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Farm Newsletter August 9, 2022 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings! Wow, fall is in the air!! What a sweet , mellow weather pattern this is! It should be warm enough to ripen and finish off the crops that are still growing. In wet years these cooler evenings can really increaseContinue reading “Farm Newsletter August 9, 2022”

Farm Newsletter July 25, 2022 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings! We dodged the heavy storms on Saturday, and just got 1/4 inch of gentle rain. It was such a lovely sound and sight. We lounged and breathed it in. Looking at the fields a couple hours later though you couldn’tContinue reading “Farm Newsletter July 25, 2022”

Farm Newsletter June 27, 2022 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings! Gee, feels like not much has changed since last newsletter — we’re still mostly chasing weeds!! But a few good, gentle rains has reduced our irrigation workload, and made the plants smile. We got 1.5 inches total over a weekContinue reading “Farm Newsletter July 12, 2022”

Farm Newsletter June 27, 2022 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings! Wow what a sunny month it’s been!!! Heat waves are challenging for a lot of things but are awesome for killing weeds! So in the last couple weeks we cultivated, hoed and hand-weeded nearly everything, some of it twice, andContinue reading “Farm Newsletter June 27, 2022”

Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings! Welcome to the farm for 2022!!!! We had a good laugh about the short version of this newsletter: Some things got planted late and nothing really grew for a while, but now things are finally growing fast. We’ve been weeding and cultivating but there’s alwaysContinue reading “Farm Newsletter June 14, 2022”

Farm News             What’s in the Storage Share U-Pick            Nuts and Bolts                      Recipes Remember to bring bags and/or boxes (unless you ordered pre-bagged) and guess the weight of the Blue Hubbard Squash — AND Guess the weight of BLAFFY, our CAT! Pickup is This Thursday Nov. 18th from 10am — 6pm AND This Friday Nov. 19th from 9am —Continue reading “Storage Share Newsletter 2021”

Farm News        Crop Forecast U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Final share pickups of 2021 are this week —  October 12 and 14. Join us again next year with a farm share! And Sign Up for the Storage Share — Pre-set or Custom Order, or Both — The links for signing up are in the email you received withContinue reading “Farm Newsletter October 12, 2021”

Farm Newsletter September 28, 2021 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings! Friday afternoon we got cold!! We finished harvesting a couple weeks worth of carrots, then it drizzled for a bit, and soon most of us were wearing 2 layers on bottom and 2-4 layers on top. And of course thisContinue reading “Farm Newsletter September 28, 2021”

Farm Newsletter September 14, 2021 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings! The Glory Days of Fummer!!!!! We even took a leap forward in time this week and harvested a couple rows of sweet potatoes!! That felt a little strange, to dig into a winter starchy crop, since most of what we’reContinue reading “Farm Newsletter September 14, 2021”

Farm Newsletter August 31, 2021 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings! Fummer ? Sall? Sumall? Fummall? We’re leaning towards “Fummer.” It implies the fun of summer, the bummer of summer ending, and it includes more of summer than of fall. Whatever we call it, approaching the fall equinox is such aContinue reading “Farm Newsletter August 31, 2021”

Farm Newsletter August 3, 2021 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings! Living in the heart of summer!! The easiest time to cook. Fresh and juicy, and sunny, lovely weather to boot. Some of you have noticed the different types of zucchini and summer squash we have in the share this month.Continue reading “Farm Newsletter August 17, 2021”

Farm Newsletter August 3, 2021 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings! You know you’re having fun when you’ve been weeding beets all day, and at 4:40 you ask, “what are we doing the rest of the day?” That was Emily , thinking it was maybe 2:00 still!! Oh, we are luckyContinue reading “Farm Newsletter August 3, 2021”