Throughout the year, we produce as much food for our family table as possible here at 1840 Farm. We span the calendar year from spring’s maple syrup to summer’s garden produce to fall and winter’s fresh eggs from the coop and milk from our dairy goat herd. Each season and crop has a purpose. This …
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The Sunset Runner Bean is beloved for its ability to bring beauty and a nutritious crop to your garden plot. The beautiful salmon pink colored blooms are unique to the sunset variety of runner bean. The vines can grow to be six feet tall and make a wonderful climbing vine for arbors and trellises. Continually …
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There are few images more synonymous with autumn than that of a ribbed, round pumpkin. Each fall, the Long Island Cheese Heirloom Squash grown in our garden move inside the house. They decorate the farmhouse during the season and Thanksgiving holiday. Throughout the fall and winter, we use each squash in our favorite hearty dishes. …
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Zinnias are a staple in the gardens at 1840 Farm. We look forward to seeing the first colorful blooms each year. They continue to produce throughout the growing season and delight us with every beautiful bloom that we enjoy in the garden or bring into the farmhouse. Like marigolds, the zinnia was brought to Europe …
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French Marigolds have a centuries old secret: they aren’t really French. It is believed that they made their way to France in the 1500s . An illustration of a striped French Marigold appeared as early as a 1791 edition of Curtis’ Botanical Magazine. This marigold was described as being yellow with red striped petals. Centuries …
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Here at 1840 Farm, we eagerly await radish season each spring. Radishes are the first vegetable crop harvested from our garden and announce the happy arrival of the growing season. They also enable us to enjoy eating a spring menu favorite: sliced radish tartine. French Breakfast Heirloom Radishes are always among the radishes planted in …
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Tennis Ball Lettuce was found in the United States as early as the eighteenth century. It was a favorite of Thomas Jefferson and was grown in his famed gardens at Monticello beginning in 1809. When describing Tennis Ball, he wrote, “it does not require so much care and attention” as other varieties of lettuce. Tennis …
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We love cherry tomatoes here at 1840 Farm. It just wouldn’t be summer, or tomato season as we like to call it, without enjoying the experience of strolling through the raised bed garden and plucking a warm cherry tomato directly from the vine before popping it into your mouth. Every year, we plant several varieties …
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We have been planting heirlooms in the gardens at 1840 Farm since our first summer living here in 2006. It started simply enough with a few packets of heirloom tomato seeds. They had interesting names and stories that held our attention long before we had ever tasted an heirloom fruit or vegetable fresh from our …
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Over the last few weeks, I have immersed myself in seed catalogs and gardening history books. While it has taken some time, I have finally narrowed down my wish list of varieties to include in The 1840 Farm Heirloom Seed Collection for 2013. All of the seeds offered in our collection will be non-GMO, heirloom …
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