Fresh From the Farm Blog

It seems like there is a day for almost anything, and social media promotes them all from Son’s and Daughter’s days to National Hot Dog Day. While those are fun to mark, others seem more important and more worthy of a remembrance. Veteran’s Day is one of the latter. Veterans are all of those men and women who have served our country in the armed forces, whether in times of war or in times of peace. They answered the call to stand ready to defend our country, some were drafted and others volunteered; all left their homes and jobs to...

Introducing our CANDLE CREW! We are so lucky to have the best group of people that work diligently to bring you our hand-crafted Fredericksburg Farms candles and wax melts. They stay busy daily setting out the candle glass, attaching wicks to the bottoms of the glass jars, and then attaching a metal band to each jar that holds the wicks upright as the candles are poured. We use a special soy blend wax that holds the fragrance for a long burning, highly scented candle. Once poured the candles are allowed to cool before being labeled, lidded and packed in cases...

Do you have any special Halloween traditions? One of mine is making homemade popcorn balls. My grandmother always made popcorn balls at Halloween when I was a child. I can see her popping the popcorn in a big heavy saucepan on the stove, then dumping the popped corn in a huge bowl, and lastly, she boiling a sugar syrup and pouring it over the popped corn. Then things happened fast…she buttered her hands and began forming the syrup coated popcorn into balls, placing them on wax paper to cool. When I make them now for our employees, and feel that...

Candy Corns, Ghosts, Bats, and Pumpkins! Fredericksburg Farms is ready for Halloween and the ever-busy freshie team has cooked up these spookily cute new freshies, a white ghost with sparkly eyes that is only” in it for the boos,” a nice fat pumpkin that is surely “the best of the patch,” a sparkly black bat that really likes to “hang around,” and a yummy smelling candy corn with an attitude! WE are ready, are you? Trick or Treat. Freshies For Halloween Collection

It is Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta week and that is where we are headed with kids and grandkids in tow. Watching giant hot air balloons fill, grow large, and glow in the early morning darkness fills me with excitement and anticipation and I am in no way a kid except at heart! Ever since we came to the Fiesta 9 years ago, we talked about bringing our adult children to see and experience this fun event. We have waited long enough now that we get to bring grandchildren as well, and I can’t wait to see their faces as balloons in...