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This guy loves turnips!
and carrots, and beets, and bok choy and duck eggs and chicken liver and all kinds of farm food. Kids can tell when real food is good for them. It tastes sweeter and more satisfying. And more fresh air in open spaces doesn't kill youngsters either! The season is trucking along here at Glade Road Growing and we have some key deadlines coming up for Farm Share registration (starts next week) and some new on-farm kids programs that are running this year! Read on to make yourself privy to upcoming opportunities that combine both food and fun. Spring is a good time to be alive in Blacksburg, Virginia!
Glade Road Growing Farm Market Hours starting 5/7
Tuesday 12-6 pm • Wednesday 12-6 pm • Thursday 12-6 pm • Friday 12-6 pm • Saturday 8-12 pm
What's in now you ask? Well...
Beets, kohlrabi, head lettuce, lettuce mix, spring mix, kale, spinach, dill, cilantro, micro greens, petite greens, pea shoots, salad radishes, green onions, dandelion greens, mustard greens, chard, duck eggs, whole chicken and more! Carrots are in your near future, too.
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All the veggies in our farm share are certified naturally grown by us right here in Blacksburg. Each week we select a delicious balance of salad veggies, cooking veggies, colorful chunky veggies, and fresh herbs. Small shares are typically suitable for 1-2 adults with larger shares accommodating for families that love fresh veggies.
This season we're planning on filling the bags with love and a seasonal variety of:
Tomatoes, lettuce, onions, peppers, cilantro, summer squash, garlic, carrots, cucumbers, basil, kale, spinach, eggplant, winter squash, beets, broccoli, dill, green onions, cabbage, Asian greens, collards, salad turnips, kohlrabi, parsley, potatoes, salad radishes, sweet potatoes, chard, arugula, beans, cauliflower, celery, fennel, leeks, celeriac, watermelon radish, perennial herbs, parsnips, peas, hot peppers, rutabagas, garlic scapes, and roasting turnips.
Each week of the share you'll also get a recipe and tips on how to enjoy your bounty.
Our main season bag share runs May 7- Oct 29 (the full 6 months) with Tuesday on-farm pick up and delivery to Vintage Cellar, Rainbow Riders, Moog and Mine, Me and US Montessori School.
Out of town a lot? Like to pick out your own veggies? Consider our farm debit card which still helps us out up front and allows you to get what you want at your pace throughout the season.
If you have already joined our share then you will get a welcome email Monday preceding the first pick up. If you have ordered a debit card, then you can pick it up during our open farm stand hours.
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Kids programs here at Glade Road Growing this summer!
Kids in the Dirt– Saturday Farm education series with Glade Road Growing and the New River Land Trust
12 pm – 2 pm, $17/workshop
Ages 5-12
Saturday May 11th: Garden Workday
Come join us as we dig, rake and prepare garden beds for planting. We’ll learn about different ways plants can be seeded and how that mimics nature. Participants will learn to work as a team and practice body awareness.
Saturday June 1st: Garden Art
Connect with nature’s beauty by walking around the farm and collecting natural materials to make a collage, or create an illustration using mud painting. Artwork will be displayed at the farm stand with participants’ approval. We’ll enjoy a tasty treat to follow. All materials will be provided.
Saturday June 22nd Farm Animal Meet & Greet
Learn about how we raise our animals on pasture. Participants will have the opportunity to feed and interact with chickens, ducks, turkeys and pigs. Please wear boots that can get dirty. We’ll enjoy a farm fresh snack together to follow.
Saturday July 13th: Field to Plate
Build a true understanding where our food comes from and how our health and nutrition is affected by what we eat. We’ll engage all the senses while harvesting and washing vegetables and herbs in the field. We’ll chop veggies, make dressing and prepare a colorful salad to share.
Saturday August 10th: Seed Saving
We’re bringing things full circle in the final Kids in the Dirt session of the season on Seed Saving. We’ll learn about plants’ life cycles and explore how different plants reproduce. We’ll collect flowering plants in the field and cut up fruiting vegetables to clean and save seeds. We’ll enjoy a seed-focused snack to follow.
All workshops include supplies and a farm snack! Learn more and sign up here.
Kids Farm-to-table Cooking Camp
Join Scarlett Williams here at Glade Road Growing for our first week-long farm-to-table cooking camp.
July 22-July 26, 9 am – 3 pm
Ages 6-13
$255
Bring your young chef’s epicurean enthusiasm back to the source of the ingredients: land, soil, seeds, animals, plants and more. Campers will explore how to grow and cook a farm-fresh meal from the ground up using ingredients that are in season and grown here on our working farm. After getting their hands dirty, kids will wash up and commence cooking. This camp is a fun way to develop social skills, teamwork, expand your child’s palate, and their love of the outdoors.
Learn more and sign up here.
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Farm-to-table, morning-style!
Tabula Rasa on Glade, our on-farm restaurant, now has delicious morning options through October.
Golden duck eggs, fluffy biscuits, morning greens, sumptuous sausage, flippy johnny cakes with local butter and maple syrup, more fresh veggies...wake up to endless possibilities!
Saturday Breakfast
9 am - 11 am
Order at the Glade Road Growing Farm Market.
Breakfast items packed to go.
Sunday Brunch
11 am - 2 pm
In conjunction with Rising Silo Brewery
Relax on the patio with your friends, family and full belly and then take a stroll around the farm or Heritage Park.
Sundays were made to reconnect, right?
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Saturday Farm Warriors Volunteer Work Days
next is this Saturday, May 4th: Planting leeks and more spring veggies!
9 am - 12 noon
Picture this: kneeling down in cool chocolate-brown soil, a smooth breeze kissing your face...or is that Ellie the farm dog...swallows zipping overhead as they do their insect patrol and you, in the center of it all, nurturing this adorable baby leek plug into an expertly and organically prepared garden bed. There is not a more romantic way to spend your hard-earned free time than gardening with JP. You owe it to yourself at least once. And if you feel like it's not actually that great, at least there is homemade lunch at the end of the tunnel.
We'll meet at 9 am and work til around noon. If you are coming late, just ask for our location around the farm at the farm market we'll have going on up top at the same time. Deliciously free lunch provided by Tabula Rasa on Glade to follow.
Please RSVP here if you plan on attending so we can prepare enough food and projects. Thank you in advance for your hard work and smiling face!
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We love what we do!
Thanks for making us your farm here in beautiful, Blacksburg, Virginia.
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