It is the final week of our 2020 CSA season.  Many, many thanks to our CSA members for supporting us this year.  As we have said a million times or more, we love being CSA farmers.  Even though the CSA is over for the year,…

What a week it has been.  I am sure many of you have also been watching and waiting and hoping and fearing as election results continue to come in.  At times like this I am grateful to have meaningful work.  Nothing clears the mind like…

The Early Bird Gets the Seeds? I have finished putting together our seed order for 2021.  This is the earliest I have ever completed a seed order.  It is typically a task for the dark days of December.  Why so proactive this year?  Because I…

Coasting into fall It is time to start coasting into fall.  While we are still busy and there will always be plenty to do, the sense of urgency is waning.  That runaway freight train feeling that defines spring and summer is gone.  It is time…

We did it!  We shaped 40 beds, each 180 feet long, for Spring 2021.  In order for us to plant anything before mid-April, we have to make the beds in the fall.  In spring, the soil is too wet.  It is a huge weight off…

This week the shares include kohlrabi.  Kohlrabi is a cousin of cabbage.  Nope, that’s not a root!  It is a bulbous stem.  Peel well and enjoy raw, steamed, stir fried, or roasted.  It is a versatile, delicious and highly underrated vegetable (in my opinion, anyway).…

We started digging sweet potatoes.  Hooray!  Although it arrived over a week ago, the soil has been too wet to try out our new digger.  And while it’s still pretty damp out there, we were able to give it a go early this week.  Monday…

It may still feel like summer, but I know it doesn’t last forever.  We have a boat load of work to do before the soil gets wet and stays wet.  Once the wet weather of fall sets in, the ground wont be dry again until…