January Hibernation
Happy New Year! Now that the holiday mayhem has died down and the kids are back in school, Dan and I have been hunkered down by the wood...
Garlic Planting
The 2017 garlic seed has been planted. Over two hundred pounds of our own saved seed went into the ground today. Over the next few weeks,...
End of Season Letter to Our CSA Members
Here it is, mid-October, time for the annual end-of-the-season letter, yet the season feels far from over. There’s still an abundance of...
Cover Crop Love Affair
Last week’s rain was a much needed blessing. We’ve been working hard to irrigate the vegetable crops, but nothing beats a natural rain....
Winter Squash Harvest
It’s September, which means it’s time to start harvesting the storage crops planted back in the spring—winter squash, potatoes, and sweet...
Ode to the Extras Table
All hail late August, when summer harvests are at their peak! This is the time when all it takes is for three CSA members to miss pickup,...
Carrot Drama!
Last week brought lots of rain—four heavy downpours in seven days, to be exact. Most of the crops were grateful, after several days of...
Gone Mulching
The field crew has been in a non-stop mulch mode, ever since the completion of the garlic harvest. Mulch is a layer of material applied...
The Garlic Is In
Most members celebrate the garlic harvest because they love garlic, but I celebrate it for other reasons, too. More or less coinciding...
Pest Control
On your way to pick berries this week, you may notice our newly-planted field of winter squash. You may also notice that the plants look...
