05/24/2020
Another couple trays of peppers coming out this afternoon.
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Another couple trays of peppers coming out this afternoon.
A small assortment of tomato 4 packs (some have a couple extras) just came out to our stand. $3.00 each.
Lettuce leaf basil, truly one of the largest leafed basil plants we have ever grown. This variety may just be our new favorite. Anyone else thinking about tomato basil wraps with dinner this evening ๐.
We are placing some reading material down at our stand to help you select the perfect plant. Google search may still be required for some items, and we offer WIFI out there as well. Just look for MONKEY BEAR wifi when visiting.
We also just brought out several very large Coustralee tomato plants, the largest potted tomato plants we have to get you ahead of the short growing season.
Funny how a simple post from the feed stores page about extra chicks turns into monkey bear farm posting about new chicks on the farm ๐. 12 assorted new chicks in the brooder chirping away!
If you are wanting to grow beneficial plants for bees and butterflies we can certainly help. Out today at our stand are some Swamp Milkweed plants. These are a favorite of the Monarch butterflies and greatly appreciated by bees and other butterflies. Grow these by a pond or stream that gets full sun for best results.
Each pot is only $3.00.
Eggs, glorious eggs, wonderful eggs!
Egg cooler is the fullest we've seen in a while. Duck and chicken eggs available at our stand. 21 Brown Rd, Milton, NH.
Our small scale operation means alot of hand written plant tags. If we could, we would put detailed descriptions on them, but our penmanship and patients prohibit that degree of perfection๐. We do offer WIFI at our stand and highly recommend Googling for more details. Look for MONKEY BEAR in your network settings, no passwords required. You can also text, message, or email and we will respond as soon as we can.
Thanks,
Have a fantabulous day.
Spinach, lettuce, and kale are starting to grow in our experimental A frame garden. Harvesting should be a treat once ready since there is no bending or weeding required๐. And yes, that is a call duck hanging out under the garden.......
Potatoes are planted. This year we are trying a potato tower for the fingerling potatoes. There are four layers of spuds in the tower and five pounds of sets on the ground. Everything is covered in straw instead of soil which allows them to grow large and simplifies planting. We'll be eating potato pancakes before we know it ๐
A couple new things at our stand today.
Hand sanitizer: provided for your use when visiting our stand. We never really thought about this before but seems like a good idea going forward.
Note pad: your opportunity (in addition to Facebook) to let us hear from you your thoughts and any suggestions. Drop a note in the honor box, let us know how we are doing ๐.
Stay safe, eat, and grow local. Have a wonderful day,
A few more plants out at our stand today.
Coustralee heirloom beefsteak tomato: for those of you that like your tomato's the size of a small pumpkin ๐คฏ.
Bloody butcher heirloom tomato's: smaller size tomato 2-5oz but very early producer ๐.
San marzano vine tomato: the most perfect plum tomato from Italy, thick wall and a great canner ๐ฅฐ.
Some king of the north bell peppers, annual and perennial herbs, and much more ๐.
We are starting to bring out some herbs to our farm stand today. There are more on the way. Out now: basil lettuce leaf, purple, lemon, Cardinal, and large leaf mammolo.
I have helpers in the greenhouse tonight๐. I couldn't just leave them out in the rain, now could I.
Monkey bear farm is trying to modernize and make things easier out at our farm stand for the self service model we use. Today we are working on setting up a way to pay by simply scanning a QR code at our stand to pay electronically. We are going to use the Square CASH APP that can be downloaded to your mobile device. A link below will take you to the site, or search play store for CASH APP. We certainly hope this method will make it easier for those who do not typically carry exact change with them. Look for the QR code this week when visiting our stand, it will be displayed next to the honor box.
https://cash.app/
Cash App
Last year we were made aware that there was a thing called "pumpkin on a stick" ๐คฏ. Well we searched and found some seeds. This year monkey bear will be growing this fabulously wonderful plant. Late season stems make great fall decorations. We will have a few of these out for sale later this month as well.
