Author: Bryan Housel

Circle Brook Farm

Farm News – August 30, 2021

Hi everyone, Rain, rain, rain! What can you say? It is what it is, and anyway how can we complain, when there are so many other parts of the country that are getting hurt much worse. The farm is a muddy mess, and we are seeing various crops being damaged or killed by the weather conditions, but we will get through it, and we will still have plenty of great produce for you and your family. (more…)

Okra

Okra

In the south, it’s available year-round, but for the rest of us, summer is a great time to take advantage of fresh okra. While it looks like a ridged pepper, okra belongs to the same family as hibiscus and cotton, and likely came to the U.S. from Africa more than three centuries ago. (more…)

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Farm News – August 23, 2021

Hello Everyone – I suppose that I don’t need to tell you that it’s been raining way too much! We are headed toward 4” for the week, but the farm is far enough inland that it is probably less than what most of you received. And of course, we were spared the drenching and high winds that pounded Long Island and New England. (more…)

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Farm News – August 16, 2021

Hello Folks! So, we made it through the week of brutal heat and even got a little rain to keep things growing. As usual, just as you are about to despair about what to do with more eggplant – production has dropped. We will send a few as extras this week just for those of you who can’t get enough lol. (more…)

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Farm News – August 9, 2021

Hi Folks! So, I guess I should know better by now than to trust the ten-day weather forecast, as we seem to be headed back up into the nineties this week. My main concern though, is lack of precipitation. We may have a shot at some rain from scattered thunderstorms on Wednesday, but those are hit or miss. It looks as though we will be spending a lot of time moving the irrigation around! So it goes! (more…)

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Farm News – August 2, 2021

Hello Folks, It was another week of good weather for the farm – just enough rain, plenty of sunshine, and reasonable temperatures. If it keeps up like this, I might just decide to keep farming, lol! (more…)

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Farm News – July 26, 2021

Hello Everyone!  Wow, I can’t believe it is the end of July already – summer is just flying by!  And the weather has been unusually reasonable for mid-summer in New Jersey.  The humidity and temperature will be climbing for a few days but should moderate by mid-week.  We are hoping for a little rain – emphasis on a little!  The storms that were predicted for yesterday and last night never materialized, but  we are okay without it, for now. (more…)