After a Wet Spring
If we don’t get more rain in the next day or so I’ll have to start irrigating the field. This is notable because I haven’t yet had to use the irrigation. Here it is, well into July, and I haven’t had to water the garden. …
If we don’t get more rain in the next day or so I’ll have to start irrigating the field. This is notable because I haven’t yet had to use the irrigation. Here it is, well into July, and I haven’t had to water the garden. …
We have started packing CSA shares in boxes instead of bags. This is to help prevent tomatoes getting squished. These are single use, non-waxed boxes. They can be recycled or composted (cardboard makes a great weed barrier in your garden!), but please do not return…
Transitioning from spring to summer Make way for summer! The longest day of the year is almost here. The “spring” garden is winding down. Randy mowed down a bunch of crops that had finished for the season – radishes, turnips, cabbage and kohlrabi, a failed…
The big news this week is that we are in our new washing and packing building! The power finally got hooked up so we could get the walk-in turned on. It has been a huge relief, even if there have been a few growing pains. …
You win some and you lose some. This year we are winning at onions. The crop hasn’t been harvested yet so it is perhaps too early to celebrate, but the onions are looking as good as they ever have. We are winning at carrots, too. …
A lot happened on the farm this week. But none of that is important in comparison to what happened and is happening all over our country. Black lives matter. As a business owner, I recognize that when I speak I’m not just representing myself but…
As we near the end of the spring season, I want to share a little about what makes Community Supported Agriculture, CSA, so special to me. One of the big things that sets CSA apart as a model is the concept of shared risk. CSA…
Eat your greens! It’s a very full share this week, mostly because of the greens still attached to your kohlrabi and root vegetables. Root vegetables store best if you remove the greens so they do not continue to draw water out of the root. But…