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Ash Swamp House

I grow vegetables, herbs, flowers and love all things home grown and sharing small batches of homemade goods with you. 🌿

150 Ash Swamp Road, Newmarket, NH

10/30/2026

Happy Halloween, friends. It’s not necessarily spooky season over here but it’s definitely spicey! Harvested the last of the hot peppers this past week and I have so many plans for them. Hot sauces are still fermenting or getting ready to be processed. So if you’re interested, thanks for your patience.

If you drive by and see the winter squashes and pumpkins, please help yourself. Many of them are so delicious roasted, mashed, added to baked goods, or in soups and curries. They’re great for storing too!

And lastly, some pretty harvest pics that I never got around to posting. Bye for now.
👻🎃

09/12/2026

Wow. September just hits different doesn’t it? Everything just kinda glows softly and the air feels so much lighter, more comfortable. 🥰

Yes, we’re open. Yes, flowers are $5 a bouquet again because why not? I finally had some time to clean up the onions and more garlic; both available for you today until they run out. However, I am saving the largest bulbs of garlic cloves for myself to plant in November. I’m hoping to get 500 cloves into the ground this year. Wish me luck!

A good friend of mind had the biggest bumper crop of delicata and acorn squash to date and she’s not even done harvesting. Of course I’m going to sell some for her. She implements all of the same gardening techniques that I do and not a single unnatural product has been applied to her gardens. I love being able to help out other gardeners because sharing the same passion about growing food is pretty darn special.

There are corn stalks for your fall decorating needs and I wish I could say I have pumpkins to accompany them but I didn’t grow many pumpkins this year, just long storing winter squashes. Oh yea, there are more tomatoes because they just won’t quit. 😂

09/06/2026

Someone body told me you wanted more $5 bouquets. Ask and you shall receive. ☺️

Note: if you see the open flag but the curtains are closed, don’t worry, the stand is still open. Thank youuuuu!

09/05/2026

Late summer means dahlias, from dawn to dusk. Forever and ever.

Bouquets made just for you, until the weekend is over.

Edited: For perspective, I’m holding 4 bouquets. $5 each.

Thank you!

09/02/2026

In my 25 years of gardening, I’ve never grown corn. I didn’t want to give up the space needed to reap a decent harvest and honestly, I knew that corn is one of the most genetically modified crops and being who I am, I stopped eating fresh corn, frozen corn, popcorn, and any corn products allowed in my home had to be organic. Yes, I knew there were heirloom varieties, but again, space and the possibility of losing all the ears to moth larvae. Alas, fast forward to April of 2026, after reading about all the health benefits of corn silk and thinking how it would be nice to have my own frozen corn in the freezer for corn chowder, chicken pot pies, shepherd’s pie, tomato corn salsa, and corn silk tea…… I decided to source an organic, non-gmo variety and settled on ‘Who Gets Kissed?’ sweet corn from High Mowing Seeds based in VT. Corn needs a minimum of 4 rows, I gave it 4 1/2. 😁 Friends, I don’t think I’m ever not going to grow corn again. To see them all popping up in rows and getting knee high by the Fourth of July, well, let’s just say I was, am, smitten. All this to say, I’m only sharing a few ears with you, if you’re lucky enough to get over to the farmstand today. You should hurry because as soon as corn is harvested, the sugars start converting to starch and well, who wants to kiss a starchy corn. See what I did there? Haha. I’m so corny. 😝

While you’re here, get a load of the freshly picked peppers (jalapeños, Anaheim, mini bananas, and purple Buena Mulata) and big slicing tomatoes. We had the most delicious BLT’s last night with potato corn chowder from, you guessed it, the garden. Don’t let summer pass you by without eating as many fresh veggies, fruits, berries, and herbs, as you can because come winter when we are buried in snow, you’ll wish you had and I won’t be able to help you. No, I’ll surely be frolicking in the snow filled woods, dreaming of the garden, of course.

08/30/2026

I just found out it’s American Farmstand Day! Shout out to all the farmstands across the country; especially to all the people growing vegetables, flowers, and fruits, raising livestock, baking delicious breads and pies, preserving, pickling, and fermenting all the freshness of the season to enjoy during the winter months. Who and what did I forget? Oh yea, and an extra loud appreciative shout out to all my Newmarket neighbors who are growing and sharing their abundance, creativity, and time with the community. I love seeing the farmstands popping up in my little town. Now if only we could go back to getting local raw milk deliveries on our doorsteps. That would be amazing and I would be the most loyalist of customers.

