Where The Harvest and Hillsdale Meet — Sundays 10am – 2pm

We will be at the Hillsdale Farmers’ Market this Sunday, 7th of February. The market opens at 10:00 AM.

This has been the year of the rutabaga. The white rutabaga is delicious raw as well as cooked. Our friend Kathrine Deumling provided us with the following recipe.

Winter Slaw

This “slaw” was [...]

We will be at the Hillsdale Farmers’ Market this Sunday, 24th of January. The market opens at 10:00 AM.

What did big old Musquée weigh? That fine specimen was 47.5 pounds or 21.5 kilograms. Hope you all enjoyed sharing it with one another. Now for the winners. No one [...]

We will be at the Hillsdale Farmers’ Market this Sunday, 10th of January. The market opens at 10:00 AM, regardless of rain, snow or even overly bright sunshine. We were thinking it would be fun to celebrate our 100th market at Hillsdale. Trouble is, this will be the 120th time we have [...]

Hillsdale Farmers Market starts at 10:00 AM, and is located in the parking lot of Wilson High School.
As we have noted many times, we are field farmers and have no greenhouses. We grow en plein air because we believe the environment in a plastic tunnel is simply inadequate to grow excellent vegetables. There [...]

Hillsdale Farmers Market starts at 10:00 AM, and is located in the parking lot of Wilson High School. Our cheerful selves will be found in the middle of the market, even if it snows. The van has its winter shoes, plus 500 LB of roots, we are ready for the weekend. If there are [...]

This week marks the last of the weekly markets at Hillsdale. Next month we assemble but fortnightly. The market starts at 10:00 AM, and is located in the parking lot of Wilson High School.

We do want to take a moment to acknowledge Eamon “Shoehorn” Molloy and the Hillsdale Farmers’ Market volunteers. Sometimes [...]

We start our seventh winter market season at Hillsdale Farmers’ Market this Sunday, 15th of November. The market opens at 10:00 AM, regardless of rain, snow or even overly bright sunshine. So long as the market can be operated safely, it will open. Heavy winds are the biggest safety concern.

Some farms [...]

This Sunday will be our swan song of the summer season. The market runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. We will return for the our seventh winter season at Hillsdale on the 15th of November.

Like Norma Desmond, our summer crops are showing the ravages of time. The berries, once sweet and [...]

We will be at the Hillsdale Farmers’ market this Sunday. The market runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The showers Wednesday afforded an opportunity to mow the chestnut and walnut plat in dust free comfort. We need to have low vegetation so we can find the nuts. At this time of [...]

We will be at the Hillsdale Farmers’ market this Sunday. The market runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Berries
We will have some Chesters, likely the last of the season. Because of the weekend’s rain, they will be delicate. Use them with due haste.
Pole Beans
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