We at Green Thumb Farms would like to wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving, we hope your holiday meal is filled with warm delicious potatoes! We are thankful for all our loyal customers and the beautiful land that allows us to farm our crops. Please enjoy this delicious Red Skin Potato Mash recipe we found on [...]
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 [...]
Posted in News on August 11, 2010
Not only is this day’s beauty one for the record books but we also decided to make it the start to our 2010 potato harvest! Everyone was all smiles as we put the windrower and harvester to work. This time of year we usually start by digging small sections for specific orders. It allows us to work [...]
Posted in Recipes on August 2, 2010
Baked Potato Salad Found on the Wegman’s website: http://www.wegmans.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/HomepageView?storeId=10052&catalogId=10002&langId=-1&clear=true SERVES 12 -16 ACTIVE TIME: 30 min CHILL TIME: 1 hour 0 min TOTAL TIME: 1 hour 30 min 2 bags (24 oz each) Baby Red Potatoes, 1-inch dice 1 Tbsp Pure Olive Oil 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp ground black pepper 8 slices Bacon [...]
Posted in News on June 29, 2010
Just three weeks ago we were so happy to see the potato plants popping up through the ground! Today those same plants are in a more mature glory and showing off their beautiful blossoms and we are constantly “scouting” for pests to protect them from. June has proved to be a much drier month than [...]
Posted in News on April 22, 2010
Our last load of potato seed has arrived today. Most of our potato seed comes from the heart of potato country in Maine…. “The County” We will start cutting seed the beginning of next week, which will be followed by planting at the end of the week.