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June 18, 2010

Farmers Market Update

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It’s been a while since our last update, but it’s been a busy month! 

Since June 9th, we’ve been selling baked goods and transplants at the Asheville City Market South. 

BMF First Year Farmers Market

Fenner stands behind the baked goods and transplants at our first farmers market.

The farmers market is located at the Biltmore Park Town Square every Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Every week, we will have a variety of baked goods including cookies, coffee cake, muffins and light wheat burger buns. We also sell transplants of zucchini, squash, tomatoes and bush beans. Towards July, we hope to start selling produce from our first harvest. 

BMF First Year Farmers Market

The farmers market is located at the Biltmore Park Town Square every Wednesday.

Currently, our baked goods are being produced at the Blue Ridge Food Ventures commercial kitchen facility. We have been fortunate to sell out of these items in the last two Wednesday markets. With such a demand for these treats, we hope to expand our list of baked goods. If you have any suggestions as to what you’d like to see at the market, please contact us via e-mail or leave a comment here. 

We look forward to sharing with you our updated baked goods list and our upcoming first harvest. Make sure you keep up with us to see the progress we’re making!

May 17, 2010

High Tunnel Greenhouse Is Up!

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With help from Scott and Fenner, the high tunnel greenhouse is finally up!

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The high tunnel has a "Twist-of-the-Wrist" roll-up curtain feature that allows the greenhouse side film to move up and down easily.

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Inside the greenhouse, the environment is significantly more humid than outside.

So what’s next for Blue Meadow Farms? We’ll be planting more seedlings at the property. We’ll also be transplanting seedlings and keeping up with our crops.

Until then, keep up with us to see the progress we’re making!

May 10, 2010

High Tunnel Assembly

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Within the past few weeks, the farm has received its tractor and high tunnel frames.

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The tractor sits to the left of the high tunnel greenhouse box.

The tractor has been helping us clear up the little portions of land with the help of its attachments.

The high tunnel greenhouse also arrived two weeks ago. Extra help was needed to put up the frames, so we hired Scott Scerri as a part-time worker.

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Fenner and our new employee, Scott Scerri, work together to put up the high tunnel frames.

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After assembly, the high tunnel frames will have the baseboards attached to it.

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The baseboard of the greenhouse is in the process of being attached to the frames.

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The end cap of the high tunnel can open up for easy access.

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The greenhouse will be finished soon after the cover is placed.

With the help of Jim, Taylor, Scott and of course, Fenner, the high tunnel greenhouse is almost finished.

We have also received our seeds and are proud to say that we have started a few cell flats for our first harvest.

We look forward to sharing with you our produce list for our first harvest. Make sure you keep up with us to see the progress we’re making!

April 21, 2010

On Our Way

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A lot has happened since the last blog post!

The shed on the second half of the property was taken down since it served no purpose.

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At this point, the shed was getting dismantled.

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The shed is disassembled after a few hours of labor.

We decided help was needed to prep the rest of the property, so hired a company to expedite the process. Within 3 days, they were able clear about 2-3 acres of our land. Here’s what it looks like now:

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Within a few days, most of the farm's middle section was cleared.

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All that is left of the shed is this pile of wood and scrap metal to the left.

Also last Saturday, we were able to get some more family help from Jim and Karen’s daughter, Lizzie Klak. The flower bed needed some weeding done, so Lizzie and I came to the rescue.

With help from Karen, Jim and Fenner were able to finish the wooden fence.

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The fence at the front of the property was finished this past weekend.

We had a nice surprise while working on Saturday. Wild asparagus was growing along the fence!

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Lizzie's hand shows the size of these wild asparagus.

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The wild asparagus was spread out around the fence.

If this is any indication of how fertile our soil is, we’re ready to see what our first harvest will yield!

We’ve got a lot going on, so keep up with us to see the progress we’re making!

April 8, 2010

Flower Beds

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This past weekend the entire Blue Meadow Farms family went to the property to do a little more farm prep. Fenner, Jim and Taylor all worked on the wooded areas to ensure enough acreage for our first year’s harvest.

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Fenner, Jim and Karen continue to clear the land.

They’ve also been working on the wooden fence that’s slowly, but surely, getting built around the main entrance.

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Taylor and Jim continue to work on the fence.

To add a little color to the farm entrance, Karen and I planted a flower bed in front of the fence.

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The colorful spring flowers help brighten up the entrance.

Soon enough this won’t be the only colorful area in our farm! In a couple of months, we hope to see rows of lush green produce lined up and ready to be eaten!

Keep up with us to see the progress we’re making to the farm land!

March 29, 2010

Gate Is Up!

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This weekend, Jim and Taylor added some more fence posts and boards to the existing posts.

Also, here’s the new gate:

The new gate for Blue Meadow Farms was recently posted up.

Keep up with us to see the progress we’re making to the farm land!

March 22, 2010

Land Prep

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Here’s the future Blue Meadow Farms land:

The Blue Meadow Farms land is still being prepped.

 

Fenner Klak is the farm’s “chief growing officer,” but we’ll refer to him as the farm manager for short. He and his brother Taylor Klak were the first to work on the Blue Meadow Farms land. It was about two weeks ago that they started clearing the property. This work included clearing trees and small brushes mostly towards the front of the land. 

Fenner and Taylor cut back the bamboo that was growing all over the property.The land left of the property is being cleared to be farmed.

 

This past weekend, both Jim and Taylor Klak came up to Asheville to help Fenner continue preparing our farm land. They’ve already installed some fence posts, gate posts and a gate! 

Jim chainsaws his way through the brush on the left side of the property while Taylor helps clear the branches out of the way.

 

What’s next for us? There’s quite a few things on our to-do list. There’s an ongoing process of removing old debris that’s scattered all over the property. We’ll also be doing our best to get the first few acres ready near the front section of our land. 

Keep up with us to see the progress we’re making to the farm land! 

March 19, 2010

Welcome to the Blue Meadow Farms blog!

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Welcome to the blog for Blue Meadow Farms (BMF). This is Chrisan Tolentino posting on behalf of the BMF family.
 
In the case you’re not aware of who we are and what we do, BMF is a transitional farm located in Hendersonville, NC, just miles away from Asheville, NC. Our land is located on a little gravel road called Teresa Lane. The owners, Jim and Karen Klak, recently closed on the land two weeks ago, Friday, March 5 to be exact!
 
So, what does it mean to be a transitional farm? It means we will be growing our produce in an organic manner, but have not yet acquired the proper USDA organic certification. Even without this certification, our goal is the same: to highlight the best the good earth has to offer.
 
With that said, the BMF family looks forward to sharing their first harvest season with you through this blog.
 
To learn more about who we are, visit our Web site:
BlueMeadowFarms.com.

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