Changing it up

June 28, 2018 Market newsletters, Weekly Updates

Several things have made this week feel like a transition from spring into summer. With the return, at last, of more consistently sunny weather, the cherry tomatoes in the hoop house, which have been sitting green on the plants for weeks, have finally started ripening. We got our first bumper harvest of cucumbers and zucchini, with Mike single-handedly harvesting 100 pounds of cucumbers on Tuesday, along with our first harvests of string beans. As summer crops like these begin to move in, the spring crops that dominated the farm and the market table for so long are starting to wane. This week, we mowed down two beds of kale and...

Looking like a farm!

September 22, 2017 Weekly Updates

Big apologies for the long delay between posts. It finally feels like we’re running a farm in that we have close to no time to think about or do anything besides working outside, planning what work we’ll be doing outside, problem-solving what we’re doing outside, etc., etc., etc., and the last two weeks seemed to pass in the blink of an eye. In the last week, we’ve gotten 30 cubic yards of compost delivered as well as our BCS walking tractor. While I work on spreading the compost around the fields to get an extra boost of organic matter into the soil before next season, Mike is gradually plowing up...

Working away

September 5, 2017 Weekly Updates

While we watch our little garden of fall greens begin to sprout and grow, our major focus is on getting the farm fields set up for spring. There is no easing into the growing season on a farm. Once late winter hits, the work instantly goes into overdrive, so the goal is to be completely ready to go before then so that no catch-up work needs to be done. Additionally, getting the fields ready for planting now means that we can put in a cover crop over the winter, which will provide the soil protection from compaction caused by rain and snow as well as nutrients to feed the crops...

Two Feet in the Dirt

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