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. We have planned classes around some of these items and products to sell. Besides being at farmers markets, we do pick-ups, Nov-March deliveries in Chittenden county, and on-lines sells. We take cash, checks, credit cards, 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:
- Solar cells addition for our south facing roof.
- Growth of hops for beer brewing and hop pillows and sachets.
- Conversion of all standard grass into a combination of bee meadow, cover crop, and mixed clover
- Additional front hedging (natural fencing) with berry and fruit bushes.
- Maturing of our grape vines to develop into a personal brewed wine.
- Adding Ducks to the flock. And rabbits .
- New fruit trees including apricot, pear, and pomegranate.
- Experimental development of hemp .
- Harvesting of our pond based fish
- Farmers Markets in Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, & Washington counties (VT).
WINTER 2022 FARMER MARKETS
St. Albans Town Holiday Market
Friday, November 25: 1-8pm. St. Albans Bay State Park (indoors & outdoors). Enjoy lighting of tree, Santa, sleigh rides (with or without snow), and many vendors
Wednesdays: Northfield Farmers Market (on-line) pick up at Good Measure Pub&Brewery, 17 East St in Town by 5pm. Order each week between Thursday & Tuesday, for that Wednesday pick-up.Cut and paste northfieldfm.eatfromfarms.com and get your favorite items.
Sundays: Four Quarters Brewery 12noon-3pm, except Saturday, Xmas Eve Dec. 24. through end of April.
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