Whats New?
4/6/10
The Ithaca Farmers Market has started and we will be there every week until the rutabaga rolls at the end of December.   We hope to see you all there.  We have have a great selection of eggs, pork and beef.  We'll also have dry herbs and even some fresh ones.   We have started bringing herbs plants.

On the website we've added a number of talks we've done recently and articles that Karma has written.

3/17/10
The snow is almost all melted (but with more predicted) and we are still waiting to see the first Robin.  The Ithaca Farmers Market will be starting back up for the season with the first day being April 3rd.  We hope to see you all there.  We will have a great selection of eggs, pork, beef, and chicken.  We'll also have dry herbs and even some fresh one.

1/5/10
We extend our appreciation to all our customers and all those that purchase from local small farms for your support throughout the past year.  The Ithaca Farmers Market at Steamboat landing is over for the season but we will be back for the first market in April.  Meat and eggs are still available at the farm year round. Call us if you have a specific order but we keep the self serve freezer well stocked.  Please note that our eggs are not currently available at Greenstar but will be when our chickens start laying more!

9/12/09
Whats New?.... With fall quickly approaching we are digging potatoes, seeding cover crops, and looking forward to time for fall projects before winter comes.  In addition to herbs, plants (beautiful Rosemary and other potted herbs), garlic, potatoes, and fresh herb we also have chicken, duck, and pork.  We'll have beef at the end of October.


8/1/09
We now have whole chicken. Our "Poulet Rouge" birds have been grown slowly and are exellent tasting, certified organic and pastured raised. Whole birds range in size from 4 pound broilers to 7 pound roasters.  We also now have whole organic duck (in the 4 pound range)-also excellent and raised free range raised like the chicken.  We have a good selection of pork, and herb and pepper plants.  Fresh herbs are in abundance and new potatoes and garlic are just starting.

7/1/09
Summer..and we will have chicken at the market starting this week!  Our "Poulet Rouge" birds have been grown slowly and are exellent tasting, certified organic and pastured raised. Whole bird range in size from 4 pound broilers to 7 pound roasters

Rye makes a great cover crop but it also provides a place for you daughter to spend hours weaving pathing through it-Thanks Rosie!  As Summer arrives hightunnel tomatoes are growing well, lavendar is flowering, and the potatoes are crowding the rows with their flowers just starting to show.  We have a great selection of herb and pepper plants each week at market in addition to fresh herbs, eggs, and pork.  Be sure to take notice of the passion flowers, patio tomatoes, and unusuals herb plants.  Meat and eggs are also available at the farm.
 5/22/09
Its time to get your plants and put in your garden We've had frost and freezes this week and last but with a change in the weather it looks like we should be done with that until fall!  We have a great selection of plants- tomatoes (25 varieties), peppers (30 varieties), herbs( too many to count), and speciality plants like passion flowers.  All or available every Saturday at the Ithaca Farmers Market (or by special appointment at the farm). 

Whats New?.... Get your Ham!
4/04/09-
The Ithaca Farmers Market is now open and we will be there every Saturday from 9-3 (10-3 come November). We currently are bringing eggs, pork, some beef, dried herbs, fresh greens, and potatoes. Rain, sun, or snow we will be in booth #64 until the Saturday before Christmas.  If you have special orders we can alway put them together ahead of time and bring them to market.  We have a good selection of bonesless smoked hams that range in weight from 2.5 to 5.5 pounds each for your spring holidays.

3/30/09
We now have a complete line of pork- fresh cuts, sausages, and smoked meat (yes, we have bacon). The Ithaca Farmers Market (at steamboat landing) will reopen on April 4th but  meat and eggs can be purchased directly on the farm. We've made many updates on the website (more pictures and updated details). Our 2009 farm brochure and plant brochure are now available

1/17/09
Winter is in full force.  Winter projects keep us going and before we know it we will be seeding greens in the high tunnel and starting long-season herb seedlings.  The Ithaca Farmers Market (at steamboat landing) will reopen in April but in the meantime meat and eggs can be purchased directly on the farm. We've made many updates on the website (more pictures and updated details).

