The Timmerwoodz Homestead

06/16/2026

Ooh La LAVENDER 💜 It’s in full bloom! Harvesting & bundling to dry is underway. Started from seed four years ago, our Heirloom English Lavender has expanded itself into a beautiful boarder to our medicinal garden.

We will dry it for teas & to make a simple syrup for refreshing drinks. After dried, we remove the buds from the stem & tie the stems into small bundles to place around the house or in front of fans for the wonderful smell. We don’t use any synthetic fragrances in our home as it bothers our sinuses, but this is the most simple way to keep your house smelling light & fresh without any of the work of making an oil, extract, or candle. Once you feel like they have released all of its fragrance, just toss it into the fire pit to enjoy the very last bit!

06/16/2026

Our Blackberry patch was in need of some serious trellising & row management. These photos are before I got all the rows in line, which was significantly more difficult than the trellising! I exclusively used things that I had on hand & although it’s hard to see, there is thin wire running down the rows to prop the plants vertical.

Blackberry plants will root themselves anywhere along their stem that makes contact with soil. It will make a thick tangled mess, restrict airflow, and force the plant to expend energy on new root growth rather than flowering & fruiting. Even now in rows, we trimmed the bottom leaves to about a foot off of the ground for better air flow & removed some branches in the clusters. The trellis system isn’t perfect, but it will hold well enough for a few season & be a huge help in getting our plants back on track to growing upward rather than outward.

The grape vine is next on the list!

06/15/2026

Strawberry Plants 🍓 the best garden perennial there is in my opinion! They multiply quickly so those few plants you first invest in run into a full strawberry patch before your eyes. Plus, they are such a delicious treat.

Available for delivery for Farmer at the Door members or you can pick some up at The Petrie Family Farms self serve farm stand in Brimfield.

Last fall I teamed up with The Timmerwoodz Homestead because we had so many Strawberry Plants! He potted them up and I overwintered them in my hoophouse so they would pop up early for you!
Strawberries are a bit of a project, but if you have the desire for sweet, spring fruit, this June bearing variety will not disappoint! Make sure to plant in good compost, mulch well, since strawberries don't like to dry out or compete for food. In fall, your last task will be to make sure to separate out runners and plant your new patch. Strawberries need to breathe so make sure your old patch and your new one have good airflow and aren't planted too close together.

06/14/2026

Agricultural Committee Expectations

There is a joint meeting between the Agriculture Committee & the Select Board to discuss the expectations of the newly reformed committee. It will be held at the Brimfield Elementary School tomorrow, Monday 6/15 at 6pm. It is the first item in the agenda & there are very important discussions to be had in regard to the due process of current grievances related to Farms.

All who are able to attend are invited to do so as we continue to support or local Farmers & new Agricultural Committee who are going to be involved in the growth & development of our small Farms & food system in Brimfield.

06/13/2026

Garlic Scapes galore! Farmer at the Door members can order theirs for delivery along with the best local produce around. Consider becoming a member for Seasonal Eating Made Simple.

For non members, if you would like to pick up directly from us you can send us a message & we will cut to order.

$3 sm bundles
$6 lg bundles

You can also stop by Twin Pines Farm or The Petrie Family Farm to shop additional produce, eggs, & garden vegetable plants.

The town of Brimfield is full of Garlic Scapes this week, with 3 farms in town offering these delicious bundles!
Each farm offers them differently so make sure to read the description- and for a quick Scape Pesto recipe visit our food group Farm to Table: Eat Local, Eat Clean, Eat Fresh!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/118677138755274

06/13/2026

Strawberry season is upon us! 🍓
While you can freeze fresh, locally grown strawberries to enjoy all through the year in your favorite recipes, you can also whip up & freeze a concentrate so you can make up a delicious drink quickly.

Buying natural grown, local, in season produce doesn’t need to be difficult to preserve. You just need to have some ideas of what you like & how you want to use them 🍓

https://www.ballmasonjars.com/blog?cid=strawberry-lemonade-concentrate

Cool off with this refreshing Strawberry Lemonade Concentrate!🍓🍋 Find the recipe here - https://www.ballmasonjars.com/blog?cid=strawberry-lemonade!

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06/10/2026

Two full days worth of worth and four silly looking little sticks marks a big step for us. We have officially started growing in our upper field, starting with 4 mulberry trees. These are standard Red Mulberry trees, native to Massachusetts. They are fast growers and are expected to be anywhere from 30 to 60 feet tall. We absolutely love mulberries, they delicious & can be used for all sorts of recipes, but they are a sensitive little berry with a short harvest season so you’ll never find them fresh commercially for sale. The only way to get your hands on them is to know someone with a tree or grow your own. You’ll also have to beat the birds to them, but as they are native plants, a thriving ecosystem is one that shares the harvest.

06/09/2026

Come sell us out before it rains the rest of the week!
126 Washington Rd, Brimfield

• Garlic Scapes •
$3 sm bundle
$6 lg bundle

LAST CALL ON PLANTS!

• Strawberry Plants •
$3 each -or- $8 for 3

• Strawberry Towers •
$30 (each have a minimum of 9 plants)

• Blackberry Plants (thornless) •
$8 each -or- $20 for 3

• Red Raspberry Plants •
$7 each -or- $12 for 2

06/08/2026

GARLIC SCAPES AVAILABLE

Cut to order, message us for pickup.
126 Washington Rd, Brimfield

$3 sm bundle
$6 lg bundle

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They are finally here & they are delicious. Cook with scapes just as you would garlic, roast them, make them into pesto, but whatever you do get them NOW! The harvest of garlic scapes comes & goes in a blink of an eye.

Everything we grow is always naturally grown & NO synthetic fertilizers or sprays are ever used.
Cash or Venmo accepted.

06/08/2026

Garlic Scape Pesto makes for the absolute BEST bruschetta *chefs kiss*. This is the last jar from our 2025 harvest & scapes are SO close to being ready for harvest this year!

We keep it very simple.
- Scapes
- EVVO
- Basil
- Lemon juice
-Salt

That’s it! No real measurement, just all to taste. If we want to add anything else we do it when we go to use it. And we use a LOT of it, from pastas, bruschetta, as a marinade, in salad dressings, on pizza & even in grilled cheeses. 🧄
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