Green Acres Homestead

05/20/2026

57 of the 69 expected Vermont Summer Farmers Markets, are members of the Vermont Farmers Market Association. Joining as a member for a local market means both great resources from our state, other agricultural/crafter organizations, and the local communities. The Homestead will be at the Saturday Shelburne, then Saturday Montgomery, Sunday Winooski, Monday Smugglers Notch Resort 9-12noon, June 15, not a member, Wednesday-Jeffersonville, Thursday-Jericho, summer markets. There are markets every day here in Vermont!

05/19/2026

A muggy warm day in the mtns but foraged enough fiddleheads for Thursdays Jericho Farmers Market. We collected plenty of duck/chicken eggs. Opened up another 5 gallon bucket of raw honey to fill more jars. Cutting more comb off the stored frames to also fill more jars. Along with all our other items, it looks to be an amazing day! Come by between 3-6:30pm.

Green Acres Homestead uses a sustainable permaculture model, offering classes, tours, and items from our city home in Burlington, Vermont. Our homestead will provide two seasons of classes in kimchee, kombucha and water kefir making weekends in March/April & September/October with gift certificates....

05/18/2026

We will be at this Thursday's Jericho Farmer's Market opening with everything from duck, chicken, eggs, honey, beet kvass, fiddleheads, nut-free pesto, oils, salves, tinctures, etc. Come on by to enjoy the vendors, music, and meet and reconnect here in Jericho. Yep 3-6:30pm!

05/18/2026

How Farmers Markets build community.

05/18/2026

We hope to bring some pickled fiddleheads later this season, meanwhile foraging higher up in the mtns, still finding some. Hope to bring some to next Sunday's Winooski Farmers Market, 10-2pm.

Fiddlehead season may be short but you can enjoy them year-round! 🌿🍃

Fiddleheads freeze well and can also be pickled using research-based recipes for safe home preservation. From garlic dill to bread-and-butter style pickles, there are plenty of ways to enjoy this classic Maine spring favorite beyond the season.

💡 Before preserving or eating fiddleheads, make sure they are thoroughly cleaned and fully cooked.

👉 Explore preparation, freezing, pickling, and recipe ideas from University of Maine Cooperative Extension:
https://extension.umaine.edu/food-health/2021/04/30/how-to-prepare-and-preserve-fiddleheads/

05/16/2026

The Homestead will be at this Sunday's Winooski Farmer's Market, opening, 10-2pm. Come on by!

05/15/2026

Yes!

Do Fiddleheads belong on pizza? 🍕🌱

05/14/2026

With Erica's Village Diner – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉Is the place to swing by after doing the Monday Smuggler's Notch Summer Market!

05/14/2026

With SunStone Orchard & Rabbitry – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉We support our farmers!

05/14/2026

Anything gathering having Champ, is the place to be in Vermont! And the Homestead will there at the Farmers Market to join all the wonderful activities and information being shared!

We're so excited to announce our first special event of the season, and a brand new one at that! Save the date for the Winooski Service Carnival, a celebration of service organizations in and around Winooski in partnership with Vermont District 45 Lions!

Come by and get connected to local resources or learn about exciting opportunities to volunteer in the community! Enjoy fun games and activities, live Winooski-based musicians, and the farmers market you know and 💚. Consider bringing a nonperishable donation for the Winooski Food Shelf, come see Champ in the morning courtesy of Vermont Lake Monsters, bring the kids for the first POP Club of the season, and be prepared to have so much fun!

Visit downtownwinooski.org/service-carnival for all the details! 🎉

05/12/2026

The Homestead grows, raises, produces, and harvests products of the highest quality that we would use as a family. Some people who forage have commented to me that my prices for fiddleheads would impact what they could get when they deliver to the businesses contracted with. I answer that one calculates the price needed to cover my expenses, and buffer for savings this time of year. I also help provide food my customers purchase from me in feeding themselves and others. My mission statement includes being part of the economy that helps give food security and stability to many of my customers. Another reason why we take EBT snap tokens, crop cash, farm to family, pop, and any other benefit monies. Vermont is overflowing with high end commodification, but I'm not interested in that. I am more concerned in keeping the circle between producer and customer open. And that is my focus.