Author: Josephine Alexander

First rain in eight weeks

First rain in eight weeks

Yesterday we got some rain!  Seven tenths of an inch.  Enough to make puddles on the ground.  Enough to water the crops.  We could use a lot more, but we are grateful to have gotten some. This week’s box is brought to you in part…

No Rain Dance, yet!

No Rain Dance, yet!

Saturday Members! This week is Cooper Young Fest.  We have an alternate pick up location for your Saturday CSA as there will be no Farmers Market.  You should have received an email with the address, please reply to that email so we know you are…

First Fall CSA

First Fall CSA

It’s the first week of the Fall CSA!  We are looking forward to another season of abundance.  Many crops are planted, and we are keeping everything watered as best we can.  It will be a while before fall crops like carrots and broccoli are ready. …

Final Summer CSA

Final Summer CSA

This is the last week of our summer share!  Thank you everyone for making us your farmers for this season.  Honestly, at the end of July I was worried we wouldn’t have enough produce to put in the shares these last two weeks of the…

August and New Beginnings

August and New Beginnings

August is a month of new beginnings.  The greenhouse is filling up with seedlings almost ready to go into the ground.  Next week we will direct sow carrots and arugula, radishes and beets.  We will transplant kohlrabi and cabbage and broccoli.  Throughout all of this…

Big Time July Heat

Big Time July Heat

The heat has rendered by brain into jello, making it a bit hard to focus on writing this newsletter.  It is the hottest day of the year so far.  But thankfully we are close enough to making it through July for me to proclaim that…

Nightshades

Nightshades

Thank goodness for nightshades!  Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and potatoes are all in the nightshade, or Solanaceae, family.  Other, more toxic family members include tobacco and belladonna.  The naturally occurring toxin solanine is why eating green potatoes will give you a stomach ache.  This family of…

Its hot

Its hot

Today Kim, Raquel and Josephine participated in a sweat study.  Researchers from the Department of Kinesiology at Mississippi State University are interested in understanding more about how farmers and farm workers in Mississippi respond to the stress of working in the heat.  They were here…