11/08/08
 Fall will soon change to winter but now before it does we have warm weather to make great progress on fall projects.  The garlic is planted, field cover crops are planted and we are well into building a cow barn for hay storage and protected winter feeding.  The Ithaca Farmers market continues till the Saturday before Christmas.  We have duck, beef, pork , garlic, onions, shallots, and potatoes, eggs, and fresh herbs. 

9/20/08
Fall's bounty is ready.  The garlic crops looks and tastes great and is now fully cured.  We have garlic for eating and planting, a complete line of pork, onions, shallots, and potatoes, eggs, fresh herbs. and plants.  We also have Tamworth piglets for sale for breeding or raising up for feeder pigs.  Our beef is currently hanging (dry aging) and should be available in a few weeks.


7/31/08
We've just finished the meat chickens that we are doing this year.  They are of French genetics and were purchased as chicks from a hatchery that maintained their breeding stock on pasture.  They are a slow growing breed that grazed extremely well.  There flavor and texture is very well developed without being tough.

Our butcher just finished processing some great sausages from our meat and all organic spices.   The hot dogs will be great for a summer bbq, the andouille is mild, juicy and great for grilling.  The smoked chorizo is spicy and full flavored but drier and best used in dishes like jambalaya or spaghetti sauce that need a little kick!  There is also bacon from our retired sows that is wider and a little fattier then regular bacon.  Some of our customers prefer it!

More pork cuts will be available at the end of August, ducks at the end of August, and beef in September.

The garlic crops looks great and is currently curing.  Let us know if you need any seed stock for planting- this is one thing we are willing to ship.


7/8/08
We are having a tour of the farm sponsered by NOFA-NY.

July 22 (Tuesday):  Diverse Organic Livestock Production,  4-7pm, Kingbird Farm, 9398 W Creek Rd, Berkshire, NY (Tioga Co.)  Kingbird Farm is a small, horse-powered farm where Karma, Michael and Rosemary Glos raise a diverse array of certified organic, pasture-raised livestock including pigs, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, and eggs.  They also raise grassfed Highland/Angus cattle.  Their farming methods are based on a belief in diversified, small family farms with a respect for the land and the animals they raise on it.  They manage their land organically; increasing fertility with compost, controlled grazing, and natural minerals.  Join the Glos family at their farm to learn how they manage their diverse organic livestock system.  $5 NOFA members, $10 non-members.

 

DIRECTIONS:  From Ithaca, NY take NY 79E for about 15 miles, turning right onto W. Creek Road (CR-708). Continue about 1 mile to the farm.

7/3/08
It is officially summer.  The rhubarb is almost finished and the potatoes are all flowering.  We're plowing in mowed thick stands of rye covercops to make way for oats/peas, buckwheat and clover that will all help next years crops.  We still have a good selection of herb plants and will continue to bring them to market all summer.  We'll have pepper transplants for just a few more weeks (Plant now!!).  Potatoes are garlic will be ready as early as the end of the month.  Fresh herbs are plentiful.  Our meat selection is a litle limited but we should be getting hot dogs, chorizo, and andouille sausage back from our butcher next week. There will be more pork around the end of August and Beef starting in September (maybe the late part).  We are doing a small number of chickens and are not doing turkeys this year.


4/8/08
The Ithaca Farmers Market has now started (every Saturday from 9-3) and we'll be there every week until it closes just before Christmas.  We have a good selection of pork, eggs, fresh herbs, garlic, some greens, homemade soap, and dried herbs.

We've started up the greenhouse and transferred in slow growing plants we've been growing since February.  Soon it will be full and overflowing.  The garlic and rhubarb are up, the layer chicks are growing, and the cows are counting the days until the calves are out.

2/19/08
It's that time a year again for our spring piglets to be born.  Now is the time to order our organic Tamworth feeder piglet or breeding stock if you are looking to raise your own pigs.  Although it still looks like winter (10 degrees today but 50 degrees yesterday!) we are starting seeds for the slow germinating and slow growing herbs.  It will be time to plant before we know it!

1/3/08
Ahhh, The new year is here.  As much as we love Farmers' Market, we must admit that we sure enjoy that first Saturday when we don't have to be all prepped, packed, and out the door.  We'll be glad when it starts again but will enjoy the break.

