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We have been working hard all winter to bring you our best flowers for the upcoming season so please check back and remember it is Local, “Grown in Monmouth”. Support local farms!

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The Holidays are here, so let us help you where we can. Come in and order your fruit and veggie platter, a sub platter, or a pie or two. Don’t forget to get a custom made gift basket! We also offer beautiful Poinsettia plants for indoors, and you can deck the front door with a 24 inch Decorated Wreath.

Beautiful Poinsettia plants for indoors

6 inch Poinsettia – $3.99 or 3/$10 – 8 inch Poinsettia  – $14.99 each – 10 inch poinsettia – $19.99 each

Our Foccacia breads are packed with flavor and tasty ingredients,make for a great appetizers and cost  only $3.99.

Place your orders now and pick up as late as 1 pm Christmas Eve.       

CALL (609) 443-0909 OR FILL OUT FORM BELOW

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PLANTING
Most fall mums are purchased and planted from late August into September. They prefer to be planted in an area that receives full sun, but most cultivars can get by with a half day of direct sunshine. For ultimate growth, plant your new fall mums in fertile well- drained soil. Poorly drained soil is the leading cause of winter mortality. Young plants in small containers should be planted 18-24 inches apart. Mature plants can be planted at any desired spacing providing they are planted no closer than just touching their neighbor. Fall mums in containers need to be planted in the ground BEFORE the first hard frost!

WATERING
Fall mums should never be allowed to wilt…especially newly transplanted plants. Check your mums every other day for watering until you become familiar with their needs, particularly during dry spells. Be sure to thoroughly water-in your new transplants.

FERTILIZING
Newly planted fall mums will not require any fertilizer this season. During the next growing season begin feeding your mums as new growth emerges with fertilizer. Feed your plants at least monthly until August.

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New Jersey’s Tomatoes have a national reputation as being the best in the country for their flavor, tenderness, and juiciness. All tomatoes are not created equally, and once created they are not treated equally. The huge commercial farms from California, Florida, and Mexico are grown in a much larger scale for shipping throughout the country, whereas New Jersey tomatoes are grown on smaller farms for the local market.  This allows them to avoid being picked green, gassed with ethylene to give them a brighter, redder color before being shipped or being shipped refrigerated, which degrades the taste and nutrients.

We carry several varieties as some are better than others for different uses.  Sliced on a sandwich, diced in a salad, cooked down for stews and sauces, try them all and choose your favorite, but don’t forget to let us know which one.

Shake off the taste of the winter tomatoes you have gotten used to, the hard, juiceless anemic ones you had no choice but to buy at your local supermarket.  Jersey tomatoes are available any day now. Your summer tomato is hand-picked from the vine and lovingly placed on display for purchase at Jersey Gourmet Farm Market. Don’t worry about buying too many…the overripe ones are amazing to cook with!

The only thing better and tastier than Jersey tomatoes is Jersey corn…arriving in our farm stand in early July, possibly ready for Independence Day barbeques. Our corn screams summer! Boil it, microwave it, grill it, chill it, add it to your favorite recipes…hot or cold.  You only get these tasty, sweet milky kernels for 2 months a year, feast while you can get it.

Once corn is picked, its natural sugars begin turning to starch. The process is delayed a bit using refrigeration.  With non-local corn, by the time it is harvested and shipped, as much as a week may have passed. The corn will be pretty good, but Jersey corn grown locally will be amazing.

Whether you like white, yellow or bicolor, the color has little to do with the taste.  The sweetness is related to the freshness. Resist temptation and never strip corn until you’re ready to cook it. Taking off the silks and the leaves removes the natural barrier, letting heat into the corn which accelerates its conversion from sugar to starch. If you cook the corn with the husk on, it is easier to remove the ‘clothing’.

You can never buy too much corn.  It is best cooked as soon as it is picked, although it does stay yummy for days.  You can cook it all the first day and use the cooked, roasted and toasted kernels in some amazing recipes. The internet is on fire with delicious ways to use raw and cooked corn, both hot and cold. Once blanched, sweet corn can be frozen for future use too.

Our customers tell us our corn is the best around…Aw shucks, we have to admit they are correct.

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