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3 Health Benefits of Asparagus Happy asparagus season! Asparagus season is like a sprint, it comes in quickly and seems to disappear just as quickly. Last week we harvested only a few pounds of asparagus and this week we will harvest hundreds of pounds! Asparagus is low calorie and a nutrient powerhouse.  In just halfContinue reading “3 Health Benefits of Asparagus”

I don’t know about you, but it feels like staying home all the time makes everything even busier than normal. There’s a lot of action on the farm this week.  Plants are being moved out of the greenhouse. Lukas is being trained early in the art of watering plants. Jacob, Michael, and Ryan worked onContinue reading “Watering Plants!”

If you usually turn your nose up at turnips, you may be in for a sweet surprise with this sweet snacking turnip! This turnip is not like the one grandma used to try to get you to eat.  It has a creamy white flesh that is mild and sweet, and even juicy. I promise theseContinue reading “Not Your Grandma’s Turnip”

We are humbled by your response to our Vegetable Drive Thrus. It has become clear that this outbreak will disrupt almost every facet of life. Our challenge in the short term, is to grow crops, keep feeding people, keep our business running and stay healthy. Some Markets are Gone. We generally have several avenues ofContinue reading “Thank You!”

One of our favorite places on the farm right now is the greenhouse! It’s a little warm respite when it’s foggy, or rainy, or wiiiindy. We head out there to get out of the house, play in the dirt and of course, check the plants and do chores!! Soon, the cucumbers will be growing upContinue reading “To the greenhouse – for your health and mine!”

This week, we will be trying our first Vegetable Drive Thru. At Pekarek’s Produce, we are always vigilant about food safety. Pekarek’s Produce is already GAPs certified – GAPs stands for good agricultural practices.  This means that at all times, we practice good food safety on our farm and are even inspected by an outsideContinue reading “A Vegetable Drive Thru”

Just like normal, plants are being moved from the greenhouse to the high tunnels. but this year things are moving a little differently. With school canceled and everybody working from home, planting becomes a family affair. The two-year-old loves it, and the baby doesn’t know any better. The jury is still out with the bigContinue reading “High Tunnel Planting with Family”

Folks, did you know that we have carrots right now! Among the other goodies we have growing in the greenhouses and tunnels that should be ready in the next few weeks – we have carrots available right now! And while it is joyful to have fresh, crunchy, sweet, delicious carrots in the early part ofContinue reading “Carrots from Pekarek’s Produce in March!”

This time of year, we often get the question: “what do you have growing?” And the answer is usually pretty conditional. We try to get seeds started in the greenhouse around mid-February every year. But this year, like most, we got seeds going when there was a nice, sunny snap of weather and then weContinue reading “What’s growing in February?”