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Hobbit Hill Farm

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Dan and Terry Nelson are growing juicy, red tomatoes all winter long at their farm in Wentworth.

FYI

Dan and Terry Nelson
Hobbit Hill Farm
856 Mt. Moosilauke Highway
Wentworth
(603) 764-4338
hobbithillfarm.com

Juicy ripe tomatoes in winter are the holy grail for restaurant chefs yet locavore diners eschew them as being too energy consumptive - It takes a lot of fuel to ship them from South America.

Well, Dan and Terry Nelson have found a way to grow tomatoes in their 30-by-60-foot greenhouse in the northern chill of Wentworth. The learning curve was steep, but they cut their electric bill in half with LED lighting, conquered fungus with nematodes, beat aphids with lady bugs and heated their space with cord wood.

The plants are started in July and by November they are ready to harvest, maturing in a solution of nutrients that changes composition as the plants develop. Currently, they deliver to Six Burner Bistro, Bob's Shurfine Market and Peppercorns in Plymouth, among others.

You can find Hobbit HIll Farm tomatoes ($4 lb.) at the new Tilton Farmers Market held every Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Find it 1/2 west of I-93 Exit 20.

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