Clay Hill Corners

Welcome to
Clay Hill Corners
390 Clay Hill Road
Hartland, Vermont 05048
802 296-2032 carolstedman@comcast.net

Clay Hill Corners is a small market garden and blueberry farm on seven acres owned by Carol Stedman and Marty Banak. We provide fresh local foods to our neighbors and the local communities of Hartland, Quechee, Windsor and Hartford. Our passion is to grow year round in Vermont and we extend our short growing season with an insulated solar greenhouse and a hoophouse. Blueberries, flowers, and 'Spicy Greens' mesclun mix are our specialties. We host the Clay Hill Corners CSA whichincludes a neighborhood group of growers providing a broad range of vegetables, eggs, and local products to 25 local households from mid April to November. Our Farm Store is another way to purchase local produce and we can be found at various local farm events and markets in the area throughout the year.

Farmers Markets

In your quest for fresh vegetables, you can find Clay Hill Corners vegetables and blueberries at these local Farmers Markets:
Summer ( Starting June 3, 2011):
*Fridays 4PM to 7PM
The new Hartland Farmers Market at the library recreation fields, Hartland Three Corners
LIVE LOCAL MUSIC!

*Wednesdays 3PM to 6PM
Woodstock Market on the Green

Winter: Join us in Brattleboro Saturdays 10:00AM-2:00PM beginning November at the Brattleboro Winter Farmers Market: A project of Post-Oil Solutions.

Hartland Winter Market at Damon Hall in Hartland, VT. Market Dates: October 7, November 4, December 16 from 4PM-7PM.

Woodstock Winter Market at The Masonic Hall, 30 Elm Street in Woodstock, VT. Market Dates: November 19, January 28, February 25, March 24, and May 5th. 10:00 AM-1:00PM.

The main season for blueberries has come to an end. We're already looking forward to next year.

It's raining cucumbers in the greenhouse.

Jenna's completed Taj Mahal mural. We love it.

Taj Mahal mural detail.

Tomatoes at last. It must be summer.

Beans in progress.

A great broccoli harvest!

Late Summer bouquets.

What's New

Winter at the Farm
2012 CSA Flyers are ready. Sign up now. Click on the CSA Tab above to download the 2012 file.

We spent some time in the high tunnel last week (the first week in February 2012) weeding! What a crazy warm winter. The fall planted spinach and mache are ahead by about two weeks. We have a couple of cold days now but the weather prediction is another warmer than usual week ahead. As a garderner I am enjoying it inside the greenhouse and high tunel. The outside ice is no fun.

We are starting seedlings for many spring crops inside under lights including asian greens, hardy lettuces, collard greens, kales, swiss chard, bok choy, onions, leeks, parsley, and arugula. As soon as the weather gets back into the 20's and 30's they go right out into the greenhouse so they don't get leggy.

Inch by inch, row by row, we're turning the beds in the greenhouse to spring greens such as spinach, cress, winter lettuces, mustards, arugula and mache.

Our quiches are available at Upper Valley Coop in White River Junction and Dan and Whits and Killdeer Farm Stand in Norwich. Some recent flavors include Broccoli, Roasted Late Summer Vegetable, Delicata Squash and Swiss Chard, Leek and Zucchini Feta, Tomato Basil, and Butternut Squash.

Our own Hartland Granola can now be found at Dan and Whit's. Pick some up when you pick up a quiche! We have three flavors: Almond Coconut, Maple Pecan, and Cinnamon Apple.

The ducks! Our Indian Runner ducks are now 17 weeks old. Most ducks start laying between 18-20 weeks. Indian Runner duck eggs are particularly wonderful as they are yolk-rich and delicious.