It’s time.  Tomato time.  The tomatoes are pouring in.  Slicing tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, paste and plum tomatoes, cherry tomatoes.    The tomato room is filling up with stacks upon stacks of harvest crates.  What did we do yesterday?  We picked tomatoes.  What did we do today? …

I have “summer brain”.  It is a condition that afflicts this farmer every July through September.  A sort of mental tunnel vision.  I am sitting down to write the newsletter and my mind is a blank.  The newsletter requires more big picture thinking.  But at…

So much has been happening on the farm!  Today, all the parts for our new greenhouse and two high tunnels arrived on an 18-wheeler.  Robin and I helped Randy get it all unloaded in just over one sweltering, mid-day hour.   We are super excited to…

I love digging potatoes.  We watch throughout spring as the tops grow, flower, and eventually start to die back.  We hill them twice, mounding soil up around the base of the plant to keep the young potatoes covered and in the dark.  What will we…

Is Rain a Good Thing? We’ve dried out now, but we got a lot of rain last week.  Some things like the rain.  Native plants are adapted to our relatively wet climate, so rain is good for the whole ecosystem.  The pasture needs rain to…

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…

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…

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…