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Saturday, June 26 is Doug's 50th Birthday. We will be celebrating at the Mechanic Falls Community Day event from 9 to 3, so if you see him there, be sure to wish him a Happy Birthday! There will be veggies on the stand!
Welcome. We are a fairly new grower (and still learning). Be part of our journey as we develop our small vegetable farm. The farm is nothing else if not interesting--and fun! We are definitely not high tech. That's "Farmer Doug" pictured below on our "best" tractor harrowing the newest section of garden this spring. To the right is a photo of the berry field we planted last year. Over 1800 plants were carefully hand planted (no kidding!). We avoid using pesticides and use natural resources to manage pests because we want our produce to be as natural as possible.
VISIT OUR FARM STAND: Last year we ran an honor system farm stand at the farm which is the first place on the left on Marshall Pond Road in Hebron, Maine. Doug is a fanatic about having produce picked fresh, so we only pick small amounts of whatever is ripe morning, noon, and late afternoon. Click on the stand today to see what is currently available. Because we don't pick much ahead, if you don't see what you want on the stand, head down to the garden to let us know (or just toot your horn). If we have it, we will pick it fresh for you.
We start all our seeds in our germination room and move them to a high tunnel as soon as the temperature there stabilizes. We grow a wide variety of vegetables to provide fresh produce throughout the growing season. See the list below or check on the stand today where some photos are posted.
SPEND A DAY ON THE FARM: Maybe like us you are new to farming and want to learn more about it. Join us any Friday or Saturday for a fun time tending plants, planting, transplanting, weeding and otherwise enjoying life on the farm. Call ahead for directions (966-1221).
STANDARD FARE: Nothing fancy, just the standard veggie garden fare of tomatoes, green beans, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, peas, cukes, squash, lettuce, asparagus, corn and a few other veggies that seem like a good idea (we are trying kohlrabi and swiss chard this year along with beets, radishes, etc).
EXPERIMENTS
We have been experimenting this year with starting our seedlings very early--we were planting seeds in our home built germinator in February. A variety of tomato, cucumber, and pepper seedlings are living in our high tunnel and will be transplanted soon. Follow our progress on the photos page (presuming the weeds give us time to update this site as frequently as we would like!)
FOR MORE INFORMATION write to us at mnewell@greenthumbsupply.com
or call 966-1221
Doug and Marylin Newell have lived on their 35 acre farm since 1993, planting a small garden each year for their own use. In 2008 they decided to expand their crop and open a small farm stand to provide local food to local folks and summer visitors. Doug is currently experimenting ways to extend the growing season with high tunnels, row cover, etc. We've had some success (see strawberries on photos page); we've also had some failures, but that's how we are learning what works and what doesn't.
FAVORITE LINKS
http://www.gardenweb.com/
http://www.tomatoville.com/
6 Marshall Pond Road, Hebron, ME 04238
207-966-1221
info@greenthumbsupply.com
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