Funny how a snowy day gets you thinking about summer gardening ๐
Another first time grow for us this year is swamp milkweed. Possibly one of the monarch butterfly's favorite milkweeds. Who knew there were multiple varieties! ๐ค๐ค๐. We will have these available later this month as well. See comments for a link to an interesting article about milkweed.
Lettuce leaf basil, just one of the many varieties of basil we have out in the greenhouse. This mild basil grows very large leaves about the size of your hands. This makes an excellent addition to a salad or your favorite wrap, heck you can use it as the wrap filled with your wrap favorites. Now I'm getting hungry๐.
With luck temps will start to come up and next weekend herbs will be out at our farm stand.
It is so much nicer in here than outside today, our little hornet buddy agrees with us for sure๐
All kidding aside, our snow peas are doing great๐. It'll take more than one chilly morning to keep these from coming up๐. ......... I couldn't resist this post ๐
Happy gardening everyone.
Not sure why but today seems like a good day to plant SNOW PEAS ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐คฃ.
The egg cooler is full again, chicken and duck eggs. 3 for chix and 5 for duck.
It's been interesting this year getting all of our favorite seeds, to say the least. Another one of our go to suppliers has come through for us just in time to get the seed trays started. And while they did not have all the items we wanted in stock they did have Turkish orange eggplant seeds. Who could pass on that! It just may become our new favorite eggplant๐.
Our A frame planter is sprouting๐. After trying both drilling holes and cutting rectangular openings we decided to do the remainder as the latter. Both the spinach and lettuce are starting to grow. This should make harvesting a fairly simple chore. Stay tuned for more updates.
We have some broccoli plants out at our stand today. Green Magic 4 packs $2.00 ea or 3/$5.00 while they last.
It sure is difficult getting the yard work done with all these distractions. But hey, who wouldn't want to stop and watch these guys go puddle hopping.
Duck pile. Little ones enjoying the warmer weather this afternoon.
Hopefully no one is getting tired of cute little ducky pics and vids, spring has just begun and more ducks are nesting. We like to post in the moment here and duckies are what's happening at the moment ๐๐ฆ๐
Time to come out if the pond and warm up after a nice swim.
And now there are 8 little ones๐คฏ. Momma spent entire day at pond with 6 babies yesterday and no eggs were visible in the nest after the six hatched. Somehow overnight 2 more appeared!!!!!?? Farm is getting busy, and did I mention another duck has gone broody ๐
They are so tiny! We now have an additional 6 call ducks๐ running about the farm.
Barely a day old and swimming lessons have begun.
Trying to plant asparagus roots with ducks is quite the project. They keep jumping in the trenches to steal the garden worms๐.
Our call ducks have started to hatch๐. There are three little ones so far that we can see.
Some of the basement tomatoes have started to flower! ๐คฏ๐, Too bad we are looking at snow again on Monday. We may be picking tomatoes down here before too long๐
21 Brown Rd
Milton, NH
03851
Duck and Chicken eggs. Assorted fruits and vegetables varies by season. Maple syrup. live plants. rustic hand made outdoor furnishings
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It sure is difficult getting the yard work done with all these distractions. But hey, who wouldn't want to stop and watch these guys go puddle hopping.
A good run of sap today means a long night tonight, going to be tough getting up in the morning after being out here all evening. Happy maple season everyone ๐๐๐
Nothing like a little sunshine to get the juices flowing ๐. The maples out in the sun are the first to run, not alot but enough to put smiles on our faces. ๐
Here we go, the first sap line is in and the new pump is pulling sap. This weekend we tap some more trees and hopefully making syrup by mid week ๐
Momma hen is showing the little ones where to find all the good bugs. Free ranging is indeed a lifestyle our birds enjoy ๐
A small tip to help with starting seeds. Use a small ketchup bottle to lightly moisten the individual cells. This helps to keep the seeds from washing out from too much water and gives greater control during watering.
Here it is, the results of our sap dancing routine. Similar to the rain dance, ours has a little something extra to encourage the trees on. Unfortunately it is now a closely guarded proprietary secret so we cannot show the video ๐คซ. But here is a video we are all enjoying instead๐. Now, let's get boiling!
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