Tucker Farms, Inc.


ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS


GRAIN:
Grain Oats, Rye & Buckwheat: Tucker Farms, Inc. has a supply of oats, rye and buckwheat for sale at the farm.
Call for price and availablity.





HAY & STRAW:
Straw High quality hay (timothy, trefoil and clover.) Mulch hay is often available. In addition to hay, high quality straw (oat, rye, pea and barley) is available.
Call for price and availability.



SQUASH, PUMPKINS & GOURDS:
Tucker Farms offers both summer squash and winter squash, all of which are members of the cucurbit genus. Summer squash, as everyone knows, consists of immature vegetables harvested before they are ripe. That is, they have thin, soft skins, and the fruit is rather small. They are typically eaten almost immediately and require little to no cooking. Summer squashes include zucchini (courgette), pattypan and yellow crookneck squashes. They cannot be stored for any significant duration. Winter squash (such as butternut, Hubbard, buttercup, ambercup, acorn, spaghetti, vegetable spaghetti), pumpkins (all kinds), on the other hand, are harvested at maturity at the end of the season (usually in October). These can be stored under ideal conditions for many months, and these are, by far, the more nutritious of all the cucurbits.
Call in season for availability.
Read more about these curcurbits at this terrific exterior website (use back button to return to Tucker Farms site)


CORN STALKS:
From late September onward, Tucker Farms has corn stalks for sale at the farm. They are normally sold by the bundle, a.k.a. a sheaf (sheave) or a shock, which consists of about ten stalks. One might also hear the word 'stook' being used to refer to a bundle of corn stalks. In actuality, a stook is a number of bundles or sheaves trussed together to dry in the field. Early in the season (before hard frost) the bundles (or sheaves or shocks), will be green, but after the first hard frost they will be brown/tan, i.e. the color of dried corn stalks. They are ideal for making displays, decorations, wreaths, etc. (Dried corn stalks must be soaked in warm water to make them pliable before they can be woven into wreaths.) Those with an artistic bent will integrate hay or straw bales, pumpkins and gourds into colorful, eye-catching displays. Always call ahead if large quantities are required.
Call ahead for price and availability.


CORN SILAGE:
During late fall Tucker Farms can chop its corn for those desiring to make it into silage for ruminants, that is, cattle and sheep. Please note Tucker Farms does not deliver.
Call ahead for price and availability.


ROCKS (field stone and boulders)
rocksAt the end of the pleistocene epoch the glacier left behind a large number of rocks which have been painstakingly removed from the fields and set aside for future use. Sizes range from tennis balls to refrigerators. They are perfect for field stone masonry, boulder landscaping, slope stabilization, rip-rap and other projects requiring Adirondack native rocks and stones. Tucker Farms, Inc. does not deliver, but will be glad to show all interested parties the large and varied inventory.