Planting seeds

Hello friends! It's time to start your gardens, if you haven't already. I'm a little late getting started, but what's new? I need to prep the garden beds so that I can direct sow peas, beans, radishes, and carrots. My little sister Precious and I started a bunch of seeds yesterday at a friend's greenhouse. It beats the pants off of my little window box, which is on a part of the house that gets mediocre light.

Here's Precious putting seeds in one of our little trays. We planted a bunch of stuff. Off the top of my head I remember:

• Black Krim tomatoes
• German Pineapple tomatoes
• Red pear cherry tomatoes
• White bell peppers
• Orange Bell peppers
• Sweet long Italian peppers
• Pimentos
• Chesapeake Bay Fish Peppers (hot)
• Rainbow Swiss Chard
• Early Cauliflower
• Cheddar Cauliflower
• Broccoli
• Broccoli Raab
• Okra
• Lettuce

Somehow we forgot to plant the kale.

I am beginning to be very excited about spring- the sky was beautiful yesterday, and I was glad it was cool, since we were working in a hothouse. I can't wait to see the first little shoots pushing over tiny clods of earth.

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Fresh this Week from Rohrer's Meats

Greetings from the farm. I'm writing tonight to remind you that I will be returning to Frederick on April 3 with my full product line as well as special Easter orders. I will send you full details next week. However, if you need a special cut for Easter, such as ham or lamb, I need those orders by Sunday evening so I know how many animals to take on Monday.

Danny

Rohrer's Meats

301-432-8350

Dakarohfarm@aol.com

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CSA Update from Summer Creek Farm

Hi all, just an update as we start the planting season. The CSA for Saturday pickup at Frederick Farmers Market is now FULL. We still have pick up locations in Frederick on Wed, Urbana on Wed and Monday at the Farm. Don't wait too late before these fill too if you are not already signed up. Thanks for your support.

Farmer Rick
farmer@summercreekfarm.com

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Farmer's Markets mentioned in Chesapeake Family

Thanks to Bryan Voltaggio of Volt Restaurant, who loves to mention his interest in the West Frederick Farmers Market when he does interviews:

Voltaggio also takes his son to the farmer’s market in Frederick on Saturday
mornings, where he lets Thacher pick out new foods to try.

Read the interview in Chesapeake Family here and learn what Maryland Chefs feed their kids.

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Fresh this Week from Rohrer's Meats

Greetings from the farm. I will be returning to Frederick this Saturday, March 20, from 10 AM until 12:30 PM at the Dutch Plant Farm.

Pork will include boneless loin roasts, pork chops, boneless butts, spare ribs, country style ribs, baby back ribs, and bacon. Applewurst and country sausage will be fresh while mild Italian, hot Italian, maple, sage, and bratwurst will be frozen. Lamb will include butterflied legs, boneless shoulders, racks, loin chops, arm chops, stew cubes, and ground. Beef will include skirt, flank, sirloin, T-bone, porterhouse, strip, and ribeye steaks; brisket, boneless chuck, shoulder clod, eye round, and sirloin tip roasts; ground beef (both 95/5 and 80/20), stew cubes, and steak burgers. There will also be whole chickens, cutup chickens, leg/thighs, cheese, and eggs.

Since my next trip to Frederick will be April 3, the day before Easter, I am now taking orders. Lamb possibilities include leg, racks, and chops. Hams can be either country cured, smoked, or fresh. If you prefer beef, I can supply that as well. I also have a few turkeys in the freezer which I will offer at a ten percent discount. My sisters will also be available for baking.

This week is national ag week and Saturday is ag day as well as the first day of spring. Take this opportunity to celebrate agriculture and the beginning of the new growing season by supporting your local farmers and eating locally grown foods. Have a good week and I will see you at the market.

Danny

Rohrer's Meats

301-432-8350
Dakarohfarm@aol.com

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Summer Creek Farm is Getting Ready for Spring

Hi All, I hope you all are enjoying the warmer weather. Seeds are being planted in the greenhouse every couple days now. Our custom blend Potting Soil has been very popular this year. We are busy working on mixing several times a week. You can pick up bags from us or at the Common Market if you have some plants to start or house plants to repot. Keep us in mind if you need fertilizer for your landscaping this spring. The addition of the ProHoe line to our products has been met with great excitement too. No tool like this is available in your local garden store. Great gift for you or your gardener friends.

The CSA sign ups have been going well. If you have not got your application in you may want to fill it out soon. We would hate to have some of our old friends miss out on the CSA this year and the number we can take is limited. Let me know if you have any questions.

As you may remember our greenhouses were damaged this winter. We are working now to get them back online for the season. We saw groundhogs out in the field today so spring cannot be far away!

Stay tuned for more updates as we get ready to bring your fresh produce all season. Thanks for your support!

Farmer Rick
farmer@summercreekfarm.com

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Fresh this Week from Rohrer's Meats

Greetings from the farm. I will be returning to the Dutch plant Farm this Saturday, March 6, from 10 AM until 12:30 PM. Most everything will be fresh this week, except for poultry and ground beef. Pork will include boneless loin roasts, pork chops, spare ribs, country style ribs, baby back ribs, boneless shoulder roasts, and bacon. Sausage flavors will be mild Italian, country, maple, sage, and applewurst. Lamb will include butterflied legs, boneless shoulder roasts, loin chops, arm chops, racks, cubes, and ground lamb. Beef will include strip, ribeye, sirloin, flank, and skirt steaks; chuck, eye round, and sirloin tip roasts; brisket, ground beef, steak burgers, and stew cubes. There will also be whole and cutup chickens. The only chicken portions will be legs/thighs. I will also have jellies, cheese and eggs.

It sounds like the weather will be downright balmy this weekend. While it might be a good time to be cleaning up the damages caused by the snow, take a break long enough to pickup some fresh, tasty meats. Eat fresh, be well, and I will see you at the market.

Danny
Rohrer's Meats
301-432-8350
Dakarohfarm@aol.com

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