FALLing in love with nature at Crossroads Farm

 

Get ready for Oktoberfest with Crossroads Farm!

Oktoberfest

Are you ready for Oktoberfest at Crossroads?! Enjoy food trucks, craft beer, and activities fun for the whole family! Bring the whole family down October 19th, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM. ???

Confirmed Food Trucks:
– Cheezy Pete
– Greek on the Go
– Neopolitan Pizza 
– Teriyaki Plus 
Confirmed Breweries:
– Lithology
– Gun Hill 
– Barrier
– Flying Belgian
More food trucks and breweries to come. 
Bring your own mug raffle!
If you bring your own mug to Oktoberfest, we’ll enter your name into a series of raffles for drink tickets, store products, and more. 

Call us at (516) 881-7900 if you have any questions, or email us at info@nassaulandtrust.org.


See What’s at the Farmstand this Weekend

Other Produce and Products:

Friday:

Produce:

LOCAL Honeycrisp apples, LOCAL McIntosh apples, LOCAL Paula Red apples, LOCAL snapdragon apples, LOCAL Cortland apples, LOCAL Macoun apples, LOCAL empire apples, LOCAL blondie apple, LOCAL lady apples, local baby spinach, org German Butterball potato, org honey nut squash, org spaghetti squash, org cauliflower, org Brussel sprouts, conventional red onions

Other products:

Jericho Cider Mill: 1/2 gallon size apple cider, apple cider donuts,
6″ pies – apple, blueberry, apple raspberry crumb, apple cherry crumb, apple cranberry crumb & peach

OCTOBER Sales:
Crimson & Clove Spices = buy 2 get 1 free
Kookaburra Coffee = Decaf ONLY BOGO Free
All hot sauces = 20% off

 


Young Farmers Education Program

young farmers

Each week, young farmers will work with Education Staff alongside Farm Staff to experience what it takes to work on an organic urban farm. Seasonally appropriate activities include seeding, composting, weeding, harvesting and seed saving and more!

6-week series meeting on the following dates 10:00 am -11:30 am:

September 19th

September 26th

October 3rd

October 10th

October 17th

October 24th

Check out our Eventbrite page for more information.


Harvest Volunteers needed next week!

The fields are alive, we could use a hand with harvesting and processing all our beautiful produce! Come drop in any weekday between 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. 

Join us and get your hands dirty at the farm!

For more information on our volunteer program, check our website’s volunteer section or email volunteer@nassaulandtrust.org. 


Mark your calendars! Barnyard Event Series 2019

Barnyard Series Updated Event Flyer

Save the date for our fundraising events this year!

All proceeds raised for our events directly support the farm and our ability to carry out our mission. 


Compost at Crossroads

introduces our newest product, compost tea!

Compost Tea

– Half gallon container.
– Makes 32 gallons of tea.
– Put 2 ounces per gallon or 1 tablespoon for each quart of water.
– This is the organic compost leachate from organic composted pine shavings, hay and horse manure.
– Contains microorganisms which feed your soil and plants.
– Non-acidic/neutral pH and not treated with lime.
– Composted to between 130°F to 160°F to kill any weed seed and any potential pathogens.
– Approx. 180 ppm of nitrogen

Come on by and pick some up to support your fall garden!

Compost!

We offer compost in a variety of ways: 

1 gallon for $2.00

7.5 gallons for $8.00

One tractor bucket for $25.00

By the yard

1 cubic yard for $60.00

5 cubic yards for $250.00

10 cubic yards for  $450.00

For quantities that require tractor use (1 yard plus,) please schedule in advance with our compost manager Joe Castiglia at (347) 925 – 3292. 


Our Store Hours 

NEW STORE HOURS (now in effect)

OPEN: Friday through Monday from 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

CLOSED: T, W, Th