It is definitely the slowest part of the year for us, and we are doing things like spending some cherished time with family, catching up on reading, and tending to the bookkeeping and taxes. But — inside the new greenhouse, it is a daily buzz of activity. First priority was salad mix. See that gorgeous… Continue reading Lettuce Instructions; Orders for 1/5 and 1/6

And just like that, we are stepping into 2013. Available to order for delivery to Good Health Herbs (Market Square, Brandermill) Wednesday, Jan 2nd (2013!), between 2-5 pm: Bag o’ Dark Greens (Farmers’ Choice – Collards, Hon Tsai Tai, and/or Tender Tatsoi – $3), Baby Leeks ($3 bunch), Red, Green, or Curly Green Head Lettuce – greenhouse… Continue reading Orders for 1/2

May we suggest… The best salad in the metro Richmond area. Seriously. Look at these beauties. They have been quietly, humbly, unobtrusively growing in our small tunnel (unheated greenhouse). Now they are flashy and gorgeous heads of lettuce, waiting to become salad on your table. (Especially spectacular, in our opinion, is this curly green number, pictured… Continue reading Gorgeous Lettuce for You, for orders for 12/29 and 12/30

We almost have a complete tunnel! The plastic was (rather painlessly!) raised over the structure yesterday. (Fyi: Technically speaking, this is called a high tunnel, rather than a greenhouse, as a tunnel is not heated and a greenhouse is climate controlled. But ‘greenhouse’ is such the vernacular term that we often use it.) Thankfully, there… Continue reading At the End of the Tunnel, and for mkts 12/22

Available for to order for delivery to Good Health Herbs (Market Square, Brandermill) Wednesday, Dec 19th, between 2-5 pm: Arugula ($4 bag), Beets ($4 bunch – limited available), Broccoli Raab (also called Broccoli Rabe – $3), Hearty Mix ($3 bag), Bunched Greens (Chard, Collards, Kale, Hon Tsai Tai, or Tokyo Bekana – $4), Red or Green Head Lettuce –… Continue reading