received some much needed rain last week and I think the garlic appreciated it, not too much…
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