touch the earth farm blog

Royal Burgundy is a 5″ purple bean that adds glorious color to salads and is just plain fun! Kids love these “magic” beans—blanch for 2 minutes and watch the pods turn green. Great for picking, eating and learning to cook: this bean is the child’s summer vegetable.
Royal Burgundy beans are delicious raw, sautéed, […]

Our annual membership slots are now full, though we’re still accepting seasonal memberships with a couple slots still available for the 2007 season.
Thanks to all those who expressed interest and excitement—2007 promises to be a wonderful season!

Seeds are started:
We have Italian broccoli, broccoli raab, English peas, Amish snap peas and artichokes started in the seed flats, with the first, small broccoli seedling unfurling as I type. We’ll sow successive trays two weeks apart for the next two months. We plan to start our first early tomatoes and peppers in two weeks, […]