{"id":273,"date":"2017-07-14T17:32:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T17:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/?p=273"},"modified":"2017-07-14T17:33:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T17:33:44","slug":"weekend-farm-update-july-14-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/2017\/07\/14\/weekend-farm-update-july-14-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Farm Update &#8211; July 14, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"Empty\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><center><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"http:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/images\/crossroads_smaller.jpg\" width=\"145\" height=\"129\" \/><\/center><center><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFarmatG?lang=en\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/content\/uploads\/4\/bc_twitter_logo.PNG\" width=\"39\" height=\"38\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/crossroadsfarmatgrossmanns\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/content\/uploads\/4\/bc_facebook_logo.PNG\" width=\"39\" height=\"38\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/xroadsfarmliny\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/nlt_instagram_logo.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><\/center><center><center><\/center><center><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.crossroads-farm.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/content\/uploads\/4\/nlt_volunteer_button.png\" width=\"124\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/donate.crossroads-farm.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/content\/uploads\/4\/nlt_donate_button.png\" width=\"101\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/education.crossroads-farm.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/content\/uploads\/4\/nlt_learn_button.png\" width=\"84\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/center><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 300px;\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #009900;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial,Helvetica; color: white;\"><a class=\"mediumlinks\" style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica; color: white; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.xroadsfarmliny.com\/#!about-the-farm\/c1p71\">About Us<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0<a class=\"mediumlinks\" style=\"color: white; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.xroadsfarmliny.com\/#!upcoming-events\/cqnr\">Events<\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><b>\u00a0Join Us at Our First Food Truck Rodeo Friday, July 21st from 5 PM &#8211; 9 PM<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Only One Week Away! Mark your calendars and join us for a fun evening of food, beverage and music.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/foodtruckrodeo4.png\" width=\"436\" height=\"563\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b style=\"color: #008000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">It&#8217;s almost here! Have dinner with us at our Food Truck Rodeo Fundraiser on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">F<\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">riday, July 21st<\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0from 5 PM &#8211; 9 PM<\/span>. Enjoy great food from <a href=\"http:\/\/cheezypetes.com\/\">Cheezy Petes<\/a>, Teriyaki Plus,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.frozensintruck.com\/\"> Frozen Sin<\/a>, Mr. Smith&#8217;s Seafood and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Empanada-Queen\/1609969249324174\">Empanada Queen<\/a>.\u00a0There will be fun for the whole family! Come enjoy live music, craft beer from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lithologybrewing.com\/\">Lithology Brewing<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnshedbrewing.com\/\">Barnshed Brewing<\/a>, wine, pony rides, face painting, corn hole, and other fun country games.<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Entrance donation will be $20\/family (up to 6 members) or $5\/individual. To buy your tickets in advance <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xroadsfarmliny.com\/upcoming-events\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><strong>If you&#8217;d like to volunteer to help out during the event <a href=\"http:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/ActivityRecipientSubmission\/Create?email=[email]&amp;activityType=Volunteer%20Work:%20%20Event%20\">click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Crossroads Farm is operated by the \u00a0all volunteer board of the nonprofit Nassau Land Trust Inc. 501(c)(3). We receive no public funding. We rely solely on your support, farm stand sales, donations, grants, and fundraiser events to keep the operation going with the support of many great volunteers! #togetherwegrow To make a donation or get involved at the farm please visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroads-farm.org\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Sunshine Days Summer Program: Now Offering A Daily Drop In Option &amp; Group Discount<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/New%20Beat.PNG\" width=\"468\" height=\"624\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Flower Healing Demo at the Farm stand on Saturday, July 29th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/flowerhealing%20demo.PNG\" width=\"455\" height=\"453\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><b>See What&#8217;s at the Farm stand This Weekend!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><strong>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/corn1.PNG\" width=\"83\" height=\"84\" \/>We have plenty of corn from Rottkamp&#8217;s Farm in Baiting Hollow this weekend. Stop in for the corn and get some of our own and other local farm produce.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Our Fields:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Rainbow Swiss Chard\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Cucumbers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Yellow Summer Squash<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Zucchini<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Baby Yellow Squash &amp; Zucchini<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Herbs &#8211; Basil, Rosemary, Sage, &amp; Oregano<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Also available our own organic lavender, rosemary and basil plants for your home garden.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/cheese.PNG\" width=\"349\" height=\"301\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">This Weekend&#8217;s Local Produce &amp; Products:<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">We have a few new items, goat cheese (plain &amp; garlic herb) from NETTLE MEADOW, from Warrensburg, N.Y., Ithaca Hummus (from Ithaca), Honeydrop lemonades from Brooklyn and more.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We have from local farms broccoli, green cabbage, Savoy cabbage, yellow onions, black plums, beefsteak tomatoes, peaches, string beans, red potatoes.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><b>Spruce up your Summer Garden with Annuals!<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/flower-basket1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Lots of beautiful flowers still available at low, low prices for your summer garden!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0&#8211; Annual Flats &#8211; <em>$12.99<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0&#8211; Beautiful Sunflowers &amp; Celosia &#8211; <em>$9.99<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0&#8211; 6&#8243; Pots of Petunias, Vinca, Marigolds, Begonias, Geraniums, Impatiens and more &#8211; <em>$4.99<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0&#8211; Large hanging annual baskets &#8211;<em>$29.99<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/volunteer2.PNG\" width=\"419\" height=\"188\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Want to get involved? \u00a0Want to make a difference at the farm and in your community? \u00a0We have a vibrant and well organized volunteer program. \u00a0Maybe this is the year for you to get get your hands in the dirt and to help sustain this unique and exciting project. \u00a0Without volunteers, we couldn&#8217;t get all the work done. \u00a0We are truly a community effort!<\/p>\n<p>Click below for more information and to sign up. \u00a0Our next volunteer orientation is on <strong>Saturday,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>July 22nd at 9:00 AM<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xroadsfarmliny.com\/volunteering\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/signupnow.png\" width=\"169\" height=\"55\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Attention Home Gardeners: We Have Compost!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/Compost.PNG\" width=\"352\" height=\"356\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">This offer is for residential gardeners only. \u00a0Professional landscapers please contact us through the email link below.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">We have large volumes available at very competitive pricing. \u00a0Please <\/span><a style=\"font-size: x-small;\" href=\"mailto:farmstand@nassaulandtrust.org?subject=Compost\">email us<\/a><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"> for more information.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Farm stand is open for the season!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Store Hours:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Monday: Closed<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Tuesday &#8211; Saturday: 10 AM &#8211; 6 PM<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/campaigns.softwhite.net\/Content\/Uploads\/4\/purple%20flower.PNG\" width=\"35\" height=\"61\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 About Us\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Events &nbsp; \u00a0Join Us at Our First Food Truck Rodeo Friday, July 21st from 5 PM &#8211; 9 PM \u00a0 Only One Week Away! Mark your calendars and join us for a fun evening of food, beverage and music. \u00a0 It&#8217;s almost here! Have dinner with us at our Food Truck &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/2017\/07\/14\/weekend-farm-update-july-14-2017\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Weekend Farm Update &#8211; July 14, 2017&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":275,"href":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions\/275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.crossroads-farm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}