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September 8 update
Raspberries are making a bit of a comeback with some good picking for now.
A couple varieties of apples are also available for pick your own at this time, including Macs, Gala, Jonamac and Honeycrisp.
Thurday is cider making day for us, so come watch and pick up a jug.
Our hours remain 8am to 6pm everyday of the week. We will start up the hayrides the weekend of September 11.
We are also picking strawberries for the farmstand from our 1/2 acre patch of the "Seascape" variety, which produces fruit from July to September. These are grown in the back field of the farm, so are not available for pick your own.
We are at 3 Farmers Markets this year, and so far, they have been very active, We attend Saugus every Tuesday, Salem every Thursday and Marblehead every Saturday. I also want to mention our CSA, which has grown to 250 members, and so far, has been a great addition to our offerings at Cider Hill Farm. We are enjoying this relationship very much, and have started a waiting list for next year if you are interested.
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Our crew picks lettuce every day |
Nick and Marin planting some of our 20,000 onion sets |
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We hand transplant our first corn to try to get a jump on the season |
Karen and Glenn enjoyed teaching students from Cashman Elementary the benefits of our renewable energy systems |
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Black raspberry picking at Cider Hill! |
Wind powered goat |
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While our spring flowers have all moved on to your homes, we still think of them though they are not with us |
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We had a wonderful visit from the State officers of massachusetts FFA. Lower right shows our own international interns who work hard every day to help make our farm a wonderful place to visit
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