On another note. My son saw how long my last post was and groaned. You can be honest with me, does it make you groan too? Well, either way, I’m not going to stop. If you do or don’t like it, please share my little page so others can enjoy, or suffer, too. 🫣😅

Here’s a look at the farmstand during the changing seasons. A lot has changed in the last 6 years and it’s probably going to keep changing. By the way, thank you so much for all the feedback on the curtain, it’s been so humbling and encouraging to read all your comments.

The first picture is of me in the backyard garden last night picking flowers for you. I didn’t know my husband got a hold of my phone and took a bunch of photos of me in my favorite place in the world. What a guy. So I’m adding it here to let you know I am a real person and yes, there is a flower garden tucked behind the trees that you can’t see.

08/29/2026

Truth be told. There’s a problem that keeps nagging me about the farmstand. It’s the sun. And the location of it in the sky in relation to the farmstand. Particularly between the hours of 1pm-5pm when it hits the farmstand and blasts my flowers and veggies, which is not the most favorable of conditions, you know? So until I can get a proper awning installed, my husband built me a temporary fix. He wanted to rig up something really tacky and I nipped that in the bud, lightening quick! We compromised on an easy solution. You’ll see it in the photo. If you drive by intending to stop in for produce and you think I’m hosting a bridal shower or trying to get girly on you, I’m not. 🤣 It’s just the only thing I could think of with the materials I had on hand. Although, after getting the veggies all set up, I kinda didn’t want to leave but there is a very long list of To-Do’s and it’s not going to cross itself off.

I’m a little late getting everything out today but it’s out there. There’s more garlic to come if you’re interested. Flowers too. And I picked the carrots this morning. They’re nothing like store bought. Always chemical free, always fresh, chock full of nutrients and good intentions. Moms and dads out there, think carrot sticks for your kids lunchboxes.

About the tomatoes. The slicers are the biggest I’ve ever grown, they still have a lot of life left to them as they are just reaching their peak ripeness, so get ‘em while you can.

Cheers and thanks!

08/16/2026

Happy Sunday. This is an appreciation post. Say hi to my mom, everyone. If she can, mom will drop everything she’s doing to come help me when I need her. Whether it’s harvesting, weeding, watering, or anything having to do with gardening. Or cooking. She loves plants as much as I do, or maybe it’s vice versa. She’s also the person who first introduced me to mushroom foraging. I was the most reluctant mushroom forager until she begged me to go with her one day about two decades ago. I remember that afternoon like it was yesterday and the joy that overcame the both of us when we hit the honey jackpot. It’s an understatement to say I was hooked. Mom may be eighty years old and although her hearing and memory may not be as sharp, she’s still very sassy and her mental math skill is enviable as ever. On top of that, she’s always thinking of ways to perform tasks more efficiently and build things better. Basically, the only thing holding her back is her need to rest more often and her kids telling her to relax more. She can’t though, it’s not in her nature, and as I get older, I get it. I get you, mom. Also, come over anytime. 💛

08/15/2026

Some things from the garden for you. I’ll be stocking the stand here and there throughout the day. Maybe we’ll even bump into each other. Tell me, would you like to have items at the stand during the weekdays?

Edited: Restocked with more tomatoes (plums, cherries, and sun golds!), carrots, more cukes, and squash. I also put out the scale with bags for you. Everything you need to know is written on the white board. I also put a basket of photo note cards made with photographs I have taken over many years of growing, baking, and living in New England. Just me trying to revitalize the era of hand written communication one note card at a time.)

Thank you again for your support and kindest words of encouragement. 💚

08/08/2026

Hello Saturday, hello August, and hello to more flowers. Out at the stand now. I will be pulling them just before 2pm to protect them from the elements so if you need a bouquet….

In other garden news, I’m impatiently waiting for the tomatoes to ripen, but at the same time patiently hoping that time slows down. There are carrots to pull (and share!), potatoes to dig, fall seeds to sow, and still so much summer to enjoy so yea, I’d like time to slow down some, just a tad and I’d be happy. How about you??? Are you still enjoying the season or are you ready for the fall?

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