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 …

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.

Precision cultivator

Using our new precision cultivator, which can be operated in such a way as to take out precisely the weeds that need to be removed, while leaving undisturbed the desirable plants.  Stay tuned for more new precision agriculture, including our new weed-roller machine, to debut later in the summer.

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.  

Egyptian portal

The view from inside the dark, dry barn, looking out onto a lush, green, rainy barnyard.  The barn doors are so tall that the frame that they give to the view appears to taper at the top, giving the scene a little of the aspect of an ancient Egyptian portal into an earlier time and …