Fresh from Kuhn Orchards -- First of the Asparagus!

Fresh Fruit & Veggies Farmers Market Update

mid April 2012

What's Fresh with Kuhn Orchards!

First of the Asparagus

Warm Days, Rain, & Snow Pellets

Apple Blossom Festival

2012

Farmers Market Schedule

Crystal City

Crystal Dr. b/t 18th & 20th St.

Tues | 3pm-7pm | May 1-Nov 20

Oakton

OakMarr RECenter on Jrmntwn Rd.

Wed | 8am-noon | May 2 - Nov 14

Annandale

Wakefield Park on Braddock Road

Wed | 2pm-6pm | May 2 - Oct 31

NoMa

NoMa/Gallaudet U/NY Ave Metro Station on 2nd& N St, NE

Wed | 3pm-7pm | May 30 - Oct 31

Frying Pan Farm Park

2709 West Ox Rd, Herndon

Thurs | 2:30pm-6:30pm | NOW!

Petworth

9th St. NW b/t Upshur & Taylor St.

Fri | 4pm-8pm | May 4 - Oct 26

Fairfax

Behind old Fairfax Courthouse

Sat | 8am-1pm | May 5 - Oct 27

Vienna

Beside Red Caboose on Church St.

Sat | 8am-noon | May 5 - Oct 27

Washington, D.C.

14th & U St., NW

Sat | 9am-1pm | May 5 - Nov 17

Lorton

VRE Parking Lot, Lorton Station Rd.

Sun | 9am-1pm | May 6 - Nov 4

Palisades

48thPlace, NW at MacArthur Blvd.

Sun | 9am-1pm | NOW!!

Greetings!

Spring is officially here, despite the on & off spring-like weather! We have started harvesting asparagus, and are busy planting. We planted onions, shallots and leeks, beets, fennel, carrots, and radishes. And today we received our strawberry, rhubarb and gooseberry plants!

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First of the Asparagus

We are very excited to be bringing the first of our tender tips of asparagus to market. We will have asparagus bunches at our Frying Pan Farm Park Farmers Market (Thursdays) and Palisades Farmers Market (Sundays). Our CSA customers who have been receiving boxes of produce and goodies all winter will be receiving a bunch of asparagus in their CSA box too!

For those of you who will wait until the first week of May for your farmers markets to start, don't worry....we'll have plenty of asparagus by then too!

But if you have a crazy hankering for this spring time delight and cannot wait until May, we'd enjoy seeing you at either the Frying Pan Farm Park or Palisades Farmers Markets! The remaining markets open the first week of May!! Asparagus Field

Warm Days, Rain & Snow Pellets

The spring weather has most definitely kept us on our toes this year!! We are staying optimistic and only time will tell. Just the other day we had episodes of rain, sun and even tiny snow pellets!

Our freeze/frost protection has been working so far. Sidney, Dave and Rusty have all be very dedicated and diligent in coming out to the orchard late in the night/early morning to turn on the sprinkler system. We've been using the sprinkler system on our strawberries, but have also used it on our cherry trees as well to protect the blossoms.

Speaking of blossoms, play our "Name That Blossom Quiz" to see if you can match the blossoms to fruit on our YouTube Channel.

Apple Blossom Festival - May 5th & 6th

Every year in May, tucked away in the Fruit Belt of Adams County fruit growers prepare for the annual Apple Blossom Festival. The Adams County Fruit Growers Association has been hosting this festival for 57 years now and it is a wonderful family event. This is a great opportunity for Kuhn Orchards customers to come to our "neck of the woods" and see where your favorite fruits and veggies are grown. We live in the spectacular South Mountain Range which is ideal for growing apples, peaches and more. All along the hillside, you can see orchards for miles, and it is breathtaking. We hope you will take some time out of your busy schedule, and come north to Pennsylvania to attend the Apple Blossom Festival! Click here to continue reading more.....

Of course, since May 5th and 6th is also the FIRST WEEKEND OF MARKETS, we still want to see you at your regular Saturday and Sunday Farmers Markets!! So if you shop with us on Saturday, make plans to come to the Apple Blossom Festival on Sunday, and vis-a-versa if you are a Sunday shopper!

[photo courtesy of Loy Elliott]

Sidney, Mary Margaret and David Kuhn

Rusty, Anthony, Sandy, and Katy

Kuhn Orchards