June 8 at 3:20 PM · Our baby melon plants get the black plastic mulch treatment, to help conserve water and use the sun’s warmth to bring the plant to maturity.
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Strawberry plants
June 7 at 5:29 PM · We have planted these young strawberry plants on a special kind of plastic mulch that has white color on the side facing the sun and black color underneath. The white minimizes the uptake of heat from the rays of the sun, while the black helps prevent weeds from growing under …
strawberry fields
June 7 at 5:03 PM · We are opening the strawberry fields for pick-your-own Thursday, weather permitting.
Rhubarb pie
Pick up some of our tart, bracing rhubarb and try this recipe for rhubarb pie, courtesy of Jennifer Zymantas: In a bowl, mix 5 cups sliced rhubarb, 1 1/4 cups sugar, 5 tablespoons flour, and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Add 1 1/4 tablespoons butter on top, put it in your favorite crust, and bake.
Rhubarb
Stick some of our colorful rhubarb in your Bloody Mary for a weekend brunch drink that pops.
Dill
Wickham’s Fruit Farm is your comprehensive one-stop destination for the freshest, most flavorful elements for your weekend lunch or weekday dinner party. When you buy some of our dill, be sure and pick up a bunch of our fingerling potatoes, asparagus, and tomatoes, as well-matched accompaniments.
Asparagus
Here’s a savory, healthful meal idea: Bluefish, medium-diameter broiled asparagus from Wickham’s, and wild rice.
On the blackboard this week.
Tomato plants
Tomato plants growing in the field, with trellised apples in the background.
Vintage corn shelling machine
Wonder if there’s something good down here in this vintage corn shelling machine.Wonder if there’s something good down here in this vintage corn shelling machine.