Our LAST Week at the Boulder Farmer's Market

It looks like this will be our LAST week of garlic sales at the Boulder Farmers Market (unless I have a lot left over after tomorrow). I will list a little bit online for curbside pickup next Sunday (go to boulderfarmers.org for that) and may have some available at my online site weebeefarms.com

It's been a wild year at market and I appreciate all of you who came to support me and all the farmers. You really made it work- and it's been a pleasure seeing all of you come under such strange circumstances!

Now on to planting next year's crop!

The Saturday Boulder Market goes until Nov. 21st.

Is the market safe to come to?

Many people are just coming to the market for the first time this season, and many of you haven't come yet. I've been asked what the market is like, how crowded it is and does it seem safe. First of all, it does seem safe. The Boulder County health department has imposed VERY strict rules on our operation. Everyone wears masks, and there are strict limits on how many people can be on the street at one time. Customers walk one-way only to keep things spacious.

At my stand there is a barrier to remind folks to keep back. Customers don't touch the garlic - I will get it for you from the bins. Much of it is pre-bagged.  For payment I use a no-contact system by accepting cash that you will put in my "money basket" and I have a stash of money that hasn't been touched for a week to use to give you change. I accept credit cards through Square, and will have you swipe it. 

AND the market is still fun to be at! I have more time to talk with customers (sometimes), and there are not big crowds to deal with. The people who come seem very happy to be there and to get fresh farm grown food! It's not a carnival atmosphere, but more food-oriented.

Garlic of the week is Korean Red Hot

"A culinary treasure from Asia. Eaten raw, robust flavor will wake up your mouth!  A superb cooking garlic. Spicy and mellow at first, then with building heat. Will keep until November. "

On KGNU Morning Magazine: John Lehndorrf talks about WeeBee Farms Garlic

 Last Thursday local food columnist John Lehndorff said a few nice things about WeeBee Farms Garlic on my favorite local radio station KGNU on the Morning Magazine "Nibbles" program. Here's the link: KGNU Morning Magazine 9/24 "Nibbles" Listen in at 22:30 (22 minutes, 30 seconds after the program starts).

Persian Star garlic

Come and stock up on your garlic soon! The selection is still good, but we will be running low and selling out in the very near future. Come by this Saturday to the Boulder Market, or order online at WeeBeeFarms.com

Hope to see you soon!

Garlic at Market Last Saturday

1 minute video - How to prepare garlic and honey for your health

  Here's a 1 minute video on how to prepare garlic and honey to use as a remedy. Use for colds & flu, viruses, infections, heart health and more. See our info page at Health Benefits of WeeBee Farms garlic for more info, health benefits and links. (LOTS of good and very well-researched info.)

Use our Chesnok Red for the most powerful remedy! Come get your garlic at the Boulder Farmer's Market on Saturday or online at WeeBeeFarms.com

We'll have garlic at Boulder Farmer's Market this Saturday September 12th

 Come and get your garlic! The current plan is to be at market the 12th, 19th and 26th. And perhaps October 3rd. See you there...

Garlic in the greenhouse

The garlic was stored in the greenhouse during the storm to protect the bulbs from extreme temperatures. Luckily the low was "only" 28º here and most things did fine. We covered our pepper and tomato gardens, and put a cold frame over our little melon patch. After 2 days of harvesting and covering things in our family gardens it's a relief that we still have some veggies and flowers around. And a bigger relief that the wildfires have calmed down!

Amethyst garlic

The current garlic market news.

We will be at Boulder Farmer's Market and have Chesnok Red, Inchelium red, Amethyst and a few other delectable types in the bins. And lots of variety bags (5 different garlics, color-coded to identify).

Our new garlic for the week is ••Yugoslavian- Both spicy and sweet! Try putting in at the end of stir-frying vegetables or in a quick-cooking sauce. Nutty and smooth when baked. Has a bite when eaten raw. Nice aftertaste. Big, easy to peel cloves! Stores to November.

 

We have some planting garlic in bags as well , 3 types: Inchelium Red, Chesnok Red and German Extra Hardy.

Selling at Market- schedule and info.

 Saturday, August 8th will be our second market with garlic this year.

Garlic Bargain Bag

There will be 6 different types of garlic including Chesnok Red, Inchelium Red, Khabar, Shantung Purple, and Tzan ("Mexican Red"). There is a 5-10 bulb limit on many of these since we are just getting started and don't want to sell out in the first hour!

We'll have bargain bags, variety bags and a few jumbo garlics for eating or planting. Looking at the amount of garlic we have at this point I believe we will be at the Boulder Farmers market through September 12th or beyond. Check in here before making a special trip. 

And feel free to order from our website for pick-up at the farm or N. Boulder. weebeefarms.com

Garlic Sales Begin Tomorrow!

