Windermere Farms & Apiaries

06/04/2026

WHEN I WAS A KID WE TRUSTED BAYER!

They were the nice people who made aspirin. Now we know that they also brought us he**in and synthetic nitrogen used in chemical agriculture and making bombs. Their best selling product is Roundup (glyphosate) which the world uses 1.5 BILLION pounds of a year. The University of Washington found a 41% increased risk of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma among people with the most glyphosate exposure. Then the treatment includes chemotherapy in which the chemicals used are also supplied by BAYER. Talk about a broken system!
-----Real Organic Project
When we were young and in Bible school, several of us were eating together and we asked "MOM Rowley" to bless our meal. When she said "Lord please protect us from this food we are about to eat," we all laughed, but it is no longer funny.

Our produce is SAFE, CERTIFIED ORGANIC and also NUTRITIOUS.

Cucumber and Tomato Sandwiches
This week we have more tomatoes PLUS we have our first few cucumbers.

It will be a week or two before we have more potatoes. But we have a good supply of tomatoes, kale, onions etc. AND . . we have our first few Flat Italian green beans.

For new customers
The store opens Thursday morning at 9 am and you can order until Friday at 3 pm.

05/20/2026

Is it Organic or is it NOT?

Unfortunately agricultural economists estimate that roughly 50% of all certified organic tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers sold in the U.S. are now hydroponically grown.And it is growing.

Because hydroponics does not use soil—which is a founding principle for traditional organic agriculture—the certification process remains highly controversial in the United States. While the U.S. remains one of the only countries in the world that allows hydroponic produce to be certified as organic, about a third of U.S. organic certifiers refuse to grant organic labels to soilless operations.

SO, when you pick up something that SAYS USDA Certified Organic there is a 50% chance that it is not grown in soil with all the microbes etc. that God intended.

This is why even though we are SMALL, we have a secondary certification with the REAL ORGANIC Project which will only certify somebody who goes a step beyond the USDA certification which means it must be grown in soil! It is because WE CARE and So Should You!

We know you will be happy that we have our first few potatoes this week. We are growing three varieties but only one of them is ready. This week we have some Dark Red Norland potatoes which are good for boiling or roasting. Fresh potatoes are SO good.

REMEMBER- potatoes are on the EWG Dirty Dozen list.
Conventional potatoes are on the Environmental Working Group's (EWG) Dirty Dozen list of produce with the highest pesticide residues. They landed on the list largely due to the widespread presence of chlorpropham, a sprout-inhibiting herbicide that has been banned in the European Union over health concerns.

The ripe tomatoes last week were an early taste. It will be a week or two before more will be ready.

We have beautiful kale this week and a few lettuces with more growing. We've seen the first baby cucumbers and eaten the first blueberries.

Electric fencing is going up to hopefully save some things including the blueberries that were totally consumed by the deer last year.

Store Opens in the morning at 9 am. until Friday at 3 pm.
Order pick up at the Agricenter Saturday from 10-11 am.

05/13/2026

Certified Organic Spring Produce -

Beets aren’t just trending — they’re a nutrient powerhouse packed with benefits for your heart, brain and liver. This brightly colored root vegetable has a sweet, earthy taste and its vibrance makes any dish pop. But beyond their beauty, beets deliver impressive health benefits.

05/06/2026

Learn to love "Bitter" for your mental health sake -

"A  Japanese study shows that bitter compounds, like those found in cacao, can be neuroprotective and slow down the development of neurodegenerative diseases. That can be linked to other research showing the potential of using bitter compounds to treat Alzheimer’s Disease, as the compounds ca...

04/29/2026

LEAD in my food- no thanks! -

04/22/2026

Certified Organic Produce for 2026!

03/13/2026

A customer told me that a girl asked their local nursery (3 weeks ago) if she could get some plants for her garden and he said "Don't you know it is going to snow next week? And now it seems he may be right. 24 degrees Monday night and our tomato plants are in the ground in the high tunnel!! They will be covered but we sure need it to be a few degrees higher. PRAY!!

The spinach is looking good as you can see. We hope it will make it through the weather next week.

Conventional fruit is sometimes bigger and sweeter than Organic.

Yes the above is a true statement and would you like to know why?
Almost all conventional farmers put a LOT of nitrogen on their crops. This is routine, whereas organic farms avoid excessive levels of nitrogen. When you give plants more nitrogen than needed, it dilutes the health-promoting phytonutrients in harvested crops. Such dilution occurs because plants convert extra N into sugars and starches, so it does often grow bigger and sweeter BUT it lacks the healthy nutrients per calorie.
---- Taken from ACRES magazine, March 2026

SO. . . take your pick! The wise choice is to have more nutrients even if you sacrifice a little sweetness and size.

A shopper who passed by our table one day and said "I don't understand why organic costs more. You don't have to pay for pesticides." HA HA! I thought that was an amazing lack of understanding. .

After this last freeze more things will go into the ground. We have enjoyed our frozen produce from the farm all winter and are beginning to come to the end of it. So we are ready to eat our own FRESH and LOCAL and ORGANIC produce again. It will be here before we know it.

NEW CUSTOMERS

When things are ready we will list them online each week and you can shop on Thursday and Friday. Then we package up and deliver the orders on Saturdays at 10 am at the Agricenter in front of the Red Barn.

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11/13/2025

The Lord cleaned the field! -

11/05/2025

Last time at Agricenter but READ ON -

10/29/2025

Not over yet- good Fall produce -