Author: Josephine Alexander

It is the last official week of our fall CSA

It is the last official week of our fall CSA

It is the last official week of our fall CSA!  (Next week is an extra bonus week if you signed up for it)  Thank you so much to all our members and farmers market customers and friends and everyone who helps make it possible for…

Where are the sweet potatoes?

Where are the sweet potatoes?

Where are the sweet potatoes? Some of you have been asking!  Although we did not grow sweet potatoes this year, we do have plans to put locally grown Certified Organic sweet potatoes in the shares.  As you may recall, this spring was extraordinarily rainy.  So…

Close Friends

Close Friends

This past week we had guests on the farm.  Three of my friends from college plus two spouses and three children, all close to Cooper’s age, came for a visit during their fall break.   They all live in Minnesota and it has been many years…

Glorious Fall Weather

Glorious Fall Weather

It is glorious to be working outdoors at this time of the year.  Especially after the heat of summer.  Time to break out the sweatshirts and jackets.  Hallelujah!  We are excited to have a box jam-packed full of produce this week.  We ate some cabbage…

End of Summer

End of Summer

I may have been a little bit stressed when I wrote last week’s newsletter about all the work we had to catch up on.  But with the help of our amazing crew we are well on our way in getting caught up.  We took down…

The weather isn’t small talk for farmers

The weather isn’t small talk for farmers

The weather isn’t small talk for farmers.  Farmers talk about the weather because it impacts the decisions we make and what we do on a day to day basis.  We are thrilled to have a stretch of dry weather in the forecast.  We are waiting…

What and Why We Grow in High Tunnels

What and Why We Grow in High Tunnels

One of the tasks we have been doing a lot of lately is clearing summer crops out of our high tunnels, preparing the soil, and planting fall and winter crops in their place.   Today we’re taking a deep dive into the what and why of…

So Much Rain

So Much Rain

Nearly seven inches of rain have fallen on the farm since Thursday.  That’s an awful lot of water.  The frogs in particular are overjoyed to have water again in the pond.  The cottonmouths that hunt the frogs should be happy, too. Luckily, our fields are…