Summer's over

Well its been a great summer here at Waterberry Farm. We stayed busy with the Farmers Market until August and then took a short break from growing in order to get the greenhouses and systems clean and ready for the Fall season.

Last week we hosted a potluck supper on the porch, as a thank you for all those that volunteered and participated in the Poplar Head Farmers Market this summer. Thanks to everyone's hard work the Market was a huge success.  A big thank-you to the First Baptist Church volunteers. They were an amazing group of people. They arrived bright and early every Saturday with smiles on their faces and worked in 100 plus degree heat without a complaint. We couldn't have done it with out the help and support of the volunteers and of course we wouldn't have a market without our farmers.Thanks to all that participated and I can't wait till next year!

It had rained most of the day but the sun came out just before everyone arrived and it was a perfect evening!

This will probably be the last week we have figs. sigh. Oh well there's plenty going on at Waterberry right now. The Kieffer pears are just beginning. Kieffer pears are old pear variety that grows everywhere here in the Southeastern U.S. It's a very hard pear that is best picked green and allowed to ripen after picked. Although these pears aren't good to just eat, they are great canned. Because they are a hard pear they make wonderful preserves and pies. This week, for market, we used our pears to make Pear, Pineapple,and Apricot preserves. Stop by our booth at the 84 west Farmers Market to pick up a jar. Get there early and you just might get one of the last pints of our figs! We'll also have pesto and sun-dried tomatoes. Of course we'll have plenty of our hydroponically grown butterhead lettuce. See you at the market!

Farmers Market

This past week at the Farmers Market we featured fresh figs and our homemade fig chutney. They were a real hit. We sold all we had in about an hour and a half!
We are at the 84 West Farmers Market on Thursday's from 3-6pm (many times we sell out by 5pm) Get there early to get the best selection! Check back later for a list of what we'll be selling this Thursday.