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Farm Newsletter September! 4, 2018 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts   Greetings Friends!  Surprise!!  The most surprising month of the year is here! Cooler days and nights, shorter days and longer nights … times they are-a-changin’.  September has all sorts of surprises — new schedules and routines, new people, and all the new challengesContinue reading “Farm Newsletter September! 4, 2018”

Farm Newsletter August 21, 2018 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts   Greetings Friends!  Well when it rained it poured, that’s for sure.  Everyone seems to agree that last Thursday’s rain was more than we needed all at once; spread out and more gentle is obviously preferred, but it’s good we’re out of the droughtContinue reading “Farm Newsletter August 21, 2018”

Farm Newsletter August 7, 2018 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings Friends!  Summer is rolling!  It has been green and lush for a couple months and hopefully now your tables are lush with red and orange and white and yellow things too!! Knocking on a thousand walnut trees, the weather in this corner ofContinue reading “Farm Newsletter August 7, 2018”

Farm Newsletter July 23, 2018 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts We could use help PICKING GARLIC FRIDAY 7/27 — Come for an hour or as long as you want, after 10:30 am!  Bring pruning shears if you have them (and water and a hat).  It’s a fun, great smelling, simple, big group project.  We’llContinue reading “Farm Newsletter July 23, 2018”

Farm Newsletter July 9, 2018 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings Friends!  We kept finding lightning bugs throughout June, so we started wondering, what do they eat?  Turns out, like we’ve been learning about many bugs for years, the larvae are predatory and the adults are pollinators.!  Huh.  We always just thought they wereContinue reading “Farm Newsletter July 9, 2018”

Farm Newsletter June 12, 2018 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Halloooo!  Hopefully you got to enjoy the sun this weekend, while it was shining through!  We were glad to have enough dry days (or half days!) last week to catch up on the weeding and planting that was starting to getContinue reading “Farm Newsletter June 26, 2018”

Farm Newsletter June 12, 2018 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts Greetings! Woooeeee, here we go!  Once again it feels like it’s been years since we gave you vegetables.  It’s time now, we’re ready — and the fields in this northern climate are ready –to feed you fresh yummy veggies.  We hopeContinue reading “Farm Newsletter June 12, 2018”

Storage Share Newsletter 2017 Farm News                 What’s in the Storage Share U-Pick            Nuts and Bolts                      Recipes Remember to bring bags and/or boxes, and guess the weight of the Blue Hubbard Squash! Pickup is This Thursday, November 16th from 10 – 6:00. Farm News Greetings Friends! This cold snap was a rough one for us.  WhileContinue reading “Storage Share Newsletter 2017”

Farm Newsletter October 16, 2017 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts   Join us again next year with a farm share! Click here to sign up for 2018, or ask one Erin for help with it in the barn.  We hope to hear from everyone by this Friday, Oct. 20th — that’sContinue reading “Farm Newsletter October 16, 2017”

Farm Newsletter October 2, 2017 Farm News        Crop Forecast  U-Pick       Recipes       Nuts and Bolts     Join us again next year with a farm share! Details coming this week in a separate email — an easy online order form and payment method, and a couple news items about changes for next year. Sogn Valley CraftContinue reading “Farm Newsletter October 2, 2017”