Littlewood Farm, LLC

05/02/2023

Plant Sale 2023!

Happy May and welcome to the 2023 growing season!

Our spring plant sale starts Saturday May 13th and Sunday 14th, from 9-2 pm. We’ll be open for the next 2 weekends.

“ What’s happening at Littlewood Farm?”
It’s the 33rd annual spring plant sale. We have selected varieties, chosen to best adapt to our changeable climate. We aim to have the right sized plant, growing vigorously, timed to set in your garden when the conditions are right. We might not have everything, but you will find most of you need to give your garden a jump start for the growing season. Joey and Betsy welcome your visit. A list of plants will be posted soon to this website and Facebook.

We’ll also have our famous rhubarb plants available. This is the strain selected by Ralph Persons of Williamstown. It is amazingly productive, if well fed. Call ahead if you want a few cuttings.

Please recycle your plastic trays. Bring them along to reuse or contribute to the farm supply.

We want to congratulate Kagen and Elise (dba Blackbird Organics) as they soon purchase a land-trusted farm in Marshfield. They’ll continue to lease our crop land and some greenhouses at Littlewood Farm for the next few years. They’ll also be selling Littlewood grown rhubarb and strawberries at the local coops this season.

Joey and Spencer Hardy, one of current farm helpers, have been busy in the raspberry patch; we plan to have both summer and fall crops available for Pick-your-own.

Spencer and Jackie Huettenmoser, our two farm helpers, have put a lot of effort into improving our orchard as well. They’ll soon be getting married and in November moving onto their own land-trusted farm. So Littlewood, which is a land-trusted farm, is looking for another individual or couple ready to get started on organic farming practices. Pass this on if you know of any potential farmers. And best wishes to Spencer and Jackie!

It’s always great to see the leaves coming out. This rainy spell will help sustain our forests and fields throughout the summer. Working with plants and soil is good for the soul. May our lives continue to be so blessed.

We’re always thankful that our community and the Vermont Land Trust have made it possible for us to preserve this special place for the future.

06/10/2022

Thank you to everyone who came out the seedling sale these past few weeks. We hope your garden is settling in nicely. We have decided to end full-service shopping for the season as our inventory dwindles and the farmers markets pick up. We still have beautiful, healthy tomatoes, sweet peppers, eggplant and annual flowers available by appointment, honor system pickup, or at one of the farmers markets!

We are also excited to share that strawberry season has come early! Pints will be available for the next few weeks at all our usual local outlets as well as the markets below. Heres to the upcoming Full Strawberry Moon and all of the joys of summertime!

Plainfield Farmers Market Fridays 4-7
The Waterbury Farmers Market Thursdays 4-7
Capitol Farmers Market Saturday 9-1

05/28/2022

In addition to our normal weekend hours 9am-2pm Sat/Sun, we will be open from 9am-2pm this Monday for Memorial Day. Plenty of healthy happy vegetable and flower seedlings left to fill up your garden!

05/13/2022

Warmth and sun have given us some good opportunity to prepare our fields and gardens. With the upcoming rain, this is a great time to get some seedlings and be ready for that perfect transplanting window. We will continue to be open into June with regular hours:
Sat-Sun: 9am-2pm
Wed-fri: 4-6

05/06/2022

Seedling Sale starts this weekend!

Certified organic and grown right here at the end of Recreation Field Rd. Onions, cabbage family, snap peas, lettuces, tomatoes and more all ready to get your garden started. Check out our website for more details. We will be open May- Early June

Sat-Sun: 9am-2pm
Wed-Fri: 4-6pm
Feel free to give us a call if you would like to arrange pick up or another time to shop

*We respectfully ask that dogs be left at home

10/07/2021

We have an abundance of red/orange/yellow sweet peppers this year and are offering the slightly blemished in bulk for freezing. 10lbs for $20, 20lbs for $35

We are also having a terrific fall raspberry season. Please contact us if you are interested in pick your own.

06/12/2021

The 2021 Seedling Sale is winding down

This weekend will be our last of full-service plant sale (9am-2pm today and tomorrow). We have plenty of tomatoes, peppers, brassicas and more still available, as well as bare root strawberries to plant now for fruiting next June.

We will hold on to a little of everything in case woodchucks, pests or other gardening misfortunes strike. Please reach out if you need replacements.

Now is also a good time to start prepping garden space for fall cabbage family plantings. We will have cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower seedlings available in about three weeks to plant for fall harvests. These will be for sale at the Plainfield Farmers Market which is now happening every Friday from 4-7 in the churchyard.

Thank you to everyone that planted a garden this year for supporting our sale and joining the wonderful community that is our local food system. We wish you all great success this growing season and would love to hear how your garden is doing.

05/16/2021

The weather forecast sure looks like summer. Lots of tomatoes, eggplants, peppers and flowers are hitting their stride now and are eager to get in the ground.

We are open today (and every Sat/Sun): 9-2
W/Th/F: 4-6

05/05/2021

The Annual Seedling Sale opens this weekend!

The ground is finally well soaked and the time to plant has come. We have plenty of cold hardy seedlings ready to get your garden going and we are excited to offer both in person shopping and order-to-pickup options this year.

Regular open hours will be
Sat/Sun: 9am-2pm
Wed/Thurs/Fri: 4pm-6pm
Other times by appointment or chance

*Please wear your face covering and respect each other's space while shopping*

Further info available on www.littlewoodfarm.org

07/30/2020

Time to start stocking up the freezers and pantries! We are taking orders for bulk basil $15/half bushel and $25/bushel.

07/02/2020

We have an updated availability for Friday evening front porch delivery. In lieu of Farmers Market this year, you can have the dame fresh produce delivered to your door. Check out our web page for details:

Virtual Farmers’ Market While the Plainfield Farmers’ Market is on hiatus in response to Covid-19 restrictions, we remain committed to offering direct produce sales to our community through local front porch delivery! Here is how it will work: Every Thursday we will update our availability on th...

06/08/2020

The Seedling Sale will continue for another week or so. We still have plenty of tomatoes, cucumbers, basil, and flowers (including hanging baskets!). The webstore has been taken down for the moment as we develop a virtual farmers market, so please call or message us to order or plan a shopping visit.
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