Vegetables
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SUSTAINABLE  AGRICULTURE

The Weston's raise over 60 acres of diversified vegetables which include 5 heated greenhouses.
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Seasonal Crops:
Listed by typical month first picked.
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May - Parsnips, Fiddleheads*, Asparagus, Rhubarb.
 
June - Greenhouse Tomatoes, Strawberries, Lettuce,     Shell & Snap Peas, Beet Greens, Swiss Chard.

July - Sweet Corn, Cucumbers, Zucchini, Summer Squash, Peppers, Green Beans, Raspberries, Cut Flowers.

August - Carrots, Onions, Potatoes, Cantaloupe, Watermelon, Field Tomatoes, Blueberries*, Apples*, Cider*.

September - Shell Beans, Pumpkins, Winter Squash, Decorative Squash, Indian Corn.

* = Fresh local crops offered but not grown by Weston's
 


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweet corn

  Crop First Picking   Last Picking
1 Apples late August mid November
2 Asparagus mid May mid June
3 Basil July August
4 Beans (Green)  mid July August
5 Beans (Yellow) mid July August
6 Beet Greens mid June mid August
7 Blackberries mid July early August
8 Blueberries (High Bush) August October
9 Blueberries (Wild) early July early August
10 Broccoli  July October
11 Cabbage July October
12 Cantaloupe mid August Frost
13 Carrots mid July November
14 Cider mid September December
15 Cranberries mid October Thanksgiving
16 Cucumbers (Pickling) mid July Frost
17 Cucumbers (Slicing) mid July Frost
18 Cut Flowers early July Frost
19 Dill July Frost
20 Eggplant mid August mid September
21 Fiddleheads May    
22 Garlic mid August mid October
23 Gourds September Thanksgiving
24 Hot Peppers mid August Frost
25 Indian Corn September November
26 Lettuce June mid September
27 Onions August September
28 Parsley July Frost
29 Parsnips late April May
30 Peas (Shell) late June mid July
31 Peas (Snap) late June mid July
32 Peppers (Green) mid August October
33 Peppers (Red) late August October
34 Potatoes  mid July November
35 Pumpkins September November
36 Radishes late June mid August
37 Raspberries mid July early August
38 Rhubarb mid May early June
39 Shell Beans mid August mid September
40 Squash (Summer) mid July Frost
41 Squash (Winter) September December
42 Strawberries late June early July
43 Sweet Corn late July early October
44 Swiss Chard July September
45 Tomatoes (Cherry) mid August Frost
46 Tomatoes (Field) mid August Frost
47 Tomatoes (Greenhouse) mid June late August
48 Watermelon mid August Frost
49 Zucchini mid July Frost



 

 

 

 

 


Transplant greenhouse.


A fall display of winter squash and pumpkins.



 

 

 

 

 

 

Preparing to sow a late summer cover crop of oats.


Tomatoes in greenhouse.