The countdown is on!

We are 20 days away from the grand opening of our farm stand at Tripping Gnome and we couldn’t be more excited!  Since our road sign went up a couple of weeks ago, so many people have been coming down the driveway to say hello and check out what we are doing. While we are not quite ready for business, here is a sneak peak of what has been keeping us busy!

Our field produce has been coming in nicely and we have already been able to harvest bunches of peas, radishes, chives, and lettuce. Since we still have a few weeks to go before we sell to the community, we have been freeze-drying these early crops which ensures that they will be preserved at their peak of flavor and freshness. The freeze-dried produce will be available at the farm stand along with the fresh produce that we will pick once we officially open. 

In mushroom news, the wine cap bed that we planted in March has been producing giant mushrooms (8 inches across the cap!), which are absolutely delicious sauteed with a little butter. These have gone into the freeze dryer as well, along with a batch of reishi mushrooms which we foraged from our very own woods - an exciting find! Reishis are known to have huge immunological benefits and our freeze dried reishis can be boiled in water for about a half an hour to make a tea. We also planted two outdoor straw beds of oyster mushrooms, which should be popping up any day now, and we have our indoor mushroom tent up and running in our kitchen. By opening day, we should be fully stocked for all of your mushroom needs!

If you’re in the area, you can find us at the Freeport Farmer’s Market from 9-1 on Friday, July 22 (and every other Friday after that through the beginning of October) and then of course, at our own farm stand starting on July 23! We CANNOT WAIT to see you.