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Kiwi Roots Farm

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Kiwi Roots Farm

Kiwi Roots Farm is a small, family owned, market garden located in Westbrook, CT Kiwi Roots Farm will be growing a variety of seasonal vegetables and herbs.
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Everyone is welcome to call in to the Farm Store or visit our Online Store to explore the delicious options available throughout the seasons ahead.

12/16/2024

Hey everyone. This will be our last hurrah for the 2024 growing season. Online Store is now open for Friday Pickup. We still have a selection of delicious, locally grown produce available. Thanks again for your support and have a great week ahead. Cheers Dan .grown

12/13/2024

A bunch of orders ready for pick up! Farm Stand is the perfect ‘fridge’ temperature 😛 Cannot thank everyone enough for your support right up to the final days! Speaking of final days.. Next week will be the finale for the 2024 season! Have a great weekend folks. Cheers Dan .grown

12/12/2024

Friday ‘Pickup’ harvest in the bag! Thanks again for those that put in an order this week! Cheers Dan .grown

12/09/2024

Going another round folks! This might be it for this year but we will see how this week goes. New addition this week - Asian greens salad mix. Thanks again to everyone that put in orders last week. Give me a shout if you have any questions. Thanks! Dan .grown

12/05/2024

Hey folks! I’m still here 😜 Pulling back the frost covers from inside our un-heated greenhouses today to harvest some fresh, sweet veggies for our Pick Up customers tomorrow. Thank you to everyone that put an order in. Really appreciate it! We will go again next week for sure so be sure to check out our Online Store that will be open again 9am Monday 9th. Stay warm! Cheers Dan .grown

11/30/2024

Hey folks! Hope everyone enjoyed a nice Turkey day :) We did our best to balance a little chill, family time and work this week which was really nice :) I have been working on getting our Online Store up and running and I will turn this on come Monday, Dec 2nd (check website for more details) Pick up will be Fridays only between 10am-4pm at the Farm Stand, while stock/interest last. Thank you! Cheers Dan .grown

11/24/2024

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11/20/2024

Hey folks. Its our last, full week at the Farm Stand! Next week we will be closed on Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Our final weekend/Farm Stand will be Saturday, November 30th and Sunday, December 1st 🥲 However, let’s focus on this week’s offerings! We have a bunch of freshly dug, sweet tasting Carrots just in time for your Thanksgiving feast! We also have the last of our Broccolini and many other offerings as well (see our website for a detailed list updated each farm stand day) Hope to see you at the Stand. Cheers Dan .grown

11/15/2024

Stocking up on Spinach after a great Friday Farm Stand. Thanks folks! Remember we are open Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm. Cheers Dan .grown

11/15/2024

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11/07/2024

Plenty of delicious Spinach this week! .grown

11/04/2024

Garlic is in! Sorry meant to take more action shots but forgot 😜A HUGE thank you to Victoria for helping make light work of 2000 cloves planted. Here are the steps for seed prep that I follow if you’re interested:

1) Break up bulbs into individual cloves. (Don’t worry if the skin comes off a little)

2) Sanitize seed. Why? Because it can help reduce disease issues down the road. Home gardeners can use a simple cheap vodka - soak and drain after 10mins

3) Liquid fertilizer soak.(Fish fertilizer is a common choice) We choose to soak our seed overnight and then plant the next day. Why? Because we want to grow the healthiest plants and increase the odds of consistent, nice sized bulbs next year. It is important that your Garlic develops a strong root system before the real colds sets in.

4) Seed Garlic. Depth can be a tricky one… Here at Kiwi Roots we end up with an overall depth of approx. 5-6” this includes 2-3” layer of compost mulch. This has worked well for us over the years. Ps - make sure you plant the clove with the tip to the sky!

Mulching note. We have tried a few things over the years.. Leaves didn’t work well for us, just blew away over winter and left beds exposed.. Often straw is used but we cannot find any chemical free straw and worry about bringing more w**ds onto the property, so choose to not use it. Finally, we choose to cover with heavy dose of compost and then after being in the ground a couple weeks we cover with a woven w**d fabric. W**d fabric is great because it still allows soil to breathe, allows moisture in and prevents exposed soil during the cold winter months. Just peel back in the spring and yet your Garlic thrive!

