Pennypack Farm is Localicious! 
The Localicious event is coming up soon, June 14th!
Honoring Volunteers of the Year Kathy and Dick Daddario and Sustainable Living Leader Alex Mulcahy, publisher of Grid Magazine, the event will feature delicious local foods and beverages.

The silent auction features unique items for the foodie, gardener, travel buff, and more, including PHILLIES tickets!

Tickets for the dinner are on sale now!
 We hope to see you there.
 

FLOWERS

I hope that you all take advantage of the flowers and herbs available this year in addition to your wonderful produce! There are six 100' beds of flowers for picking and I would like to share some of my excitement and 'learning experiences'. Planning began in the blurry aftermath of Valentine's Day at the flower shop where I spend my off-seasons. It was a relief pouring through catalogues and books full of images of blooms other than red roses. My goal was to provide you with a variety of bouquet choices; different colors, textures and bloom times so that hopefully there is something for everyone to enjoy (and so that I could experiment).

 

Overall, I foresee it being a success. I am very excited to have three succession plantings of the sunflower varieties, and that there will at least be Calendula blooming for the first summer pick-up. Some of the difficulties or learning experiences from this adventure have been negotiating greenhouse space for the seeds to start in (vegetables take up a lot of room and have priority), and lamenting over the loss of most of the butterfly weed. Hopefully the slugs appreciated their lunch.For a visual on learning experience you can also tour the crooked rows of snapdragons and ocean pearls from one of my first tractor driving attempts. I hope you have as much fun with the flowers this year as I have, and thank you all for the opportunity!

 

Jennifer Topper