Sara hails from Northfield, MA where she got her first taste of farming at Northfield Mount Hermon School, mucking stalls, weeding the lavender fields, pressing apple cider, and collecting endless buckets of sap for maple sugaring. Before attending Gettysburg College, she spent a year traveling in South Asia and working in Perryville, Arkansas…
Category: Field Notes
musings about life and work on the farm
A Quick Announcement:
Greetings CSA folk! Next year, we’re adding a forth distribution site to make it a bit easier on the folks in Gettysburg. Many thanks to Thom and Judy Marti of Broad Valley Orchard for offering to share the basement space in the St. James Lutheran Church! Because of the addition, I’ve switched up the pick-up…
An update on our irrigation project:
A freshly dug trench – the PVC irrigation line is almost in! These irrigation lines will distribute the overflow from our artesian well (which will be collected & stored in our newly constructed irrigation pond) to the drip tape that lines our crop rows during the growing season. Due to the excessive rains this season,…
Join us for A Seasonal Cooking Adventure!
Have you ever walked through the local farmer’s market and wondered “what’s THAT!?!?” Or opened your weekly CSA share and felt intimidated by a new variety of winter squash or some colorful Asian greens? These are issues Danielle Schneider encountered when she joined Amazing Heart Farm’s CSA is 2009. That’s why, starting in June of…
The makings of one sassy vinegar:
Nasturtium leaves, buds & flowers. A Nasturtium Vinegar is quite simple, here’s what you need to know: INGREDIENTS: 1 cup nasturtium leaves, flowers, and buds Other herbs & spices, perhaps some basil, parsley, ground pepper etc. (optional) 1 pint champagne or white wine vinegar Place the ingredients in a clean clear glass jar or…
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