Monday, March 21
Start first seeds in the Greenhouse!
Onions, leeks, lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, and flowers.
Monday, April 4
Farm Crew (apprentices) arrives ? time to get to work!
Saturday, May 14, 10:30am - 1:30pm
Spring Planting & Spring Cleaning Day - Come help us plant in the
flower & herb garden or help get the Farm Shop cleaned up for the
morning and we'll have a potluck lunch.
April and May
Soil preparation and planting, planting, planting till y'er planted!
Due to the cold wet spring, we have new opening dates for on-farm distribution shares:
Thursday, June 9
Saturday, June 11
Tuesday, June 14
First week of CSA Distributions from the Farm Shop:
Regular Farm Shop Hours are Saturday 8am-1pm, Tuesday & Thursday 2-7pm.
Thursday, June 9
First Boston Shares delivered.
Saturday, June 25 10:30am
Solar Photovoltaic Project Tour
Want to find out about our new photovoltaic project? Now's the time as we'll have our installer, Chris Kilfoyle here to show you around and answer your questions
All ages and guests welcome!
Saturday, June 25 5-? pm
Strawberry Dessert Party!
Bring a main dish and a strawberry dessert to share. Bring enough food for 12 people!
Wagon Rides, ice cream making, crafts for kids, and great eating!
Saturday, July 16 8am -1pm
Garlic Harvest & Art Behind The Barn -
Help us pull this year's garlic crop from the ground
come anytime from 10am - noon
work is suitable for all ages
no special tools needed
refreshments provided
and check out Brookfield Farm's own community Craft Fair -
Art Behind The Barn
Come with gift lists for birthdays, holidays, etc
Guests Welcome
Saturday, August 13, 1 pm
Farm Tour
Come check out your farm with a "behind the scenes" look with our
Assistant Manager, Kerry Manire. We'll meet at the Farm Shop and walk
around the farm for about 90 minutes
Saturday, September 24, 10:30 am
Pumpkin Harvest Party -
Help us harvest all of our pumpkins from the patch from 10:30 -11am.
(don't be late, this goes very quickly with lots of people!) then pick
out your pumpkin and take a wagon ride around the farm. A fun time for
all ages, especially little ones. Please note this year we will be very
short on pumpkins as one of our varieties didn't produce any pumpkins at
all (no idea why....). Since we will only have half of a crop, we will
only be able to give one pumpkin per family.....
Sat, October 22, 2 - 5pm
Potato Harvest & Cookout - Come help with our fall harvest...
Join us in the West Field, to pick up the last of our yellow potatoes and bring them to the root cellar. (The West Field is in walking distance from the farm shop - where the strawberries were in June - there will be a map in the farm shop if you're not sure where the field is).
Wear clothes that can get completely dirty and come anytime during the afternoon to help. We'll be picking up potatoes until about 4, and then loading them back to the barn between 4-5pm. At 5pm we'll have fresh-roasted potatoes and chili and the barn (feel free to bring some food that goes well with that, if you'd like).
This work is suitable for all ages. Feel free to bring your friends and neighbors for a fun time in the field.
Saturday, November 12, 5 - 8 pm
Harvest Dinner and BFCT Annual Meeting - At the S. Amherst Congregational Church -
Potluck Farm Supper - bring a dish that feeds 12 and uses as much
farm food as possible. We'll have our yearly review, awards, and
a look ahead to 2012. Plus this year, for our 25th Anniversary, we'll have a retrospective theme! All Welcome (Feel Free to Bring Friends). Celebrate our farm, food, and community. Please note -
due to changes in policy at the church, this is now an ALCOHOL-FREE
Event.
Thursday, November 17, 3-7 pm
Last Distribution Day for the season (Boston Area)
Tuesday, November 22, 1:30-6:30 pm
Last Distribution Day for the season (Farm Shop)
Sunday, Jan 1, 2012, 1:30 - 5pm
Beating The Bounds - check here later for more info!
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