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Farm Newsletter August 1, 2023 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings! What a relief this cooler weather is! It blew in on Friday night, within ten minutes turning a steamy evening into a cool delight, after a hard, hot week. That worked great — we wanted to get out and applyContinue reading “Farm Newsletter August 1, 2023”

Farm Newsletter July 18, 2023 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings! Such a cool July so far around here! So different than the heat down south. And we’ve had rains spread out by a week at least, compared to the deluge and floods in the Northeast. We know how hard thoseContinue reading “Farm Newsletter July 18, 2023”

Farm Newsletter June 27, 2023 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings! Wow another sunny June! This week’s cooler temps are a relaxing reprieve from hot sun every day. Thanks to the new irrigation well we’ve had enough water to get everything off to a good start, with less labor than ever.Continue reading “Farm Newsletter June 27, 2023”

Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings! Welcome to the farm for 2023!!!! We’ll start with the best part : Strawberries for U-pick this week!! See Upick notes below for more details. Is it really mid-June?? There are plenty of signs of June everywhere, strawberries included, but the biggest thing that madeContinue reading “Farm Newsletter June 13, 2023”

Storage Share Pickup is Thursday, November 17 from 10am to 6pm AND Friday, November 18 from 9am to 12noon. Remember to bring bags and/or boxes (unless you ordered pre-bagged) — and guess the weight of the Blue Hubbard Squash! If you have changed your mind and would like to order pre-bag, please email us byContinue reading “November 17, 2022”

Final Share Pickups of 2022 The final Farm Share pickups are October 11 and 13. Join us again next year with a farm share! The link for signing up is in the email you received with this newsletter. Sign up for the Storage Share (pre-set or custom order or both). The dates are Thursday andContinue reading “October 4, 2022”

Greetings! It’s time to sign up for the Storage Share! And for Next Year’s Farm Share! That one really snuck up on us! The last share pickup of 2022 is coming — Oct 11 and 13. That last week is a “double share”, more details to come. Surely fall has caught your eye lately. HereContinue reading “September 20, 2022”

Greetings! September!!! We hope yours is going cool and clear, like all these blue skies! It feels like a long time ago now, but we did get nice, big rain two weekends ago. A third of an inch sprinkle that Friday night, and 2.5 inches Saturday night. Some of it was hard but not forContinue reading “September 6, 2022”

Farm Newsletter August 23, 2022 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings! We hope you’ve been enjoying the sunny, mild weather! The blue skies, lushness and the colorful overlap of summer and fall flowers is really hard to beat. Those passing storms last week did just that — they mostly passed usContinue reading “Farm Newsletter August 23, 2022”

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”