Many ways to do it.. This is just our process here at Kiwi Roots Farm. Hope this was helpful.

Cheers Dan
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10/29/2024

Morning folks! Though the season is slowly but surely winding down here at Kiwi Roots Farm, we still have a few important jobs to do. Yesterday I prepped all of our garlic beds for our 2025 garlic. A little over 2000 cloves will be planted in these beds, hopefully by next week! A few of you have asked how we prep our beds for garlic, so here is a little run down:

1) Clear old crop residue. (These beds have already had 3 crops this season!)
2) Flame w**d beds (not shown in picture)
3) Broad fork soil - This helps with aeration and soil compaction
4) Apply a healthy dose of high quality compost (we buy ours in bulk from Denali We Care in Ellington) Approx. 3” deep
5) Sprinkle in any amendments - We use a non-synthetic natural fertilizer like chicken manure
6) Mix in amendments
7) Planting! Will post those steps after we get ours in

Happy Tuesday. Cheers Dan
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10/19/2024

What a day! 😋 .grown

10/19/2024

Morning folks. Final days of this fun mix of Cocktail tomatoes. Salad mix is looking grand and lot’s more on offer at the stand this weekend. Catch ya soon. Cheers Dan .grown

10/18/2024

Hey folks. Dan here. I am excited announce that Kiwi Roots Farm alongside our good friends from and handful of other great farms, will be participating in the ‘Friends Giving Dinner’ with Chef Megan Gill at Hotel Marcel in New Haven. This is the perfect opportunity to get away for an evening of delicious, locally grown food and great company. We hope you can join us! I will put the link to purchase tickets in our Bio. Take care and see ya soon! Cheers Dan .grown

10/17/2024

Our first ever Sprouting Cauliflower - Variety name: Fioretto. Excited to have this at the Stand this week. I also have a wee few Sweet Potatoes from our trial that as a treat we are giving away while they last. See you at the stand. Cheers Dan .grown

10/15/2024

The end is near for our 2024 tomatoes! These are our last two beds of tomatoes, that I will now seed winter crops into.. We should still have tomatoes at the stand for maybe two more weeks.. I think.. More updates soon. Cheers Dan .grown

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Westbrook, CT

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Thursday	12pm - 4pm
Friday	12pm - 4pm
Saturday	10am - 1pm
Sunday	10am - 1pm

Website

http://kiwirootsfarm.com/

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Howdy folks! We still have some delicious, sweet greens available and a few storage crops while stocks last. Order Online and pick up on Fridays. Give me a call if you have any trouble placing an order. Thanks everyone for your continued support! Cheers Dan #kiwirootsfarm #farming#localfarm #localfood #supportlocalfarms #ecologicalfarming #marketgardening #eatyourveggies #buylocal #westbrookct #ctfarms #connecticutgrown #ct.grown #connecticutfarms #connecticutlocal #heartCTgrown #ctlocal #supportctbusiness

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Happy hump day folks! Just thought l was over due to give you a crop update. Still doing really well this late in the season! Don’t forgot we still have storage crops like Spuds, Onions etc available and the power house of all greens - Mirco’s! This will probably be the last week for Broccolini and Sprouting Cauliflower 🥲 Hope to see you at the stand. Cheers Dan #kiwirootsfarm #farming#localfarm #localfood #supportlocalfarms #ecologicalfarming #marketgardening #eatyourveggies #buylocal #westbrookct #ctfarms #connecticutgrown #ct.grown #connecticutfarms #connecticutlocal #heartCTgrown #ctlocal #supportctbusiness

Hey folks! Don’t forget our new hours begin tomorrow (Halloween) We will still have a good mix of fresh greens and some storage crops available. Stop by to get yours! Weather chat: How about this weather?? Have to say in the time we have been here and (yes we need rain desperately!) Our crops are the healthiest they have been going into the Fall! The dry weather has lots of crop benefits but one does worry a little about our water tables 🤪 Best keep at it. Catch you at the Farm Stand. Cheers Dan #kiwirootsfarm #farming#localfarm #localfood #supportlocalfarms #ecologicalfarming #marketgardening #eatyourveggies #buylocal #westbrookct #ctfarms #connecticutgrown #ct.grown #connecticutfarms #connecticutlocal #heartCTgrown #ctlocal #supportctbusiness