12/20/07
Saturday December 22nd is the last Ithaca Farmers Market of the year and site of the annual Rutabaga curl.  Join us. We will have a good supply of meat, dried herbs, garlic, soap...Once the market is over check our website for our what we currently have, give us a call or just stop by for self serve eggs and meat. We have 2 young gilts currently for sale and let us know now if you need piglets in the spring.

11/21/07 We have 70 layers (18 months old) for sale now (picked up at the farm- we don't ship).  We are pleased to welcome 2 six month old Fjord draft ponies to our farm (from Mandala Farm in Maine).  We have a good selection of beef and pork including bacon, daisy hams, and corned beef.  We have  organic pasture raised Turkeys (frozen) at $3.85/ lb ( 18.5 to 19.5 lbs each).  Call if you want to reserve one.

10/10/07
We'll have more beef this weekend- its well worth the wait.  After the long process of breeding our Highland cattle and raising the calves up we make sure we are patient to hang the meet for upto 2 weeks.  Aging concentrates the flavor and helps make the meat more tender.
8/25/07
Piglets are growing well- we still have feeder and breeding stock available.more info. Fall appears to be here.

8/21/07
Thanks everyone that came out to our recent on-farm pig workshop and as part of the 2 county Farm Trail.  We enjoyed seeing everyone and hope you all had a great time.  Onions will be harvested soon and the potatoes are starting to mature.  Our first beef of the year should be ready this weekend after being dry aged for 14 days.  Over the last few weeks we have had 5 beautiful litters of Tamworth pigs.  Let us know if you are interested in feeder piglets or breeding stock.  We also have a Tamworth boar for sale- let us know if you need him! more info.

   7/28/07  Summer is hear and going quick. We will be having an openhouse on August 19th from 12:30-5:00 as part of an organic farm trail and also having a workshop on hog raising basics (12-2).   Despite some earlier dry weather, it has now rained several inches over the last 10 days and the pastures are back growing well again.  Our onions are bulbing up well, potatoes are producing good sized tubers and the garlic is all harvested and curing.  We have some of the largest garlic we have ever grown and have been personally eating way too much of it!  At the Ithaca Farmers Market we still have a good selection of annual and perrenial herbs, fresh herbs, new potatoes, garlic, fresh onions, and of course a good selection of pork.  We will have our first beef of the season in about a month.

7/7/07  We finally have more bacon and more.  Last night we tasted it all and it is great.  We have regular bacon, cottage bacon (smoked, sliced shoulder), "fatty" bacon (from older pigs- larger slices, fatty, more developed flavor), and "daisy" hams.  We havn't had these for a few years and have worked with our butcher to reproduce this great ham.  "Daisy" hams are made by boning out the ham into the three individual muscles, curing them, and then netting them individually and smoking them.  The results is a small ham (less then a pound to just over two) that is succulent, not overly salty, with excellent developed flavor.  And of course all our smoked products are certified organic and all the ingredients are certified organic as well ( well, the water and sea salt can't be called organic!).

6/24/07 Call if you are looking for tomatoes (we still have some plants -come take a flat!) Bacon next week? (hopefully)
6/19/07  We continue to have excellent peppers (hot and sweet), tomatoes, and herbs (common and unusual).  We now have more Chorizo, breakfast, and mild italian so we have a complete line of pork sausages and cuts.  We are low on bacon but more is currently being smoked and will be ready soon.  More updates 

5/24/07 Memorial day is coming and for many that means grilling.  Come to the farm or market (on Saturday) for excellent organic hot dogs, italian sausages, spareribs, pork shoulder (for pulled pork)..  Give us a call if you would like us to put a pre-order together for you.  Our plants are growing great and we'll have a complete display at market.  Tomatoes, Herbs (common and unusual), and peppers are all ready.


 (4/21/07)The Ithaca Farmers Market has started, the snow has melted, and the grass is growing.  Check our our new Wanted section  and our plant brochure. Plants are available at Farmers Market.  Maybe you have something that we need! We've also added an  explanation of why organic feed prices continue to increase. At the farm we currently have  eggs and pork  (all cuts, sausages, and smoked meats).  We have a complete price list of the meat we currently have.   We will have beef in late summer.  We are taking a break from raising broiler chickens, ducks, and birds for the back yardflock but will be back with them next year.   (We will continue to have eggs.)  Learn about the haying with horses workshop.

