Two Feet in the Dirt

I’m a schedule person and I can’t imagine running a farm any other way. I sit down at the beginning of every week and plan out each work day hour by hour. But I can say pretty confidently that there is barely a week that goes by when something doesn’t throw the schedule out of whack! Farming is nothing if not unpredictable. Things happen all the time that force us to adjust and think on our feet and you never know what it’s going to be.  Our most recent (and one of our cutest) changes of plans was the discovery of a juvenile rabbit that had made it’s home on...

I’ve been mentioning how up and down the weather has been over the past few months. Things like garlic (which has been in the ground since last autumn) are ahead of where they usually are given the warm winter. Other crops, especially those that were planted in April, are behind because of our unusually cold late April and early May. A perfect example of this is the potatoes (pictured above). Potatoes are one of the few crops that are not planted from seeds or seedlings. Rather, we put actually pieces of potatoes (like those you eat) in the ground. You may have noticed the “eyes” on potatoes you’ve had at...

It’s been a strange spring in terms of weather. We started out with an exceptionally warm February and early March. Our first crops seeded in the hoop house germinated in about half the time we usually expect at that point in the season. However, the weather cooled off significantly in the last few weeks. Usually, we are beginning to plant summer crops this week, but with nighttime temperatures forecast to be in the 30s at the end of this week and into next week, it looks like we’ll be holding off until things warm up a little. This can be a hassle as the transplants are quite big and ready...

I know lots of new people have signed up for the blog recently and wanted to welcome all of you and thank everyone for your support of our farm. For those of you who are new to the blog, I wanted to give a brief introduction to what you can expect. We post to the blog every week, usually on Mondays, and you can expect a short update on what is going on on the farm as well as a full harvest list of what will available through the online store (and eventually at the farmers market once that resumes).  We also want to thank all of you for bearing...

After our first two weeks working with our new online store and delivery system, we’re getting the hang of things and starting to see what works and what doesn’t. As you may have noticed, the change we’ve made this week is that our online store is now going to open on Tuesday mornings and close at 4pm on Thursdays. We realized that it was just too crazy for us to try to do a full walk-through of the farm and analyze harvestability of crops (as we always do on Monday mornings) and then immediately try to launch the online store for that week. By pushing the opening time back and...

Welcome to the start of the 2020 farm season. As always, we hope that you and your loved ones are safe and healthy. We’re happy to be able to offer this direct delivery service to help everyone stay home and stay healthy while still having access to great fresh produce! Our online store is officially open. Click here to go to our web page with all the details about placing and receiving an online delivery. There will be a Shop Now link on that page that will connect you to our store!   Because we are a seasonal farm, our product variety and quantity always starts out small, but quickly...

It’s hard to believe that the 2019 season is truly reaching its end. This Saturday will be our last farmers market of the year and we want to thank each and every one of you for making this season more of a success than we could ever have imagined. Our sales at each of our farmers markets far exceeded our expectations and, in addition to our newly-added local CSA, have helped move our farm from a start-up venture to a successfully-operating business. Even as we wrap up our 2019 season, the season ahead is already underway in some senses. Today, I’m finalizing our order for next year’s seeds and there...