Farm Happenings

Let's talk business... Beginning today, you can sign up for 2023 Canners and Planners, our version of a CSA! Details here. The deadline this year is March 31. Our hiatus is coming to an end. We'll be resuming harvest on Monday March 6th. Thank you for your patience while we gave plants time to grow and recover. It's been a mixed bag of results. We'll have salad mix when we return but the kales and blue collards still aren't looking so great. They got the one-two punch of a high water table and freezing conditions. Keep your eyes peeled for the produce...

It's true that farm life revolves around the seasons and the cycle of seed, transplant, weed, harvest, repeat. I'm not particularly drawn to monotonous tasks but I do find them to have a meditative quality. I can put my head down and get through a long task when I need to. I think if farming were just that, people with more creative inclinations might find themselves bored. I haven't figured out whether it's a blessing or a curse, but farming is so much more than the aforementioned cycle.  We spend a lot of time problem solving, fixing, maintaining, streamlining, and...

As you might imagine, farm life is a constant game of tug-o-war for one's attention and energy. It can easily turn into a game of ping-pong or a blindfolded egg toss if you aren't careful. I can't be sure, but I would guess that this particular dynamic is one of the reasons many first-time farmers don't make it past their first few years. It's easy to get caught up in the chaos and lose direction or spread yourself too thin and burn out. As unlikely as it may seem, the opportunities to tune in to a different frequency are also...

Dear friends,The prolonged freezing temps were very hard on our outdoor crops last week. During the last winter storm we lost covering on one of our greenhouses, so the crops inside that structure also suffered. We took stock of what we have, and it's basically just potatoes and Megs Eggs. So we've made the difficult decision to close down for at least two weeks, maybe three, to give crops time to recover and to give seedlings time to grow!We encourage you to visit the Winter Farmers Market at the fairgrounds on Saturdays between 9am and 1pm. We have many friends...

Stewarding farmland in 2022 was a wet, wild, and wacky ride. Just when you think you're familiar with the rhythm of the seasons, nature reminds you that there are no guarantees! We're so very grateful that you've hung in there with us through so many uncertainties. For a while there, it seemed questionable whether we'd have our favorite summer crops for more than just a few weeks. In the spring we were often frustrated and discouraged, having to compost thousands of plants that had no where to go due to the very wet soil conditions. We hedged our bets and...