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Firefly Hill Farm Firefly Hill Farm is a small organic farm using regenerative practices. We don’t have a public store.

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Got the garlic crop harvested this weekend before the rain. Now it cures for a few weeks - and then it lasts for months!
06/23/2026

Got the garlic crop harvested this weekend before the rain. Now it cures for a few weeks - and then it lasts for months!

The cucumbers quickly got too big for their bug protection cover - so now they’re free! They are growing like crazy, put...
06/22/2026

The cucumbers quickly got too big for their bug protection cover - so now they’re free! They are growing like crazy, putting on lots of flowers and early fruits … plus 1 cuke today for me to taste test! Soon - very soon - we’ll have fresh cucumbers!!!!

The Father’s Day Bag is also the 1st day of astronomical summer - the longest day of the year. To celebrate we have 1st...
06/21/2026

The Father’s Day Bag is also the 1st day of astronomical summer - the longest day of the year. To celebrate we have 1st zucchini!

This week the bag has 10 things - here’s the specs

1. Zucchini & yellow summer squash- it’s not summer for me until the zucchini comes on - so happy summer!
2. Lettuce - still a lot but your only leafy green this week!
3. Sugar snap peas - this is the end of peas - thanks for trying little pea plants.
4. Green beans - as the peas peter out the green beans step up
5. Broccoli
6. Onions
7. Garlic
8. Lemon basil
9. Carrots
10. Green pepper - !!! - new this week and a true first taste. The plants needed some space to grow so I had to pick the peppers that were on them … so you get 1 young green pepper.

Happy true summer.

Tomatoes galore! There’s tomatoes growing all over the plants. The plants are growing so much they’re getting unwieldy ...
06/17/2026

Tomatoes galore! There’s tomatoes growing all over the plants. The plants are growing so much they’re getting unwieldy and the bees are loving all the flowers. Time marches ever closer to our 1st tomato of 2026. 😁

The mid June bag is a chance to say goodbye for this season to a couple things and hello to some new things. The heat i...
06/14/2026

The mid June bag is a chance to say goodbye for this season to a couple things and hello to some new things. The heat is finishing off some of the spring crops but accelerating the summer ones!

We have 10 things this week. Here’s the list.
1. Lettuce - yes still getting big beautiful heads!
2. Greens mix - last of the season … until next year
3. Arugula - also last of the season… enjoy it as it gets even spicier
4. Kale - it’s kale week again! Get your hands ready to massage it for salads!
5. Sugar snap peas - yay the next bed came on so we still have them!
6. Baby carrots! New this week! True baby carrots not whatever those carved ones in the store are. Always a favorite. We gave them this week with the tops on. They are edible! You can make all sorts of things with them. Here’s a link about it. https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/cooking-tips-tutorials/a70877818/what-to-do-with-carrot-tops/
But they do respirate through them so if you leave them on too long, especially if they’re not protected from air, the carrot will wilt. So just twist them off if you’re not going to eat them.
7. Green beans! Also new this week! A real herald of summer and another veggie that’s so much better when fresh!
8. Young garlic
9. Daikon radishes - also new this week and new to the bags. Daikons are a kind of radish - especially popular in Asia. Here’s a link about them. https://www.thekitchn.com/why-daikon-radishes-deserve-love-ingredient-intelligence-219892
You can eat them raw or cooked - they are especially good with a quick pickle.
10. Sprouting broccoli

That should keep you busy for the week! Happy June!

It’s the “it feels like summer” bag 😀 with some stuff you’re used to and some new things. There are 10 different veggies...
06/07/2026

It’s the “it feels like summer” bag 😀 with some stuff you’re used to and some new things.

There are 10 different veggies this week - here’s the run down.

1. Lettuce - yes it’s still growing!
2. Greens mix
3. Arugula - this week a different variety with oak leaf shaped leaves called Esmee.

https://www.johnnyseeds.com/vegetables/greens/arugula-roquette/esmee-organic-salad-arugula-seed-3746G.html
4. Garlic scapes - it was time to cut them from our main crop this week. We have to remove them so the plant puts its effort into growing its bulb - but they’re also tasty!
5. Spring onions - our yellow variety this week - more are bulbing out as the days get longer
6. Radishes - our standard red and purple varieties are now hotter as the weather gets hot. Plus a few black radishes that are new to us. Black Spanish radishes are black skinned with white flesh that is spicy.
7. Baby chard - new this week and new to us. This is a mix of three different varieties. You can add them to salads (a lot of “spring mixes” have them) or cook them like spinach.
8. Turnips - also new this week and new to us . These are the classic little Hakerei kind. Surprisingly mild.
9. Basil sprigs - we have to clip them so the basil plant bushes out and so I figured we might as well share as a first basil taste. You may see regular Genovese basil, lemon basil or Thai basil
10. Snap peas - new this week! One of my favorites. We continue to have challenges with peas so this first taste may also be near the last. They really don’t appreciate this climate…but for now we’ll enjoy what we have!

Enjoy the tastes of late spring and this heat should keep the summer crops on track.

10 years ago today the nascent idea of “Bag ‘o Veggies” started. Mostly the great people I worked with would get a Krog...
06/04/2026

10 years ago today the nascent idea of “Bag ‘o Veggies” started. Mostly the great people I worked with would get a Kroger bag with whatever was growing in the garden that week plus a few close neighbors joined in. Then others started saying - “I’d like some.” And this started our little community farm.

Hard to believe that little post led to our current state.

I love that most of our 40 families that get veggies now are within a few miles of our place - it’s a cool hyper local phenomenon. Mostly I love that we can do what we love and share the bounty with people who appreciate the fruits of those labors.

Happy 10 year anniversary of our subscription CSA program. 🥰

It’s starting to start happening…. Tomatoes forming (& a bean for good measure)
06/03/2026

It’s starting to start happening…. Tomatoes forming (& a bean for good measure)

The (almost) first week of June bag is a celebration of green with just enough reds and purples to catch the eye. I’m al...
05/31/2026

The (almost) first week of June bag is a celebration of green with just enough reds and purples to catch the eye. I’m always amazed at how many hues of green there are in the garden.

We have 10 things this week. Here’s the rundown…
1. Lettuce - a lot of lettuce- it didn’t mind the rain one bit
2. Kale - try roasting it to make kale chips!
3. Radishes
4. Napa cabbage
5. Greens mix
6. Spring onions - our white variety this week - Superstar
7. “Green” garlic - garlic can be eaten at all its phases of growth - this week it’s bulbed out but mostly not quite “papered” between its cloves. Eat like any garlic but it won’t last outside the fridge like cured garlic
8. Greens mix
9. Arugula
10. Turnip greens - new this week and new to us. I actually don’t have that much experience cooking them but the internet is full of recipes. Since the tri-state is halfway the south, maybe some of you have some great recipes. Here’s one that lays out the basics https://southernbite.com/southern-turnip-greens/
And here’s one I might try https://skinnysouthernrecipes.com/easy-skillet-turnip-greens/

The starts are getting pretty old so we’re donating them next week but today they’re half off. (For everyone) (2.50 for tomatoes and 1.00 each for everything else.)

Happy to have the sun back.

The rain has slowed down a lot of things - planting, weeding, cultivating, mowing - but not plants growing … first flowe...
05/28/2026

The rain has slowed down a lot of things - planting, weeding, cultivating, mowing - but not plants growing … first flowers, first peas, huge lettuces …

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