- Basil
- Parsley
- Oregano
- Rainbow Chard
- Broccoli
- Baby Greens
- Green onions
- Romaine
- Radishes
- Carrots
- Beets
- Bread
- Eggs
Monday, July 28, 2008
Fourth Box
In our Fourth box of the year:
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Third CSA box
In the third box of the year:
20 shares delivered Saturday morning! See ya next week :)
- Spinach
- Rainbow Chard
- Baby greens
- Romaine
- Cilantro
- Dill
- French Breakfast radishes
- Broccoli
- Bread
- Eggs
20 shares delivered Saturday morning! See ya next week :)
Monday, July 14, 2008
Second CSA Box
In our second CSA share box of the year:
- Romaine
- Green Onions
- Icicle/French breakfast Radishes
- Baby Greens
- Spinach
- Baby Chard
- Basil
- Cilantro
- Eggs
- Bread
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Our Farm makes the Paper!
Yesterday in the store I glanced at the headline and realized I knew the farmers in that article!
This springs terrible weather caught the eye of our local paper who called to find out how it had affected our farm. Full article here, http://www.chroniclejournal.com/stories_local.php?id=120663
It was quite a surprise to find that the story made the front page!
It has been extremely busy these last weeks, so the has been little time to post, but its time for an update as to what has happened this last little while.
IN general the weather has been pretty good, plenty of sun and warmth. The broccoli is starting to head out, tomatoes are forming, cabbage is beginning to head and the way late plantings of cucumbers and summer squash is getting its first true leaves. Most of the things we lost in the flood have been replanted and are coming up, close to 40 days later than normal, but coming up none the less. With the ground finally dry, watering is a daily task, but the heat and water combo has allowed the first planting of baby greens to reach maturity.
This mesclun salad mix tastes awesome and will appear in this weeks boxes.
On the wild side of the weather we had a hailstorm hit the farm about 5:30 Sunday morning. The dime size hail lashed down for just a few minutes and the odd tomato plant and kolrabi stem was broken by a direct hit. But it was the soft leafy things(spinach, romaine) that took the brunt of the blow:
Here you can see the holes made in the leaves where the hailstones passed though. The green onions stems were also bruised and broken by the hail:
Despite the hail the veggies still taste great, and have a bit more of a story to them that run of the mill, supermarket fare does.
The cattle are doing well, grazing the green grass, lounging in the shade and drinking spring-water. Just being themselves really.
As far as livestock goes, grass fed steers are pretty maintainence free, something we are glad for when stuff hits the fan in the garden. With the newly expanded pasture we will definitely add more steers next year.
But for now, its back to the garden, weeding, watering and waiting for Saturday morning.
This springs terrible weather caught the eye of our local paper who called to find out how it had affected our farm. Full article here, http://www.chroniclejournal.com/stories_local.php?id=120663It was quite a surprise to find that the story made the front page!
It has been extremely busy these last weeks, so the has been little time to post, but its time for an update as to what has happened this last little while.
IN general the weather has been pretty good, plenty of sun and warmth. The broccoli is starting to head out, tomatoes are forming, cabbage is beginning to head and the way late plantings of cucumbers and summer squash is getting its first true leaves. Most of the things we lost in the flood have been replanted and are coming up, close to 40 days later than normal, but coming up none the less. With the ground finally dry, watering is a daily task, but the heat and water combo has allowed the first planting of baby greens to reach maturity.
This mesclun salad mix tastes awesome and will appear in this weeks boxes.On the wild side of the weather we had a hailstorm hit the farm about 5:30 Sunday morning. The dime size hail lashed down for just a few minutes and the odd tomato plant and kolrabi stem was broken by a direct hit. But it was the soft leafy things(spinach, romaine) that took the brunt of the blow:
Here you can see the holes made in the leaves where the hailstones passed though. The green onions stems were also bruised and broken by the hail:
Despite the hail the veggies still taste great, and have a bit more of a story to them that run of the mill, supermarket fare does.The cattle are doing well, grazing the green grass, lounging in the shade and drinking spring-water. Just being themselves really.
As far as livestock goes, grass fed steers are pretty maintainence free, something we are glad for when stuff hits the fan in the garden. With the newly expanded pasture we will definitely add more steers next year.
But for now, its back to the garden, weeding, watering and waiting for Saturday morning.
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