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As the proprietor of Green Acres Homestead, LLC, Mark Montalban has co-owned a small home on a 1/3 acre lot in the New North End of Burlington, Vermont since 2013 with the intent of redesigning the homestead into a place of sustainable living including growing a varieties of foods, especially lactose-fermented, recently adding hemp that is CO2 extracted and full spectrum that are in some of our oils, tinctures, and salves. Since then we have produced enough kombucha, kimchee, water kefir, beet kvass, chaga tea, eggs, duck, chicken, & rabbit meat, hard cider, honey & mead, gluten free stout, fire cider, elderberry syrup, herbal salves, & infused oils/tinctures with & without CBD, to avoid needing to purchase these items at the often high market price. Through our introductory homesteading parties there has developed an interest to share what we have and continue to learn about developing a permaculture model for the urban home. Besides being at farmers markets, we do pick-ups, Nov-March deliveries in Chittenden county, and on-line sales through this website. We take cash, checks, credit cards, apple pay, paypal: montalban537, & venmo: greenacreshomestead45 Chittenden County: home deliveries 1st & 3rd Fridays, November-March ; look at our shopping cart but order by email by Thursday noon before delivery: 1. items & quantity 2.drop off address 3. pay through Venmo. You will get an email receipt.
These changes since 2013 include:
1.Solar cells addition for our south facing roof.
2.Growth of hops for beer brewing and hop pillows and sachets.
3.Conversion of all standard grass into a combination of bee meadow, cover crop, and mixed clover
4.Additional front hedging (natural fencing) with berry and fruit bushes.
5.Maturing of our grape vines to develop into a personal brewed wine.
6.Adding Ducks to the flock. And rabbits .
7.New fruit trees including apricot, pear, and pomegranate.
8.Experimental development of hemp .
9.Harvesting of our pond based fish
10.Farmers Markets in Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, Lamoille & Washington counties (VT).
SUMMER 2024 FARMER MARKETS
JEFFERSONVILLE (SMUGGLERS NOTCH RESORT COURT) THE FOLLOWING MONDAYS 9-12NOON: JUNE 7- SEPTEMBER 2 (IF MARKET EXTENDS LATER IN SEASON, WE WILL UPDATE)
BRISTOL (TOWN GREEN) THE FOLLOWING MONDAYS 3-7PM: JUNE 3 – SEPTEMBER 30
NORTHFIELD (TOWN GREEN) THE FOLLOWING TUESDAYS 3-6PM: MAY 14- JUNE 11, JUNE 25, JULY 9, JULY 23, AUGUST 6, AUGUST 20, SEPTEMBER 3, SEPTEMBER 17 – OCTOBER 8
MILTON (BOMBARDIER PARK WEST) THE FOLLOWING TUESDAYS 4-8PM: JUNE 18, JULY 2, JULY 16, JULY 30, AUGUST 13, AUGUST 27, SEPTEMBER 10
WESTFORD (ON THE FRONT LAWN OF WESTFORD COUNTRY STORE AT THE GREEN) THE FOLLOWING WEDNESDAYS 3:30-6:30PM: JULY 10, JULY 24, AUGUST 7, AUGUST 21, SEPTEMBER 4, SEPTEMBER 18
JERICHO (MILL RIVER PARK), THE FOLLOWING THURSDAYS 3-6:30PM: MAY 30, JUNE 13, JUNE 27, JULY 11, JULY 25, AUGUST 8, AUGUST 22, SEPTEMBER 12, SEPTEMBER 26.
VERGENNES (TOWN GREEN) THE FOLLOWING THURSDAYS 3-6:30PM: JUNE 20, JULY 18, AUGUST 1, AUGUST 15, AUGUST 29, SEPTEMBER 5, SEPTEMBER 19, OCTOBER 3, OCTOBER 10
ST. ALBANS FARMERS MARKET (TAYLOR PARK), ALL SATURDAYS 9-2PM: MAY 11- OCTOBER 26, ABSENT AUGUST 3
WINOOSKI FARMERS MARKET (RIVERWALK CROSSING), ALL SUNDAYS 10-2PM: MAY 26- OCTOBER 20, ABSENT AUGUST 4
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