Come by the Boulder Farmer's Market tomorrow (8am-2pm) to get the first WeeBee Farms garlic of the season!
We'll have German Extra Hardy, Inchelium Red, Chesnok Red, Khabar ("Siberian Mild"), Shantung purple, Uzbek Turban. You can see some photos and descriptions at weebeefarms.com

Khabar ("Siberian Mild")

Shantung Purple

We're just starting and have a limited amount to sell tomorrow (5 bulb limit on most types for now).

Order online today by 4pm and pay with PayPal to get your order more quickly at market. https://www.weebeefarms.com/

Garlic Harvest Update

The harvest went well this year. Most of the digging was relatively easy  (except for where the neighbors' cows walked through the field in March and compacted the soil!) and we got finished before the super hot weather. Phew!

Getting the last of the harvest

Putting away the garlic to "cure"

The garlic crop is decent, especially compared to last year (we lost 60% due to a weather event). We did lose some garlic to weather ....again... sigh....  but all in all it's not bad.  Some regular size garlic, lots of smaller garlic and some larger size garlic for planting. The disease problem (white rot) didn't show itself this year, although there are still spores in the soil in the field so all garlic will need to be treated with a hot water soak before planting.
Then plan is to come to Boulder market on August 1st with garlic. 

Inchelium Red drying after harvest

LAST Week for Garlic Scapes and Plants! Be Back around August 1st with Garlic...

This week is it for plants and scapes as the season at WeeBee Farms rolls over to garlic harvest. As usual we will take the end of June through July to harvest the garlic, let it cure and get it prettied up for sale. Plants for sale tomorrow include beans, zucchini, melons, sunflowers, Tithonia (pictured) blue morning glories and other plants for pollinators.

Stay tuned for the exact date of our return with garlic by checking back here. (Choose "follow" in the upper right area on this page) You may also check our online sales website at https://www.weebeefarms.com/ to see if you can pre-order garlic online. We will probably have some garlic available for sale through the site so check it out in about a month.

Garlic Scapes are here!

Garlic Curlies!

Chop into pieces and use raw on green salad, potato salad, pasta salad. Makes wonderful pesto to spread on sandwiches or use in pasta dishes.
Chop and sautee for about a minute and serve on pasta. Add to cooked dishes: omelets, beans, stir-fry, veggies, eggs, soups, pasta, Asian dishes. Grill or stir-fry whole with olive oil and salt for a side dish.

Scapes are available now through June 25th at the market or online at our website
The $10 bag has about 40 scapes in it. Share with friends and neighbors! Or buy a bundle of 12-13 for $3. Scapes keep in the fridge for about 2 months. Use in every way you use garlic.

For a video of the garlic fields and the scapes see our facebook page: WeeBee Farms

Pepper and Tomato Plants!! Farmer's Market this Saturday! (with restrictions)

I will be at market this Saturday and can't wait to see you!

Some of the plants we will have: Tomatoes, Tomatillos, Peppers, Basil, Asian cucumbers, Lettuce, Kale Swiss Chard, chives, parsley and many more veggies for your gardens. And lots of flowers for Pollinators.
Pepper varieties and planting tips here: Pepper descriptions and instructions

Pepper plants

View photos and descriptions of everything at
•••  https://www.weebeefarms.com/  ••••

It will be a very different looking market! There will be only 100 people on the street at one time, by reservation only.    bcfm.org
Customers aren't allowed to touch the products until they are purchased. I will have signs in the front, with my plants on the ground behind me.
Please read the guidelines here  https://bcfm.org/bcfm-covid-response/

Order at our website for pickup at the Market!
Or,  put together a wish list based on the website descriptions to make the best of your shopping time. We will have a basket for cash and will ask for exact change. We will also have a credit card reader, but it may be slower and trickier with the "no-contact" policy.
You can also pickup at the Farm on Wednesday or in N. Boulder on Tuesday.

Check out our WeeBee Farms Facebook page at  facebook.com/WeeBee-Farms

Tomato time!!!

Tomato Plants! Available Now 
 

Order online at  https://www.weebeefarms.com/

Black Cherry Tomatoes

In Boulder it is generally safe to plant after May 20th. We usually plant June 1st on our Farm.

