by Lisa Duff | Jul 27, 2022 | Oak Spring Farm, Veggie Spotlight
Do you have a favorite farm fresh tomato? I love different tomatoes for different reasons. They come in different colors, shapes, flavors and sizes. We grow heirlooms and a few hybrids. No GMOs here, ever. You ask at the farmer’s market and sometimes even...
by Lisa Duff | Jul 21, 2022 | Oak Spring Farm, Recipes
Summer time Shishito fun! Every year we grow a different amount and variety of sweet and hot peppers. Last year Shishito peppers were SO popular we couldn’t keep up with demand. So this year-we grew twice as many. We want everyone to get some this year! I...
by Lisa Duff | Jun 29, 2022 | Oak Spring Farm, Recipes
Have you heard the saying ‘Anything Worth Doing is Worth Doing Well?’ I feel this way about cooking and eating (ok, growing food too!). Look, as a working mom of 3 kids I totally understand not having time to make gourmet meals every night. I need short...
by Lisa Duff | Jun 21, 2022 | Oak Spring Farm, Your Neighborhood Farmer
I know it’s Friday…but I want to talk about Self Care Sunday. Sunday’s are my day off. Sure, I have chicken & greenhouse chores and often find myself toiling in the fields doing some of my favorite tasks (weeding for me is a Zen meditation) but...
by Lisa Duff | Jun 17, 2022 | Oak Spring Farm
Every year, without fail, the fava beans are ready to pick the week leading up to Father’s Day. So I invited Dad out to the garden on his side of the street for a pic yesterday afternoon. Fava beans, or broad beans, are green legumes that come in pods. ...
by Lisa Duff | Jun 7, 2022 | Oak Spring Farm
My introduction to true market gardening came 10 years ago when I joined the Beginning Farmer Training program. My mentor, Jack Gurley, of Calvert’s Gift Farm sent us out in the field to harvest garlic scapes. What? Pull this tender flower stalky...
