We’ve gotten through all danger of frost, so it’s time to plant our hearts out. Just before the rain we got in a second seeding of beans, more tatsoi and arugula, herbs, salad mix and lettuce. Then we spend a nice drizzly day yesterday planting flowers, squash, and cucumbers. We’ll see you at market this later this week!
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Spring came early this year! We’ve been busy. More pics will be up shortly to introduce this years fantastic farm apprentices Helen and Beverly!
Below, see our lovable pup Tiller, huge sweet turnips, tillage operations, the new (used) equipment purchases from this winter, our fantastic cover crop growth (check out the nitrogen fixation on those roots!), a delicious looking garlic patch, and scenes from the greenhouse. More to come soon…back to work!
Our shipment of Black Australorp chicks hatched on Friday March 9th and arrived on the farm on the evening of the 11th. Here they are in action in their brooder:
Their job on the farm is to control insect populations in the vegetable blocks after we are finished with all harvests in an area. They are learning vicious bug eating behavior very quickly.
Check out the new publicity…not exactly about her farming side, but you might find it interesting!
Yes, it’s time to look forward to the next growing season! We’ve added on acreage and experience, and we’re more excited than ever to be farming for you! Check out the “Join our Market CSA” tab to find out how to join. Also note that you can now opt to purchase a membership online using PayPal – just click on the link at the top right!
Chickadee Creek Farm is a transitional organic vegetable, flower and herb farm. Beginning in 2010, we are diversifying our three-generation family farm and making the move to organic. This is an undertaking by Jess Niederer, a thirteenth-generation farmer, and the one in the family with the green thumb.
The farm is on Titus Mill Rd. in Pennington, NJ, and Jess grows on 5 1/2-acres of the 80-acre family farm. The goals of Chickadee Creek are three-pronged; Make a sustainable living off of the family farm, supply our community with healthy and flavorful food and reminders of what farms are like, and do all of this as efficiently as possible to keep costs down and to keep life enjoyable for farmers and food eaters alike.
We grow a range of vegetable varieties chosen for flavor and suitability to our climate, running the range from round zucchini, striped heirloom tomatoes, spicy radishes, and atomically hot peppers to sweet lettuces, delicious melons, and the prettiest flowers you’ve ever seen. “Transitional organic” means that we are in the midst of the three-year process of becoming certified organic, and all of our practices follow the rules of the National Organic Program. May of 2012 will be our certification month!
An inside view of the frantic pre-market set-up! Opening day was fantastic – wonderful weather, great vendors new and old, awesome music (thanks Craig!), and the steady stream of the market regulars as well as new faces just finding us. The market is held every Saturday from 9am-1pm at Rosedale Mills on Rt 31, Pennington.