4/20/07
The snow from a big snow storm (1 1/2 feet on Monday) is almost gone.  The cows have held out and we expects calves starting anyday.  Market is started.

3/21/07
Spring was here for a few days but now winter is back with a foot of light snow.  Piglets born today from Majolica (one of the gilts)  Warm in the hog barn eith the composting pack.  And the large unheated greenhouse is is waking up.  Looks like we'll have lots of fresh herbs for our first market in April.  We never got the greens planted last fall but have planted greens (2 weeks ago) that should grow quick.  Since we had two long beds in the 96' long greenhouse unplanted we use our great horse Mira to till them up with the single horse cultivator.  It worked great- first time I have tilled with a horse in March!

 We are taking a "sabbatical" from raising broilers and ducks this year.  We needed to take a break from something to catch up on a few things on the farms.  We have grown fairly quickly over the last few years and now have both a sow and cow breeding herd.  We'll take the freed up time to work on some infrastructure inprovements, swim in the pond a little more, and try to make sure my back can make it another 50 years.  We plan to be back raising broilers and ducks next year.

11/13/06
Fall is here and it won't stop raining. But we have processed our last batch of chickens and are finishing up the fall chores before to the snow comes for good.

7/22/06
Summer is going well (finally updated the website!).  We got the flooding rains but we missed most of the floods because we live on a hill.

10/25/05
Well, fall is here with hints of winter.  Our first snow was a few days ago but our first real killing frost was only a week ago.  Lots of rain now and the pond is fillinig up!  Now we just need to finish everything outside before winter.

8/16/05
I'm providing some long overdue updates to the website.  I'll keep updating as time permits.  The season has gone well and is the hottest we have ever seen.  We look forward to the fall to refill our pond...

3/18/05
We've got snow on the ground it seems spring has started anyway.  We're filling flats for the greenhouse, checking the heater, and setting up benches.  The unheated greenhouse is planted and fresh spinach, lettuce, and kale are being harvested.  Perenial herbs seemed to overwinter well- especially the Rosemary.  Some of the Rosemary is even blooming!  Piglets continue to be born while winter pigs go to the butcher.

11/17/04
Looking back at the entry of 11/4/03 I see we have had success with the what we aimed for with the unheated greenhouse.  Beds are full of perrenial herbs with plenty of herbs left to harvest for the Thanksgiving and even December markets.  Greens are still being harvested and we should also have a good supply to keep us happy all winter.

10/15/04
I have finally made some updates to this website!  A very wet growing season is coming to an end.  See you at market!


11/24/03
Despite tempertures as low as 15 degrees, 3 inches of snow and winds in the 60's for two days, we had a day in the 60's to process our turkeys and try to finish up all those outside tasks before winter really sets in.  Too many tasks remain but most will get finished with the remainder to finish in the cold (or spring).

11/4/2003
The main field season is over but farming continues.  We just got the plastic on a new unheated 30 by 96 foot greenhouse packed full of tender herbs, winter greens and other culinary herbs.  The attempt here is to overwinter herbs that we can't do outside, extend the season on these and other hardy herbs,and work on winter produciton of greens.  

We have moved into sows and now have six sows that are certified organic.  They have already produced three llitters so we will  have certfied organic pork in the spring.

6/24/03
Despite a fairly rainy spring with little sun the crops are doing well and the animals are content.  Culinary herbs are coming on strong and strawberries are going gangbusters.  We just finsihed a new 100' hoophouse that is now packed with basil, annual herbs, peppers, and melons.  A new unheated greenhouse is in the works

2/12/02
Winter is still here.  It is hard to believe that we may be planting  some crops outside in two months.  We have over 2 feet of snow in place.  It is supposed to be -10f tonight, again!

12/10/02

After two years of having a website we have made our first changes.  Don't expect anything fancy anytime soon or for that matter anytime.  We like to farm but working on the computer isn't our idea of a good time.  Winter has come early and hard to central New York.  A half a foot of snow covers the ground and we've already had several nights in the single digits and even below zero. Although most of our crops are either harvested or mulched for the winter, we are still enjoying salad greens (only for ourselves) from the unheated section of our green house.  Night time temperatures in there are routinely 20 degrees higher than outside.