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Hill Creek Farm is an 8 acre farm in East Coventry, PA where Frank Desimone and Dorene Pasekoff care for the land using sustainable practices to grow garlic, asparagus, rhubarb and assorted heirlooms.

Asparagus Season has usually ended with me hanging up my knife. Now that we have a manure spreader, Asparagus Season end...
06/06/2026

Asparagus Season has usually ended with me hanging up my knife.

Now that we have a manure spreader, Asparagus Season ends with Frank spreading compost on the mown field.

Asparagus is a heavy feeder so by adding fertility just as the plants frond out to photosynthesize for their own well-being ( and next year's crop), we expect to improve our yields.

It's always been a challenge to add fertility to a large perennial field without mechanization. The spreader has been SO much faster and more efficient than other methods we have tried over the years; we are looking forward to improving the soil in other large swaths of land throughout the farm.

Asparagus: Every day in every weather.
05/23/2026

Asparagus:

Every day in every weather.

Hopefully, the last night covering the tomato plants.Tomato plants get chilling injury at temperatures below 55 degrees....
05/15/2026

Hopefully, the last night covering the tomato plants.

Tomato plants get chilling injury at temperatures below 55 degrees. In this region, Mother's Day used to be the "safe" time to put out the plants.

With this year's below-average May temperatures, and still in the quest to have a few ripe beefsteak tomatoes on July 4th, that meant putting the plants in the tunnels (which don't have heat) once the soil temperature was above 55 degrees and covering with frost blanket every blessed night the forecast was below 55 degrees (which was all but ONE night).

Forecast says 60 degrees as the low tomorrow night and similar temperatures the following week!

Looking forward to putting the frost blanket back in the barn and starting tomato training next week.

I am ready for a Spring that has Spring-like temperatures!

This is one of my most productive pawpaw trees.As you can see, the original flowers were nailed by the Big Unexpected Fr...
05/09/2026

This is one of my most productive pawpaw trees.

As you can see, the original flowers were nailed by the Big Unexpected Frost.

However, this tree, along with a few others, is putting out new flowers.

Won't be a banner year, but should have some pawpaws in September.

Genetic Diversity matters

We have asparagus!We also have a produce list that comes out on Sunday mornings and tells you about things like this, bu...
04/26/2026

We have asparagus!

We also have a produce list that comes out on Sunday mornings and tells you about things like this,

buuuuut,

there's a glitch which Frank has probably fixed, but the fix has to propagate through the Internet so that folks can actually RECEIVE the produce list.

The short form:

-We can do local deliveries/pick up of asparagus this week.
-We will start Philadelphia deliveries of asparagus on Thursday, May 5th
-Text me at 610-506-3372 for the particulars on asparagus this week

Weather Report? Have to get the weekly produce report for that (although frost is coming again tonight!)

Fava beans in the South High Tunnel are flowering.Lovely scent when we open the Tunnel in the morning.
04/25/2026

Fava beans in the South High Tunnel are flowering.

Lovely scent when we open the Tunnel in the morning.

Today's harvest.With the summer-like temperatures this last week, the asparagus has emerged, earlier than I have ever se...
04/18/2026

Today's harvest.

With the summer-like temperatures this last week, the asparagus has emerged, earlier than I have ever seen it.

With cooler temperatures (and frost Monday night), concerned that yields will drop until the temperatures rebound later next week.

Which is a long-winded way of saying "Weather is uncertain!"

Still thinking first full week of May for Philadelphia deliveries, but talk to me if you are local or would like to pick up asparagus and garlic scallions at the farm before then because "Weather is uncertain!"

Hill Creek Farm is hiring for the 2026 growing season.If you are looking to hone your skills with:-specialty produce, gr...
03/12/2026

Hill Creek Farm is hiring for the 2026 growing season.

If you are looking to hone your skills with:

-specialty produce, grown for flavor
-heirloom seed grow-outs
-participation in national variety trials,

email [email protected] for an application.

Compensation commensurate with experience; willing to train enthusiasts or provide interesting, rewarding work to the experienced.

Here until noon! Come say "Hi!"
03/07/2026

Here until noon! Come say "Hi!"

Address

75 Creamery Road
Pottstown, PA
19465

Telephone

+16105063372

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