Welcome. Now in our third year of growing produce for sale, we are still learning. Life on the farm is nothing else if not interesting--and fun! We are definitely not high tech. You won't find much in the way of high tech equipment on the farm. Below is a picture of Farmer Doug on our "best" tractor (vintage 1947). To the right is a photo of the strawberry field. Over 1800 plants were carefully hand planted (no kidding!). Last year we had a good harvest from this bed of berries, and we hope the same will be true this year. 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: We run 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 each day, and we try to pick early in the morning when things are at their peak. Click here to see what is on the stand each day. We have Farm Fresh Eggs available all year thanks to our flock of free ranging laying hens. If you visit the stand and don't see what you want, give a holler (or just toot your horn). If we have it, we will pick it fresh for you.
We start all our vegetables from seeds and keep them in a special germination area until it is time to move them to a high tunnel and cold frames when the temperatures there stabilize.
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 (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 when we are planting each year.
EXPERIMENTS
Each year we take on something new. Sometimes new crops; other times new ways of doing things. Our current hoop house is the result of a number of trial efforts and has been in service for 3 seasons. Last year because we were set back in our planting by the very wet spring we experimented with some container gardening transplanting our tomato seedlings into gallon containers until we could get into the field to plant them. We will try containers again this year for some things. This year Doug developed a new system for starting seeds, and he has a head start on onions, peppers, and tomatoes.
MORE INFORMATION write to us at info@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 always experimenting ways to extend the growing season with high tunnels, row cover, etc. with some success (see strawberries on photos page) that were grown under row cover. We've also had some failures, but that's how we are learning what works and what doesn't.
6 Marshall Pond Road, Hebron, ME 04238
207-966-1221
info@greenthumbsupply.com
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