Mooseview Farm » mooseview http://www.mooseview.com Growing Good Food for you in Brookfield NH Sun, 22 May 2011 00:01:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Mooseview Farm is a SPIN Farm! http://www.mooseview.com/2011/05/mooseview-farm-is-a-spin-farm/ http://www.mooseview.com/2011/05/mooseview-farm-is-a-spin-farm/#comments Sat, 21 May 2011 23:58:15 +0000 mooseview http://www.mooseview.com/?p=157 As we start our 2011 season at Mooseview Farm we are going to start an exciting new chapter in this “experiment”.  We have joined  a great group of small scale farmers that follow the guidance and encouragement provided by SPIN Farming  – Small Plot INtensive Farming.  http://www.spinfarming.com/

We have picked an area of our “lower farm” to try out SPiN farming on a modest scale.

Check back here soon for pictures as we mark out our plots, plant good things, and then start our harvest SPIN Style!

]]> http://www.mooseview.com/2011/05/mooseview-farm-is-a-spin-farm/feed/ 0 The 2011 season at Mooseview Farm is about to start http://www.mooseview.com/2011/05/the-2011-season-at-mooseview-farm-is-about-to-start/ http://www.mooseview.com/2011/05/the-2011-season-at-mooseview-farm-is-about-to-start/#comments Sun, 08 May 2011 23:43:10 +0000 mooseview http://www.mooseview.com/?p=150 We have plenty of greens in the greenhouse

The first batch of potatoes have been planted

The Garlic is coming up!

]]> http://www.mooseview.com/2011/05/the-2011-season-at-mooseview-farm-is-about-to-start/feed/ 0 Welcome to 2011! http://www.mooseview.com/2011/01/welcome-to-2011/ http://www.mooseview.com/2011/01/welcome-to-2011/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:05:41 +0000 mooseview http://www.mooseview.com/?p=145 It’s seed ordering time here at MVF!

Over the course of this first week of the year we will be placing our main seed orders.

Once they are done we will post the highlights here so you can see what will be coming to our new Farm Stand and the Farmer’s Markets we go to in the coming months.

]]> http://www.mooseview.com/2011/01/welcome-to-2011/feed/ 0 Fall at the Farmer’s Market http://www.mooseview.com/2010/09/fall-at-the-farmers-market/ http://www.mooseview.com/2010/09/fall-at-the-farmers-market/#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:22:31 +0000 mooseview http://www.mooseview.com/?p=136 Hi,  we have made it past Labor Day and are now into the fall veggie season.

We have winter squash now and soon will have a great harvest of new fall potatoes!

Here are some pictures from our Fall Themed booth at the Wolfeboro Farmer’s Market last week.

last of the corn

Fall harvest with corn stalks

Pam at work

]]> http://www.mooseview.com/2010/09/fall-at-the-farmers-market/feed/ 0 Labor Day Approaches – so does the Corn! http://www.mooseview.com/2010/08/labor-day-approaches-so-does-the-corn/ http://www.mooseview.com/2010/08/labor-day-approaches-so-does-the-corn/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:37:23 +0000 mooseview http://www.mooseview.com/?p=131 We are heading towards Labor Day this coming weekend and along with it the traditional end to New England Farming.

Our Silver Queen Corn will be ready to pick this coming week and we hope to have it at both the Wolfeboro and Wakefield Markets.

Siver Queen Corn

Silver Queen Corn almost ready to pick

Max gives the corn his paw of approval!

Come visit us at the Farmer’s Markets!

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See us in Wolfeboro on Thursday or Wakefield on Saturday to get your organically grown garlic.

Fresh garlic should always be properly cured before it is sold or used.  The best way is to start the curing process in the ground by withholding watering for the last few weeks before harvest.  As soon as they are harvested (not left out in the sun) our garlic is hung in our drying shed for at least 3 weeks.

The dry weather this July has been perfect garlic curing weather!

]]> http://www.mooseview.com/2010/08/all-garlic-varieties-ready-this-week/feed/ 0 The Garlic Harvest has started! http://www.mooseview.com/2010/07/the-garlic-harvest-has-started/ http://www.mooseview.com/2010/07/the-garlic-harvest-has-started/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:15:34 +0000 mooseview http://www.mooseview.com/?p=121 July 13th – we have started to harvest garlic and boy what a difference a year makes!

Last year with all the rain it was about the worst conditions for growing and harvesting good garlic.

This year with 5 days of a heat wave leading up to the first day we harvested it was about as perfect garlic weather as you could ever hope for.

So far we have harvested about 1/4 of the crop and the Montara Rocamboles are the best ever at MVF.  The Music and Asian Tempest are also just wonderful.

The crop now heads to the drying shed for proper curing.  If you ever buy fresh garlic and it is a little mushie it may be because it was picked and sold and not properly cured.   It really needs to hang in the shed with good ventilation for 2 to 3 weeks depending on the air temp before it is used or sold.

Look for it from Mooseview Farm the last weekend in July.

We are the Garlic Capital of Brookfield!

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See us there from 9am to about 1pm

Wakefield Marketplace

See us at the Wakefield Marketplace

It is going to rain later in the afternoon so shop early!

Green and Yellow beans are here.

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Come early!  The good stuff goes fast.

O ya, it’s still HOT!

]]> http://www.mooseview.com/2010/07/market-day/feed/ 0 The T-Shirts are Here! http://www.mooseview.com/2010/06/the-t-shirts-are-here/ http://www.mooseview.com/2010/06/the-t-shirts-are-here/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:52:54 +0000 mooseview http://www.mooseview.com/?p=76 The long awaited Mooseview Farm T-Shirts have finally arrived!

Now you can spot us a mile away at the Farmer’s markets!

MVF - T-Shirt

The new Mooseview Farm T-Shirt

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