We have the BEST CSA MEMBERS EVER and are thrilled to have had so many CSA members help make the Killing Frost Celebration a HUGE SUCCESS! We had amazing live music performed by the Barefoot Movement. Christopher and Meagan came through, arriving early, and helped make excellent salads, pizza sauces, clean up the barn apartment […]
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Normally the season begins winding down about now, but for the past month the farm crew consists of just Carl and Julie, so we’re working long hours and successfully delivering around 68 CSA Shares (which is our highest priority) and are also selling just as much at tailgate market. We wouldn’t want to do this […]
I’ve been thinking about this word the past month because I think this personality trait is required for any of us to be a farmer. The definition of perseverance according to Cdictionary.com, “steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.” And the definition […]
We’re moving along at a snails pace in our endeavor into the slow building movement. Last winter we harvested the trees for a pavilion and cabin, piling them in the sawmill area, and then the weeds grew up around the logs while crop farming consumed our time. For the past several months it has been […]
So we thought we had summer lettuce production figured out. Why did we think this? Mostly because for the past 6 years, we’ve had plenty of lettuce at market, nearly each week for the entire summer. In fact, last season we had too much lettuce during the summer and didn’t sell it all so this […]
Thanks to our farm crew, Carl and I actually took off a few hours early Friday afternoon and left the crew to process all the veggies and they had the responsibility of getting everything ready for market. They did a GREAT job and we had EXCELLENT sales at market. WHY would we leave work early? […]
We are pleased to have reached another small milestone, and that being, Alvin and Randy have begun grading the site where the Farm Vacation Cabin will be built. And the best part? They are working evenings doing this so that Carl and I can be somewhat involved. It was last year that Alvin graded the […]
And it won’t stop until a deep freeze which hopefully comes after mid October. The farm crew – mostly Danielle, Justin and Emily – have the crops looking exceptionally beautiful and pretty much weed free. We spent a lot of time weeding and hoeing the past couple weeks. Although for the past month we have […]
After reading an article in the Atlantic, about an excerpt from the book, “Greenhorns: 50 Dispatches from the New Farmers’ Movement”, I must say I love our CSA members and tailgate market customers. I believe that both our CSA and tailgate market customers understand the amount of work that goes into producing their food and […]
This love affair of mine has been going on a couple months now, ever since early February when I was sawing black locust for heating our greenhouses, and I must say it is still going strong. For you readers to understand this love affair you must know a little about our saws and the wood […]