Author: Josephine Alexander

Hello Summer CSA!

Hello Summer CSA!

Welcome to the Summer Share!  What can you expect over the coming weeks?  We still have some of our “cool season” crops out in the field including cabbage, carrots, beets, and a whole lot of potatoes.  Fingers crossed we get a good potato harvest this…

Last Week of the Spring CSA

Last Week of the Spring CSA

Welcome to the last week of the Spring CSA!  Spring is such a tumultuous season on the farm.  Full of promise, full of surprises, never short on frustrations.  Thank you for joining us on our journey this spring.  I hope you enjoyed eating what our…

Welcome to your good news newsletter

Welcome to your good news newsletter

Those big leaves that look like collards?  That’s senposai.  Senposai is a new green are trying out this year.  Originating in Japan, it is a cross between Komatsuna and regular cabbage.  I’d be interested to know what you think!  You can use it like you…

What is Kohlrabi?

What is Kohlrabi?

Eat your Greens The beet greens and the hakurei turnips both have lovely greens this week.  The kohlrabi, too, only we had to cut the greens off some of them to get the boxes to close!  The roots and greens will both store best if…

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Summer planting has begun.  Our team planted about 550 tomato plants late last week.  It will take about 40 bales of straw to mulch the pathways to keep the weeds down in those tomatoes.  I pounded the 100 or so t-posts that will form the…

Follow the season, not the plan

Follow the season, not the plan

Strawberry harvest is just beginning.  We only had enough today to put berries in the full shares.  Rest assured, CSA members are first in line for berries!  Hopefully we will have enough to give all the small shares strawberries next week. Things don’t always go…

First CSA of 2021

First CSA of 2021

It’s greens season!  I hope you are hungry for salad, there are a lot of leafy greens in the box this week.   People often asked us what greens should be cooked and what greens should be eaten raw.  It’s all a matter of taste.  I’d…

Days are Short and the Nights are Long

Days are Short and the Nights are Long

CSA memberships are now available for 2021!  We offer a weekly box of Certified Naturally Grown produce from mid-April through November in two different share sizes.  You can pick up your share at distribution point or opt for home delivery.   More information can be found…