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Red raspberries are in season now.  Also at the farmstand this week, we’ve got donuts, pies, baked goods, Goodale Farms milk, cheeses, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, basil pesto, cherry tomatoes, currants, and much more.

It’s currant time at Wickham’s Fruit Farm.  Our currants are the free-range kind, never grown in a cage.

Donuts are on the stand.

At Wickham’s Fruit Farm, we rotate our crops, so the soil has a chance to regain the organic material and nutrients it needs to grow flavorful fruit and vegetables.  In the 2019 growing season, this particular field sees trellised apples growing on the left and right sides of the photo and melons in the middle, where in a different year, we will plant other crops in a different pattern on this field. 

Cherries are one of the top antioxidant foods.  Both tart and sweet cherries have anti-inflammatory properties.  They contain melatonin for better sleep, and can help to lessen joint pain.

Baby melon plants growing in the field after rain.  In August, look for juicy, sweet, orange-colored cantaloupe from these plants.

In time for the dog days of summer, we turn the spotlight on this premium-quality balsamic vinegar that we keep in stock at the farmstand.  Combine it with our beefsteak tomatoes, cucumbers, and the Frantoia olive oil and Lioni mozzarella cheese we also sell for the most memorable salad of early summer.  Better yet, slice some of our cherry tomatoes or heirloom tomatoes and serve with balsamic vinegar and Frantoia olive oil in bowls for dipping.  There’s nothing fresher.

This week’s harvest at Wickham’s Fruit Farm: Beefsteak tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, raspberries, currants, cucumbers, strawberries, fingerling potatoes, honey, eggs, and rhubarb. From our bakery this week: Pies, donuts, baked goods, and jams.
Stay tuned for the upcoming harvest in July of sweet corn, blackberries, and peaches.

Raspberries are on the stand.