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Medicinal Herbs that are Heart Healthy
As we ease into February, our chilly winter landscapes are often dappled with shiny pink hearts and requests to be a loved one’s...

Blair Doucette
Feb 7, 20244 min read
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Fuel for Fall
Thinking up an autumn dreamscape can, by itself, conjure up cozy feelings of crisp evenings, golden sunshine, and the smell of leaves...

Blair Doucette
Oct 30, 20237 min read
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Here’s To Another Growing Season – Reaping The Rewards of Community Supported Growth.
First impressions are everything. And our forward face is a little friendlier than most. Just beyond the threshold of Chickahominy Falls,...
knease1
Oct 13, 20233 min read
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Beat The Heat & Ban The Burn - A Natural Sunscreen Recipe
We’re exposing ourselves to more harmful UVA rays while thinking we’re staying protected. Additionally, most chemical sunscreen

Blair Doucette
Jul 11, 20234 min read
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Speeding Through The Farm Year
The rest of this month marks the final days of the year's first half, which causes us to pause and reflect (an overall healthy habit that we
bdoucette7
Jun 2, 20233 min read
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Paw(p)-Up Market This Saturday
Some of our best friends in the world have paws for feet, enjoy the occasional trash bin perusal, and are really really good at doing a...

Blair Doucette
May 11, 20231 min read
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Earth Day at Woodside Farms
For over 50 years, Earth Day has helped to bring much-needed attention to our largest, yet most fragile home, planet Earth. Over the decades
bdoucette7
Apr 19, 20233 min read
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Seed Between The Lines With Companion Planting
Companion planting is the practice of sowing different plant species within close proximity in an effort to utilize different beneficial fea

Blair Doucette
Apr 5, 20233 min read
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Celebrate the Spring Equinox with These Healthy Recipes
March 20th - the vernal equinox - marks the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere.
bdoucette7
Mar 9, 20237 min read
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Woodside Farms Holiday Provisions Market!
Even though the weather has been dancing around the 70s and 80s lately (perhaps making us regret packing away our shorts for the season) the

Blair Doucette
Nov 7, 20221 min read
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The Many Health Benefits of Art
We nourish ourselves and our families through the meals that we serve at home, we build memories by hosting events at home, and now there is
bdoucette7
Nov 4, 20223 min read
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Make With The Oom-Pah-Pah!
Thirsty for a good time? An Oktoberfest-shaped slice of Bavaria is coming to the farm on Saturday, October 15th from 10 am-2 pm.
bdoucette7
Sep 28, 20222 min read
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A Few Easy Fall Rituals
What is the Autumnal Equinox? The Autumnal Equinox is technically the first day of fall, which arrives this year on Thursday, September 22nd
bdoucette7
Sep 21, 20225 min read
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This Weekend! Classic Car Display and Farm Stand at Chickahominy Falls
Much like life here at Chickahominy Falls, there are some cars that only get better with age. That’s this Saturday's Pop-Up event is

Blair Doucette
Sep 13, 20221 min read
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What To Do With Extra Okra and Green Beans
We’re up to our eyeballs in okra and green beans here on the farm to the point where we almost can’t see an end in sight.
bdoucette7
Sep 8, 20226 min read
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Woodside Farms & Your Everyday Life
Since Woodside Farms opened its farm gates in 2018, there have been a lot of changes - a lot...
Update on Woodside Farms
bdoucette7
Aug 30, 20223 min read
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Optimal Nutrition & Real Food
So, if I were to boil everything that I learned in grad school about optimal nutrition down to just one small concept it would be: eat real
bdoucette7
Aug 23, 20224 min read
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Natural Medicine Around the Farm
did you know that these tiny golden flowers that look as though they're tumbling out of the woods are actually filled with medicine? The pla
bdoucette7
Aug 9, 20223 min read
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Stop and Smell The Kale - The Health Benefits of Gardening
Gardening, along with volunteering on a farm (ahem, like at Woodside Farms), can have many health and therapeutic benefits.
bdoucette7
Aug 2, 20223 min read
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The Hanover Tomato, Central Virginia’s Most Famous Ingredient
Since these tomato seeds are planted deep into the Hanover soil, each and every tomato that is produced on this farm is a Hanover Tomato. No
bdoucette7
Jul 22, 20222 min read
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