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…

Fall Party Cancelled We are cancelling our Fall Open House Party for this year.  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are not comfortable inviting a large group of people out to the farm.  We are very sorry to have to cancel an event that we…

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…

Here a goat, there a goat The other day when I got home from the farmers market the goats were out.  The does, who had been all the way out in the back grazing on a hillside covered with kudzu, had gotten out and wandered…

Cantaloupe Coup The garden is cranking out the goods.  There is a lot to harvest this week, and I am grateful for that.  I am grateful, even if I am a little tired of picking tomatoes. We are in the middle of one of the…

Good-bye Grammy G! Early Tuesday morning my mom hit the road, heading back home to Maine.  She was here for about six weeks and it was a wonderful visit.  Mom spent hours and hours each day playing with Cooper, who adores her.  Because she could…

This year is nothing like last year.  I think we can all agree on that.  So why do I keep comparing this summer to last summer?  As a grower, comparing between years is a major way that I measure my success.  But, right now, I…