Breaking New Ground….

We mean breaking new ground literally!  A new land purchase has allowed Green Thumb Farms to add more acreage to our crop land.  The previous owner farmed hay for his cattle herd, we are in the process of turning the green hay into the ground in preparation for corn planting.  This is done with a [...]

Seed Has Arrived!

Regardless of the fact that snow still covers the ground Spring has arrived at Green Thumb Farms.  Seed potatoes started arriving bright and early Monday morning!  Seed potatoes are grown on land that is certified specifically for growing seed.  Each load of seed comes with a certificate that ensures the seed has been tested and certified.  [...]

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from all of us at Green Thumb Farms!  We hope that the holiday season is filled with warmth and cheer, don’t forget the potatoes and beans!  If you still haven’t stopped in and picked yours up be sure to do so before Friday as we will be closed for the Christmas holiday.  For those of [...]

Holiday Gift Ideas… Soldier Beans!

Does your gift list include someone that is really hard to shop for?  Do they like homemade baked beans?  Give them the gift of beans!  We sell Soldier beans, Yellow Eye beans, Red Kidney beans and Jacob’s Cattle beans on this very website!  Soldier beans are very popular and nothing could be easier than placing your order [...]

Sod Season Has Come To An End…

The day after Thanksgiving brought a storm to the Northeast and blanketed us in snow which forced a close to the Sod season for Green Thumb Farms.  The harvester has taken up residence in the shop and will undergo a winter tune up.  We will be dreaming of Spring while we work away and we will keep our fingers crossed for another [...]

Soldier Beans, Yellow Eye Beans, Jacob’s Cattle Beans, Jacobs Cattle Beans, Red Kidney Beans

Potatoes are in and they are BIG!!!

We are happy to report that all of the potatoes are harvested and we are bursting at the seems with what is a very large crop in both the amount and size of each potato.  The Green Thumb Chefs are available, they are a Round White variety that people often to refer to as our [...]

Bean Harvesting

The heavy rain last week put a hault on the bean harvesting, but we hope to resume at the end of this week.  Please bear with us, we are as anxious as you are to get them out of the ground!  In the meantime check out these pictures of the harvesting operation.   Soldier Beans, Yellow Eye Beans, [...]

We love our new harvester!!!

Spirits are high on the farm these last few days as our new harvester arrived last week.  Spudnik is the manufacturer and this new machine allows us to harvest more potatoes faster.  The added bonus… The machine arrived as we had specified and worked perfectly which is a vast improvement on our old harvester which [...]

Potato packing…

Check out our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=16414&id=111340152239625&ref=mf for a series of photos of the potato packaging order of operations.  Packing season is here so keep an eye out in your local stores for our new potatoes!