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By Friday the week prior to your time away, use this link to send your
Be apart of our facebook community on line for regular u-pick updates throughout the week; and for recipe sharing.
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Fun Food Fact
Cucumber Water
This week promises to be a scorcher so hydration will be key. Try this recipe for a boost to your regular water bottle!
Slice one small cucumber into your water bottle. Add 5 mint leaves (u-pick from the farm!) and half a lemon or lime sliced and fill with water. Refrigerate to allow flavors to blend. Enjoy and refill throughout the day to make more!
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Fan News
Did you know that our least busy days of the week are Mondays and Thursdays? If you want to avoid the crowds, visit on Mondays!
Lots of produce now available in the farm market!
Tomatoes ~ $1.89/lb
Squash ~ $.89/lb
Sweet Corn ~ $.45/ear
Peaches ~ $1.69/lb
U-Pick Blackberries are $2.99/lb.
Don't forget your 10% membership discount on produce!
HAY RIDE SCHEDULE
1st hayride leaves at 9:15
The following is the standing schedule:
TOP of every hour
10:00
11:00
NOON
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
LAST hayride leaves promptly at 5:00.
If you are NOT on the hayride when it leaves, you will have to wait until the top of the next hour.
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Farm Hours
Open Daily 9am-6pm
Regular Guest Admission
$8/Child & $10/ Adult
Bluemont BBQ Bash is 7/30/11
Admission
$10/Child & $12/ Adult
Children 2 & Under and guests with Military IDs are Free.
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 ![]() Jumping Pillow Party: The new Jumping Pillow is up and running! Let the children rejoice and join us for a JUMP this week. Come early to beat the heat! |
A word from the Farmer~
We are so thrilled to be part of the Farm-to-Fork Loudoun program, a collaborative effort between the agriculture, culinary and winery communities of Loudoun County, VA. From July 21-31, 2011, over 20 culinary sites & restaurants will offer special menus, using the best from local farms, wineries & spirit distillers. Be sure to check out the website and make reservations today to be part of this innaugural event!
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We just built a new compost pad by the small greenhouse to go into larger production for the plant starts next spring. If you don't have space or time to compost at home, feel free to add your vegetable trimmings and non-meat or dairy left overs to the compost stack. We will be glad to turn your corn cobs, watermelon rinds and corn husks into "black gold" for next season! Just bring them with you to the farm and drop in the can by the hayride loop!
 The "Irrigation Station" is open and ready to cool you off after some picking and playing these hot summer days. It is located next to the putt-putt course and will mist you with a squeeze of the hose handle! It draws water from our well and is like a huge overhead sprinkler. We hope you will enjoy this addition designed to keep you cool as a cucumber!![]()
Bounty and Blessings,
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At the Farm and On the Road~
Week 8~ CSA boxes include:
- Sweet Corn
- Summer Apples~this first variety is pristine
- Peaches
- Summer Squash
- Baby beets
- Garlic
U-Pick bonus for 7/19-25
2 pints of blackberries / half share; 4/pints/full share
6 peaches/half share; 12/full share
 6 stems mint/half share
We will be running the hayrides regularly to help beat the heat this week!
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Bluemont BBQ Bash July 30, 2011
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Competition July 30, 2011.
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We are so excited to be hosting a new VA State and Kansas City BBQ Society certified BBQ competition at the farm this year. Check it out our our website! Admission to this totally new festival is included with your CSA and Fan Membership. Be sure to purchase discount tickets in advance tickets for any guests ($8/child & $10/adult in advance $10/child & $10/adult at the gate) you would like to bring in advance and breeze simply pick up your wristbands with your CSA or Fan of the Farm check-in.
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Keep those Vacation Requests Coming!
We have activated the login function of our website for members to send vacation requests and feedback. An email was sent last week with your user name and password to login. If you haven't received your user name and password, or have any questions or suggestions, feel free to email us via
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If you haven't made this month's CSA or Fan membership payments yet, please contact us so we can bring your account current.
To make a payment at any time, visit our payment page. We are processing online payments via paypal so you will be asked to enter your information with each payment so we can link it back to your account in our system. Having trouble paying online? Simply call the farm office and we can help process your payment over the phone.
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Recipe of the Week:
Fried Corn
Ingredients
- 6 ears corn, husked and cleaned (great for left over corn on the cob)
- 6 slices bacon (for a vegetarian version simply saute in olive oil)
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1/2 large red bell pepper, chopped
- salt and pepper to taste
Directions
- Slice corn off of cob and scrape cob to release the milk. Set aside.
- Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Crumble and set aside.
- Retain 2 tablespoons of the bacon grease in the pan and saute the onion until translucent. Add the pepper and corn and cook until tender. Stir in the crumbled bacon and cook 1 minute more.
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