Author: Josephine Alexander

Winter Farm Update

Winter Farm Update

2023 CSA open for new and returning members Registration is now open for our 2023 CSA share!  Members receive a weekly box of fresh, seasonal, Certified Naturally Grown produce from our farm in Ashland, MS.  Home delivery and pick-up locations are available, including two new…

New for 2023: Winter CSA

New for 2023: Winter CSA

We are trying something new!  We are piloting a Winter CSA share for the months of January and February.  There is a lot you can grow in the winter in Mississippi, especially with protected culture in the high tunnels.  The CSA will also feature winter…

Final week of our 2022 CSA

Final week of our 2022 CSA

Yahoo! We have reached the final week of our 2022 CSA.  What perfect timing, as it seems winter has arrived early.  We are so grateful that we get to do this amazing, hard, rewarding work.  And we get to do it because of you.  I…

Diving into November

Diving into November

We had such a wonderful time at the farm party and we were so wore out that we didn’t manage to get a newsletter out at all last week, our apologies!  But we really did have a fantastic time.  We were so caught up socializing…

Three weeks early

Three weeks early

Three weeks early We are getting a taste of winter this week.  And it isn’t early for a frost.  Mid October is typical for a first frost.  But this isn’t a frost it’s a freeze.  Not just a freeze but a HARD FREEZE (28 or…

The annual Mowing of the Okra

The annual Mowing of the Okra

On Friday Randy mowed down the okra.  The annual Mowing of the Okra is always a cause for celebration.  As much as we love eating it, by October we are very, very tired of picking it.  But we don’t mow it just for the fun…

Last Sprint to the Finish

Last Sprint to the Finish

You Say Potato, I Say YUM On Friday we dug the first, of ten beds of sweet potatoes.  I am very pleased with how they are looking this year.  They have shaped up nicely, not too many long snaky noodle potatoes.   This bed was free…

It’s only Tuesday

It’s only Tuesday

It’s only Tuesday and already the week has been full of excitement.  Yesterday evening Randy was mowing on Old Blue, the older of our two LS tractors.  The newer tractor, the 357, is awaiting repairs for a bad crankshaft sensor.  Well, one of the power…