Greetings!
Anyone going Pumpkin picking at our farm (Green Thumb
Organic Farm) this Saturday? If you’re going, let us know (and when)! Green Thumb CSA - Huntington gtcsahuntington@gmail.com
I know our farmers, and their family members working at the
farm, really enjoy meeting their CSA members, and appreciate those CSA members
who take the time to visit their (and your) farm.
If you either need/want a ride, OR can offer to give someone
a ride, get in touch and I’m happy to play rideshare matchmaker 😊.
And if you’re more of the spontaneous, last minute sort of
person, you can probably wake up Saturday morning, call the farm when the farm
stand opens at 9am, and still make the 10:30am tour (if there’s still room),
and certainly make the 11:30am tour (I imagine if both times fill up, they
might schedule one for 12:30pm too).
It’s the last chance to tour the farm this year (next chance
is Strawberry picking in June 2022), AND there’s a 10% discount on your total
purchase at the farm stand, which includes everything edible, organic plants
and organic seeds for your home/garden, and merchandise (books/clothing/etc.).
Besides the fact that these are certified organic Pumpkins
AND good enough to eat 😊 (most Pumpkins sold for
carving are not organic and not grown for flavor), turns out there’s a Pumpkin
price increase (these will be free 😊) AND a Pumpkin shortage
across the country!
Why Pumpkins May Be Pricier, Harder to Find This Year -
Videos from The Weather Channel | weather.com
Checked the latest weather for Saturday (which changes these
days from hour to hour), and while it says rain all day in Huntington, out by
the farm in Water Mill the prediction is for PM rain (YAY!).
Am checking with Farmer Jesse about the event being rain or
shine (and how much rain is enough to put the kibosh on it), and if there’s a
rain date.
FYI - our plans after the tour are to shop at the Green
Thumb farm stand (10% off of EVERYTHING you buy), then go eat at Barrow
House Food (we’re trying to eat everything on the menu and have been there
twice so far…plus the menu is seasonal so there’s always something new to
try), then hit Briermere Farm to see what kind of fruit they have this
time of year (not organic BUT they do IPM…Integrated Pest Management…which
means they use the least amount of pesticides possible and depending on
the weather, etc., sometimes NONE 😊…they’re know for their
pies, but I go mostly for their seasonal fruits), and maybe (if there’s room
😊) make the last stop
Snowflake in Riverhead for some Ice Cream for dessert (not organic but
they try and use local fruit in season and the Ice Cream is “made”
in-house…not from scratch but from a pre-made base, and they do offer
samples).
https://www.briermerefarms.com/
http://snowflakeicecream.com/
Saturday, October 16th
10:30am OR 11:30am
Green Thumb Farm’s Annual CSA Pumpkin Picking Tour (rain or
shine…barring torrential rain or serious storm warnings)
Green Thumb Organic Farm
829 Montauk Hwy.
Water Mill
FREE
To make a reservation/RSVP (limited room on hay rides)…
Call the farm at 631-726-1900 (7 days a week between 9:30am
and 4:30pm)
Take a hay ride around YOUR farm (you’ll see a different
part of the farm than you did if you went to the June Strawberry picking tour),
and pick some certified organic Pumpkins (good enough to eat…or carve 😊)!
This is a CSA Member exclusive (for current CSA Members
only…if you’re sharing a CSA Share with someone and the CSA Member won’t be
attending, you need to register under the CSA Member’s name…no offense, but as
far as the farm goes – you don’t exist! 😊)!
All those attending get a 10% discount off any purchases at
the farm stand (food/plants/merchandise).
Recommend eating after (or before if the timing is right) at
the following places…(by me…take ‘em or leave ‘em 😊)
- Barrow Food House in Riverhead – 11:30am to 9:30pm – no
reservations (where I’ll probably go afterwards, but if it’s a madhouse
and I don’t want to wait…or can’t even get near there, will try #2 and
then #3)
https://barrowfoodhouse.com/
Farm to table (farm belongs to the
dad of the chef and is down the road) have had 2 Soups, 2 Salads, Roast Beef
Sandwich, Fried Chicken Sandwich (OMG), side of Greens, Almond Torte Dessert
and everything was good enough for us to want to try everything on the menu
(only complaint was my side of Sugar Snap Peas needed to be de-strung…spitting
out bits of undigestible fiber…ugh…minor complaint but in this sort of place
they could/should do better)
- Farm Country Inn in Riverhead – 11:30am to 11pm – can
make reservations (never been…hear it’s decent…overlooks river)
https://www.farmcountrykitchenli.com/
- Pita House in Medford – 11am to 11pm – not far off the
LIE at exit #64/Rt. 112 heading south - shouldn’t need reservations, not
sure if they take them (long time fave…Turkish AND Turkish grocery store
next door)
https://www.longislandpitahouse.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=gmb&utm_campaign=gmb
- Hamptons Coffee Company – 5:30am to 6pm (right next to
Green Thumb Farm farm stand…have eaten here…didn’t love it, but couldn’t
be more convenient, happy to have this option, and would go again)
https://www.hamptoncoffeecompany.com/
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