Produce & Products (updated 01/06/2010)

At Star Hollow Farm we grow a wide range of vegetables, most of them in small quantities. Within each crop we typically plant multiple varieties. Potatoes are our best sellers, followed by tomatoes and garlic. We also grow a dozen or so types of herbs. 

CROP AND PRODUCT LIST
For a listing of the crops that we sell at our farmers market, and offer online, see our Crop and Product List (printer-friendly version). The list is now dated (it was created in 2005) but gives a general idea.

CROP SEASON CHART
To give you a general idea of when different produce items should be available from us, refer to our Crop Season Chart (printer-friendly version). It represents our growing conditions in Pennsylvania, and of course varies somewhat from year to year.

WINTER PRODUCE
In January, February and March, when we are just doing our online market and CSA, we're at a pretty low point for local produce. We focus then on storage crops – primarily roots and apples – but also have some small greens and herbs from our and neighbors' greenhouses. One friend even grows tomatoes all through the winter in his greenhouse. Of course, there are questions and concerns about using fossil fuels to heat greenhouses so you can eat locally – if not seasonally – here in the Mid-Atlantic region, but our rationale is that it helps keep us and our neighbors in business, and having some of these greenhouse “delicacies” in mid-winter helps us to sell more of our storage crops.