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Farm Newsletter June 22, 2021

Farm Newsletter June 22, 2021 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings! The fields are looking good, which feels like a big accomplishment and gift every year, especially when we enter into moderate drought and see temps over 90 for so long and so early!! Most crops really held on well though,Continue reading “Farm Newsletter June 22, 2021”

Farm Newsletter June 8, 2021

Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings! Welcome to the farm for 2021!!!! We’re so glad it’s time to share the farm and its bounty with you again. It’s been a rough year for a lot of people, and while greenery and great produce can’t directly move all the world’s problems, weContinue reading “Farm Newsletter June 8, 2021”

Storage Share Newsletter 2020

Storage Share Newsletter 2020 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! Pickup is This Thursday AND Friday November 19th and 20th from 10am – 6:00pm. Pre-Bag Storage Shares are for pickup on Friday only.Continue reading “Storage Share Newsletter 2020”

Farm Newsletter October 13, 2020

Farm News        Crop Forecast U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Final share pickups of 2020 are this week —  October 13 and 15. 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 13, 2020”

Farm Newsletter September 29, 2020

Farm Newsletter September 29, 2020 Farm News        Crop Forecast U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Remember to — SIGN UP for NEXT YEAR — $25 deposit, installments or full payment by October 15th. Here is the link for next year’s sign up. See last week’s email or Nuts and Bolts below for more detail. If you didn’t get thatContinue reading “Farm Newsletter September 29, 2020”

Farm Newsletter September 15, 2020

Farm Newsletter September 15, 2020 Farm News        Crop Forecast U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings!  A huge hearty THANKS AGAIN !!!! to all of you who gave to the hail damage fund! We raised a little more than our $50,000 goal, and, combined with some belt-tightening, it has really helped offset enough of the storm’s losses to setContinue reading “Farm Newsletter September 15, 2020”

Farm Newsletter August 18, 2020

Farm Newsletter August 18, 2020 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Bulk Produce Now Available! See Nuts and Bolts for more info.  “We love what you do for the community, and if the damage and loss is that bad we want to help you with the wholesale side of the business too, so you canContinue reading “Farm Newsletter August 18, 2020”

Farm Newsletter August 4, 2020

Farm Newsletter August 4, 2020 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Bulk Produce Now Available! See Nuts and Bolts for more info.  Greetings! We went away for a few days and are just getting back late Monday.  So we were just checking around to see what’s happening, and things look great overall!  Some pollination /Continue reading “Farm Newsletter August 4, 2020”

Farm Newsletter July 21, 2020

Farm Newsletter July 21, 2020 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings! What a beautfiul summer!  Every vegetable farmer we’ve talked to has beautiful looking crops, with low insect and disease pressure.  Most of us have had 1 or 2 big rains, but most of us haven’t had h— or torn—- and would rather putContinue reading “Farm Newsletter July 21, 2020”

Farm Newsletter July 7, 2020

Farm Newsletter July 7, 2020 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings! This spring the wind blew hard, and this past week brought a hard 5″ rain and some pretty sweaty heat.  But we have been comforted that the veggies have turned out ok, and great, even when we’ve seen the wind blow harder (andContinue reading “Farm Newsletter July 7, 2020”

Farm Newsletter June 22, 2020

Farm Newsletter June 22, 2020 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings! So great to have gentle rains!  It had gotten pretty dry here — those of you who got wet by irrigation know that personally….sorry about that! Our soils dry quickly, which is very helpful on a vegetable farm, with soContinue reading “Farm Newsletter June 22, 2020”