Summer bounty

Posted 8/31/17

Summer bounty Steve Stycos, who runs the Westbay farm at the former Barton Farm on Centerville Road, knows exactly why the Brussels sprouts never reached harvest - they were eaten by the groundhog. And Stycos guesses that the rains of spring washed away

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Summer bounty

IN HIS BLOOD: A faithful farm volunteer who helps clear fields, harvest and prepare the stand, Mo Davis holds out a bunch of just-washed rhubarb.

(Warwick Beacon photos)

BEANS BY THE BUCKET: Wayne Whitman and Deb Hedison fill pails with string beans that are always a favorite at the farm stand open Mondays from 3 to 5:30 p.m.

(Warwick Beacon photos)

FRESHLY PICKED: Joan Carello, one of 10 volunteers who work the farm, holds up a fresh-cut head of cabbage.

(Warwick Beacon photos)

WITHIN AN ACRE: While there is far more space, the Westbay Farm covers about an acre of the former Barton Farm now owned by the City of Warwick. Steve Stycos is the sole paid employee of the farm that provides produce to the Westbay Marketplace.

(Warwick Beacon photos)

Posted Thursday, August 31, 2017 1:15 pm

Steve Stycos, who runs the Westbay farm at the former Barton Farm on Centerville Road, knows exactly why the Brussels sprouts never reached harvest – they were eaten by the groundhog. And Stycos guesses that the rains of spring washed away the corn seeds. But everything else at the farm is growing and the harvest is plentiful. The farm road stand, actually in the barn at the top of the entrance road, is open Mondays from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Yes, it will be open this coming Monday, Labor Day. Stycos expects the stand will be open through September and maybe longer. In addition to the stand, the farm provides produce for the Westbay Marketplace operated by Westbay Community Action.