Hi everyone, Alexa here. First off, do not get any wild expectations for this blog series, it quite literally will be whatever ramblings I have for that moment. Also know that I haven’t written for funsies since college, so this may be a little rough around the edges until we get a good flow going. […]
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Meet Our Ghost Pepper
In the next few weeks on the YB Blog, we’re deviating from our “Meet Your Lettuce” series to discuss something just as important – hot peppers! You can expect to gain a whole lot of spicy knowledge as we’ll be exploring the benefits, flavors, and differences between them all : the Jalapeno, the Habanero, the […]
Meet Your Lettuce : Romaine
A wise man once said “Lettuce is like a conversation.” You know WHERE your food comes from and you know WHO your food comes from, but what about the WHAT? We know that you know greens are good for you but when it comes to choosing them, how does one decide what to eat? WHAT matters? […]
Meet Your Lettuce : Kale
You know WHERE your food comes from and you know WHO your food comes from, but what about the WHAT? We know that you know greens are good for you but when it comes to choosing them, how does one decide what to eat? WHAT matters? WHAT do these greens contain? Every green is unique in […]
Meet Your Lettuce : Bok Choy
You know WHERE your food comes from and you know WHO your food comes from, but what about the WHAT? We know that you know greens are good for you but when it comes to choosing them, how does one decide what to eat? WHAT matters? WHAT do these greens contain? Every green is unique in […]
Soil, Water, Nutrients Oh My!
Hydroponics could save the world. Here at YB, we passionately believe this. That doesn’t mean that we don’t enjoy a little bit of soil farming, however. The past few weeks have been spent mainly outside, building raised beds for corn, designing sprinkler systems, and watching our strawberry plants begin to stretch their vines and flower. This […]
On Pop-Up Restaurants and drinking your veggies.
Here at YB Farm, we are dedicated (and we mean DEDICATED) to bringing our food to your homes! There is something to be said about eating fresh, just-picked greens, and this does good not only for the body but for the palette as well. We were honored this past weekend to provide an innovative culinary […]
“I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden.” ~Ruth Stout
It’s spring in New Jersey at last! Well. Almost. It may have snowed twice this week (cooling off some of our flower bushes and scaring some of our starter seeds back into the greenhouse for safe-keeping) but that doesn’t mean that YB Farm isn’t preparing for warmer weather and a whole bunch of new spring […]
Why those wasps SHOULDN’T buzz off.
While most everyone would assume that bugs in your greenhouse are a bad sign, YB Farm practices organically principled pesticides revolving around a number of insects. What? Insects as pesticides?! Specifically, YB farm uses two types of insects to control our aphid population : ladybugs and aphidius wasps. They are considered beneficial insects. Beneficial […]