Hillside Springs Farm is a small horse-powered CSA farm in Westmoreland, NH, growing 3 acres and over 100 varieties of vegetables, herbs, and flowers using only sustainable, organic, and biodynamic farming methods. The farm offers full and half shares, an extended 24-week harvest season, early heirloom tomatoes, sweet red peppers, eggplant, and basil from our greenhouses, and freshly pressed apple cider from our orchard. Pick up is on the farm, Tuesdays or Fridays, or at a Keene drop-off site, on Tuesdays.
Farmers Frank Hunter and Kim Peavey have been farming since 2002 in Westmoreland, working with black Percheron horses Betsey and Ben and Belgian horses Molly and Moon. The farmers and horses together plow, disc, harrow, spread compost, cultivate, gather firewood, and make loose hay, all in the name of small-scale sustainable farming, healthy land, and healthy food.
Hours: CSA Pick-up: June through November; Tuesdays, 1 pm to 8 pm and Fridays, 1 to 8 pm
Products: apples, beets, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, chinese greens, collards, cucumber, daikon, eggplant, green beans, green onions, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce, onions, peas, potatoes, raspberries, rutabagas, salad greens, spinach, strawberries, sweet peppers, swiss chard, tomatillos, tomatoes, turnips
Connecting to the Earth: We live here, therefore it is our responsibility as well as our pleasure to be good stewards to the land. Treat it with respect and the land gives us gifts beyond measure. Abuse it and it shrivels and dies. We revel each day in the incalculable miracles around us. From the small chick hatching, to the majestic maples, we are grateful for the b...
Memberships and Certifications: MOFGA, NOFA Farming Practices: Organic, minimalist,
Memberships and Certifications: NOFA-NH, NH Farm Bureau Farming Practices: No chemecial fertilizers, pesticides, use crop rotation, cover crops, compost, row covers for plant vitality