View Tomato descriptions here at the top right of our page under "info pages" or use this link: https://weebeefarms.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_20.html

Ordering opens every Wednesday starting at 8am at BCFM. Early Tomatoes

Latah Tomatoes

This week, weather permitting, WeeBee Farms will have some very early tomatoes (called Latah) that you can put in pots and bring in and out as the weather dictates. (Best to wait to plant in the garden around May30th) Order through the Farmer's Market Website bcfm.org after 8am on Wednesday (I sold out by noon last week!)
See descriptions at https://weebeefarms.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_20.html

Or order at our website for pickup at the Farm or in N. Boulder:
https://www.weebeefarms.com/

Farmer's Market News, Honey Bee Mix

Honey Bee Mix

 Try planting our Honey Bee Mix in your garden. Beautiful and attracts lots of pollinators. We also have "Parade of Poppies" and Hummingbird Mix which both attract all types of pollinators. See more at weebeefarms.com

Two ways to get your plants!  
As of today you may order our plants from the Boulder County Farmer's Market through the new site https://bcfm.org/
Order on Wednesdays, pick up on Saturday at the Longmont Fairgrounds.
OR    Order directly through WeeBee Farms at 
• WeeBeeFarms.com •

New Online Ordering Website! Check it out!

••••• New Online Ordering Website! ••••
 WeeBeeFarms.com
 
Here it is- the online ordering website I've been slaving over for the last 2 weeks! Plants are available for pick up at the farm on Wednesday and Sunday, and also in North Boulder (details are on the website homepage and order form.) There will be many more pick-up dates coming up next week and in May. Also Longmont and Lafayette deliveries are planned.
Click Here: 
WeeBeeFarms.com
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Please order your plants through this site and let me know if you have questions or suggestions....
There are lots of descriptions to be added and I recommend you google for details about the ones that aren't finished.  This is a work in progress...

The Farmer's Market will also offer my plants through the curbside service through their site. Use that one if you'd prefer to pick up at the market on Saturday. My plants and Salad Bowls will be available starting on May 2nd through Boulder Farmer's Market. https://bcfm.org/
Pick up for the Farmer's Market orders will be in Longmont at the Fairgrounds where the usual Longmont Farmer's Market is held. Our farm is 7 minutes away from the  Fairgrounds, driving West on Nelson Rd. to 65th Street.

When to buy Tomato plants - Purchase Spring and Summer plants on our new website soon

April 14, 2020
Order your plants from WeeBee Farms Website 
••••••• https://www.weebeefarms.com/ ••••••••••••
Pick-up at our farm, in North Boulder or order through the Boulder Farmers Market bcfm.org for Longmont Sat. Pickup

You may see tomato plants available at local hardware stores and nurseries in April. If they don't look like these, don't buy them! It's WAY too early to get tomato plants here in Boulder County!

WeeBee Farms tomato seedlings on April 14th

Ask any gardener who has grown tomatoes successfully for many years and they will tell you the same thing. We plant them outside May 20- May 30th. If you buy them now and keep them indoors, they will get tall and skinny, and won't be acclimated to being outside at planting time. I see too many tomato plants being ruined from being purchased too early and can't stand the thought of the wasted resources used to produce them- the propane for the greenhouses to grow them, the peat moss in the soil mix, the plastic pot, etc etc.

The exception is if you have "Wall-O-Waters" or "Hot Caps" and know how to use them. Our experience is that you don't get tomatoes from your plants much earlier using these and they are a lot of work to manage successfully.

Tomato Plants from WeeBee Farms- 
Grown for your Gardening Success!
WeeBee Farms Tomato plants are grown for flavor, earliness and disease- resistance. All are grown from organic seed. All are heirlooms that have had good production and flavor at our farm in Boulder County. You may pay and reserve these in advance. Pick-up or delivery will be available May 16th- 30th. Ready to plant at time of delivery.
Descriptions and photos of our favorite varieties here: https://weebeefarms.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_20.html More info on tomato plants coming in May.

Get Your Salad Bowl Planter

Time to order Our Famous Salad Bowls!

To find out more click here:
  https://weebeefarms.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_29.html
Be sure to send your email address so we can update you on pick-up locations and delivery options in Boulder and Longmont. Delivery will begin April 20th.
weebeefarms@gmail.com

WeeBee Farms Spring update

WeeBee Farms is growing the usual array of plants for Spring and early summer gardening.
Veggie plants for your gardens, Salad Bowl Planters for easy Spring greens, Flowers and herbs for pollinators. The market officially starts May 1st, but if it is delayed further we will have all sorts of ways to get your garden plants.
Place advance orders for Salad Bowl Planters online. (details later) You will be able to pick them up at the market April 25th. There will be a pick-up place in Boulder and Longmont and delivery may be offered for a small fee once a week. We also plan to announce some sale dates here at the farm.
Also 6-pack carriers of salad greens and veggies will be available. Stay tuned for details!

April 25th- Lettuce, kale, Spring greens, arugula, cilantro, and a full array of salad ingredients.
Tomato plants- available May 16th- 30th (remember June 1st is the ideal planting time).
Pepper Plants- available May 30th through 10th (June 10th is the ideal date to plant)
Flowers for Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds