Welcome to the sixth Against the Grain Farm Stand where you can pre-order for pick up at either Boone Winter Farmer's Market or at the farm for Saturday, May 9th. If you're reading this in an email, you'll see the items that we have to offer this week below. You can simply click on the yellow button "purchase from the farmstand" to reserve a box, make swaps and add extras to the base box that Harvie will put together for you. If you're reading this in the Harvie platform, navigate over to the "farm stand" to reserve your box.
The ordering period for Saturday pick-up closes at NOON on Thursday, May 7th.
If you have any questions about your box or the farm stand process, please reach out to Holly directly by email at atgfarm@gmail.com or by phone at 828-406-4439. If you are having any difficulties placing your order or would like to confirm the contents of your box, please reach out to Holly. Her job on the farm is to help trouble shoot and double check orders for Farm Stand Customers. It is part of our mission that the food produced on the farm be easily accessible to members of our community. The Harvie system has proved challenging for many, so please don't feel embarrassed if it's not working well for you. Holly is here to help as best as she can!
The farm crew has been busy planting and weeding in between rain events over the past week. Melinda pulls a wire weeder through the purple bok choi in the photo above. In terms of controlling weeds, we prefer to hoe or cultivate when the weeds are very small. This timing is crucial, as it makes for satisfying work that is relatively light on the body. Plus, the time spent weeding can be drastically reduced when weeds are addressed when they are very small. Otherwise, the farm is anticipating two nights with the expected low temperature reaching 29 degrees toward the end of the week! How can this be when we saw consistent 70 degree days in March? Thankfully, we have built some resiliency into our farm production practices and we have the infrastructure to cover many of our crops in the field. Plus, we've held off planting any more warm season crops for now, and instead we're focusing on protecting the crops we already have in the ground.
Until next week, healthy cooking and happy eating!
Much love,
Holly, Andy and the ATG Crew
