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2013 Farmers Market Schedule
Crystal City
NEW LOCATION!!
251 18th St.
Tuesdays | 3 - 7pm
May 7 - Nov 26
OakMarr
OakMarr RECenter, Jermantwn Rd.
Wednesdays | 8-12pm
May 1 - Nov 13
Wakefield
Wakefield Park on Braddock Rd.
Wednesdays | 2 - 6pm
May 1 - Oct 30
Petworth
Upshur & Taylor
Fridays | 4 - 8pm
May 3 - Oct 25
Fairfax
Behind old Fairfax Courthouse
Saturdays | 8am - 1pm
May 11 - Nov 2
Vienna
NEW LOCATION!!
301 Center St., S; behind Faith Baptist Church
Saturdays | 8am - noon
May 4 - Oct 26
U Street
14th & U St., NW
Saturdays | 9am - 1pm
May 4 - Nov 23
Lorton
VRE Parking Lot, Lorton Station Rd.
Sundays | 9am - 1pm
May 5 - Nov 3
Union Market
NEW MARKET!!
1309 5th Street, NE
Washington, D.C.
Sundays | 10am - 2pm
July 21 - Oct 27
Palisades
48th Place, NW at MacArthur Blvd.
Sundays | 9am - 1pm
Year Round
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Greetings!
We are in our prime of harvest! We'll be bringing free-stone peaches to market: Bounty or John Boy. Plums are starting to roll in, and we are anticipating to have new varieties on the shelves soon. Heirloom tomatoes are coming in nicely, as are our carrots. Try any of our 3 onion varieties: Red Zeppelin, Candy, or Cippolini. (Cippolini are excellent roasted and have a sweet flavor and rich texture when caramelized.) We still have berries! We are picking Raspberries and Blackberries daily. And our Blueberries will be wrapping up for the season probably next week. We are starting to accept membership applications for our Fall CSA. Check out the details below. Its supposed to be a fantastic weekend weather-wise, so.....
We'll see you at market!! |
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CSA Membership is OPEN for Fall Applicants
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This year we launched our first Summer CSA. And now it is time to start accepting applications for the Fall portion of the CSA!
The Fall CSA will operate every Thursday with pick-up hours between 4 and 6pm at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church (2589 Chain Bridge Road) between Oakton and Vienna. The Fall CSA will commence September 5th and will conclude October 31st.
Please read the CSA Q&A Packet to get all of the details regarding the CSA.
You can sign up for the Fall CSA in one of two ways:
Yes, we will continue our Winter CSA (a bi-weekly CSA delivery, November thru April) and our Monthly Apple Delivery program this winter. Details will follow in the early fall months.
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| | Pop's Perspective: Peaches! | |
We are truly in the heart of peach season right now! We are picking Bounty and John Boy, and that's what you'll see at market this weekend. Cresthaven are next in line. We will finish up our Summer Beaut Nectarines and then on to the Red Gold Nectarines, which are Sidney's favorite fruit on the farm.
Peach season is a long and hectic season for fruit growers. It requires long, typically hot days (not lately though), and there's always the stress of "what am I going to do with all of these peaches?!" We grow a lot of peaches for commercial wholesale - mostly to other farmer markets. But we bring the cream of the crop to you at our farmers markets.
Here's a photo of our storage today. All of these peaches are available or reserved for wholesale. One day the storage will be empty, the next day it's full (we usually gasp), and then before we know it, the peaches are gone again. So, if you're in the market for a 13 bushel bin of peaches (for those of you who are regular peach-box-buyers: that would be about 26 boxes of peaches!)....give us a call! Just kidding.
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What's New
Asian Pears
Last weekend we brought the first variety of our Asian Pears. They are smaller in size and we are selling them by the pound and in a pint box.
 CucumbersWe grow Asian varieties of cucumbers, and we also received some pickling cucumbers in our seed order, so we'll have them this year at market too! Our cucumbers are sweet, and never bitter.
 French Filet Beans Are back again. We had a little lull in our planting, but they are back in our mixed boxes of yellow, green and purple beans. Summer Apples You can crunch your way through market again with our Gingergold (we started sampling them last week), Zestar!, Sansa, and an early variety of Gala. This year the apples have excellent color on them, and it is undoubtedly because of the cool evenings we have been experiencing lately. Get it While it Lasts Blueberries We  will probably only pick blueberries one more time. So if you need to make a last minute blueberry cobbler to full-fill a sweet tooth, now is your last chance. Summer Rambo We have picked and packed the last of our Summer Rambo, but don't fret, Smokehouse apples will be ready for harvest soon, and they are great for making applesauce too. Donut Peaches Fo  r those of you who have fallen in love with donut/flat peaches (and we've heard some of you even refer to them as "flying saucers!"), we are down to our last crates, so pick some up at market this weekend! |
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We look forward to seeing you at the Farmers Market!
Sidney & Anthony
Dave & Mary Margaret Sandy, Steve, Caleb and Katy Kuhn Orchardsin the cherry blossoms, April 2013 |
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