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Hatfield asparagus is known far annnnnnd wide and its almost here! Every time we put this out on the stand we get excited, it kicks off the season, and folks drive from all over to grab a few bunches. Not only does the "lobster" of vegetables taste incredibly good, it's a superfood. So many health benefits, we lost count! Asparagus is an anti-inflammatory (reduces inflammation in the body) and contains a type of fiber that keeps the digestive system healthy. The plant chemical glutathione contained in asparagus has been found to be an anti-inflammatory and may help rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. This vegetable is also rich in soluble fiber oligosaccharide, which acts as a prebiotic in the gut by stimulating the growth of friendly bacteria. It is also a valuable source of vitamin C, folate, magnesium, potassium, and iron. Unusually for a vegetable, it is a good source of vitamin E, an antioxidant that helps keep the heart and immune system healthy.
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Beautiful crowns of our green broccoli varieties will soon be available at our farmstand, picked fresh first thing in the morning and ready for pickup when you get out of work. We have two new varieties coming, "Green Magic" and "Marathon", both earthy, savory, and robust. Incredibly good for you too! Have a look below and see why you should be eating broccoli everyday. Of all vegetables in the Brassica family broccoli has shown the highest levels of protection against prostate cancer. Broccoli comes in several varieties but the darker the color the more beneficial the nutrients the vegetable contains. It contains sulforaphane and indoles, which have strong anticancer benefits particularly against breast and colon cancer. Broccoli is also high in flavonoids, which have been linked with a significant reduction in ovarian cancer. The chemicals in broccoli protect against stomach ulcers, stomach and lung cancer, and possibly skin cancer. They also act as a detoxifier helping lower bad blood cholesterol, boosting the immune system, and protecting against cataracts.
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For more Homegrown News subscribe to my newsletter! Reference: 100 Best health Foods, Eat This Not That, Cooking Light What to Eat Like or Tweet this article to a friend by clicking the badges below. Thank you for your support. Stockbridge School of Agriculture professors do their best to get students as much hands-on work throughout the year. Today my Organic Vegetable Production class went on a field trip to Simple Gifts Farm in Amherst, MA. We talked with owner Jeremy about his organic farming operation and helped him weed his spinach that he planted last fall in one of his high tunnel hoop houses. It felt good to finally have my hands in the soil again! For more Homegrown News subscribe to my newsletter!
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Like or Tweet this article to a friend by clicking the badges below. Thank you for your support. It's almost time to get out there and landscape, plant your vegetable gardens, and flower beds. As you begin to plan your garden adventures, check out these cool and innovative gadgets to help you along! Netatmo Weather Station Amazon.com $149 You'll have all the information you need to maintain your garden based on the weather with a Netatmo Weather Station. Receive a notification on your smartphone when it rains in your garden and water your plants when they need it. Features include temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, indoor CO2 concentration and sound meter, real-time notifications and graphs for data history. Connect multiple stations to your smartphone and multiple smartphones to a station. It has a lifetime free personal account for your data and fully weatherproof. Netatmo supports iPhone iOS, Android and Windows, access your detailed data from anywhere, at any time. It's also compatible with Amazon Alexa. Garden Cam Amazon.com $230 See how your flowers grow or see what critters may be causing them not to with the Brinno GardenWatchCam. This 1.3 megapixel time-lapse digital camera can be set to snap photos at intervals from 1 minute to every 24 hours. Just stick the camera in your garden and watch your garden grow! Edyn Wi-Fi Garden Sensor
Amazon.com $75 Edyn’s Garden Sensor and Water Valve is a wifi-based app with a valve set-up that waters your plants, tracks light, humidity, temperature, soil nutrition and moisture. It even also gives you advice about what plants might do well in your garden. Garden Plan Pro iPad Gardenplanpro.com $8 Having trouble planning your vegetable garden? The Garden Plan Pro app is as a visual aid in laying out your rows and beds before you pick up a shovel. It also provides weather station data, gives advice on the best plants for your region, and offers information on more than 140 different species of flowers and vegetables. Plantlink Basestation Amazon.com $65 Basestation is one of the best options out there to monitor the soil humidity of your plants, and let you know when you need to get watering. The Plantlink Basestation and app can manage up to 64 separate sensors. The starter package includes one and additional units can be purchased for $35. For more Homegrown News subscribe to my newsletter! Like or Tweet this article to a friend by clicking the badges below. Thank you for your support. Did you know eggplants used to have spines and bananas had huge seeds? You bet they did. Humans started domesticating crops about 10,000 years ago. Since then, we've developed farming techniques to breed food to taste better, be more nutritious, live in different environments, and now look way, way different. Check out this video about fruit and vegetable history, it's pretty interesting. Reference: Business Insider For more Homegrown News subscribe to my newsletter!
Like or Tweet this article to a friend by clicking the badges below. Thank you for your support. Worked in the garage over the weekend prepping for season 2017 on this rainy day. With a little creativity and know-how I welded stabilizers on our sprayer's extended booms to give them the strength they needed. These new booms will help us be more efficient with less passes in the field, decrease the soil compaction, and in the end, save us time, fuel, and money. More importantly, less of a environmental footprint! For more Homegrown News subscribe to my newsletter!
Like or Tweet this article to a friend by clicking the badges below. Thank you for your support. This quote speaks so many truths. Eat fresh, buy local and support local farms. "The wonderful thing about food is that you get three votes a day. Every one of them has the potential to change the world." - Michael Pollan For more Homegrown News subscribe to my newsletter!
Like or Tweet this article to a friend by clicking the badges below. Thank you for your support. We've added a new piece of equipment! This Cole Planter will make farm life a bit easier while providing a better product to you, my customers. If you don't know what a planter is, it's a piece of equipment towed behind a tractor that sows (plants) seeds in rows throughout a field. The planter lays the seeds down in precise manner and are distributed through devices called row units. The row units are spaced evenly along the planter. Planters vary greatly in size, from 1 row to 48, with the biggest in the world being the 48-row John Deere DB120. The space between the row units also vary greatly. The most common row spacing in the United States today is 30 inches. ![]() For more Homegrown News subscribe to my newsletter! Like or Tweet this article to a friend by clicking the badges below. Thank you for your support. Pretty soon our farmstand will be stocked with all those pre-summer sweet leafy greens! And don't you fret, spinach will be high on that list. This season we will be stocking two varieties, Banjo and Admiral. Each promise to be sweet, earthy, and robust, perfect for salads, side dishes, smoothies, and juicing. With all the health benefits and versatility in the kitchen, have a look below and see why Spinach is so popular. Contrary to popular belief, spinach doesn't contain as much iron as originally thought but, nevertheless it has many excellent health benefits!
Researchers have found many flavonoid compounds in spinach at as antioxidants and fight against stomach, skin, breast, prostate, and other cancers. Spinach is also extremely high and carotenes which protect eyesight. It is also particularly rich in vitamin K which helps to boost bone strength and may help prevent osteoporosis. In addition, spinach also contains peptides which are aspects of proteins that have been shown to lower blood pressure, and its relatively high vitamin E content may help protect the brain from cognitive decline as we age. The Good Stuff:
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