Farm Happenings at Barr Farms
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Farm Happenings at Barr Farms

Farm Happenings for July 2, 2019

Posted on June 30th, 2019
Happy Fourth of July!   It got hot this week for sure.   None of the animals appreciate when the heat index goes into the 100s!   Neither do the farmers :)   We will be keeping everyone hydrated for sure this week.   Hope you find some nice options this week for your Grill1 read more »

Farm Happenings for July 2, 2019

Posted on June 30th, 2019
Wow!  It got hot just in time for the 4th of July!   This week is a big change from the clouds and cooler temps.   Warm Weather crops are going to love it for sure.   Eggplants watermelon and the sweet potato patch...these are all still small but should grow well with the heat.1 read more »

Farm Happenings for June 29, 2019

Posted on June 26th, 2019
Wow, well, it just won't quit raining!   Anybody have a flooded basement?  I (Adam) like to take a long-term geological perspective when possible, and found this discussion on BBC at 4:30 am as I was driving to town for Saturday delivery.   It talks about a longer term trend over the1 read more »

Farm Happenings for June 25, 2019-1

Posted on June 23rd, 2019
Wow, well, it just won't quit raining!   Anybody have a flooded basement?  I (Adam) like to take a long-term geological perspective when possible, and found this discussion on BBC at 4:30 am as I was driving to town for Saturday delivery.   It talks about a longer term trend over the1 read more »

Farm Happenings for June 18, 2019

Posted on June 16th, 2019
This week marks the beginning of summer!  Peak busy season.   Just as we harvested one batch of chickens, another group got moved out of the brooder house onto pasture and yet another group arrived from the post office and into the brooder house.   So, the chickens come as day old ch1 read more »

Farm Happenings for June 18, 2019

Posted on June 16th, 2019
This week marks the beginning of summer!   The box is slowing changing with the season.  We are starting to see increased production in the cucumbers....but our tomatoes are slow to ripen this year.   Not sure why.  Weird forecast this week.  Everyday in the 10 day forecast1 read more »

Farm Happenings for June 15, 2019

Posted on June 12th, 2019
CSA week #4 for meat shares!  glad to have the chicken back in stock now.   all Meats will be frozen now, until we have fresh chicken again in exactly 1 month (you can expect fresh birds every month through the end of the season).   Hope they work out well for you.   Pork brats1 read more »

Farm Happenings for June 11, 2019

Posted on June 9th, 2019
Week #4 is here and we just harvested some very nice  Fresh CHICKENS.   Chickens got harvested Thursday of last week so expect to see all your Chicken cuts Fresh...never frozen for Tuesday delivery.   Please use them within a couple days or plan to freeze them for future use! read more »

Farm Happenings for June 11, 2019

Posted on June 9th, 2019
Here we are in Week # 4, a month into the season!  I'm sure you all noticed, there has been a LOT of rain in the last week.   Some torrential downpours.   We got some and missed others.   The good news is we got a lot of planting done in the fields, including sweet potatoes and1 read more »