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Farm Happenings at Bayfield Foods
12.3.21FarmHappenings
Winter seems like it is finally arriving now. Lows possibly below zero early next week, and (fingers crossed!) our first accumulating snowfall this weekend. Now that we finished planting all of our garlic, we have been getting the farm into winter mode: moving cultivating tractors1 read more »
11.25.21FarmHappenings
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you were able to enjoy some good food this holiday week.
Thanksgiving is hands down my favorite holiday - with no pressure of presents, the meal is what takes center stage. Our family always enjoys incorporating as many local ingredients as we can into o1 read more »
11.19.21 Farm Happenings
We're on the home stretch of finishing the hoophouse prep work for our FINAL planting of the season - garlic!
Most folks plant garlic outside, and it generally does well in our cold climate. We have been planting our garlic in hoophouses in the fall for the last few years for a few reas1 read more »
11.11.21FarmHappenings
We did it!
This week we got the LAST of the carrots harvested and washed up, and we even finished up before the wet, snowy weather settled in on us. Fall carrot harvest is one of those tasks that we have to psyche ourselves up for - it's cold finger season, often wet outside, and there'1 read more »
November 4 Farm Happenings
Right now here at Great Oak Farm, we're making a big push to finish harvesting carrots, carrots, and more carrots. Along with brussels sprouts, the carrots are the last field crop left to finish harvesting. Those brussels sprouts are as hardy as they are tasty! This is prett1 read more »
Oct 29 Farm Happenings
This was the official week of the pack shed here at Great Oak Farm. I am still not completely sure how we got everything "pack shed" completed, but with the real cold weather coming next week we had to make sure all of the storage crops were out of temporary storage and ready to get tucked in for w1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 27, 2021
FINALLY we're getting some cold. I know some of you might have really enjoyed this warm fall, and honestly we have too, but getting back to some kind of normalcy feels mighty nice. Our root cellar is getting cool enough now to store winter crops without worry, so we got right to work la1 read more »
10.15.21FarmHappenings
We've been going full throttle this week. SOME TIME the cold WILL be here (...right??...) and we're hustling to get the winter carrots dug and the new microgreen room finished here at the farm.
Thursday, we roped in a few more folks to help get carrots dug and washed. Many hands1 read more »
10.8.21 Farm Happenings
This weather is crazy. I am not complaining too loudly, because we are REALLY enjoying warm fingers and sunshine, but our "normal" daytime highs are currently our nighttime lows! It feels like fall will keep going and going, but the summer crops are winding down with the shorter days no1 read more »
About the farm
The Bayfield Regional Food Producers Cooperative (Bayfield Foods) was formed in June of 2010 by farmers and food producers in the Chequamegon Bay region of northern Wisconsin. Our mission is to provide customers with high quality, nutritious, and sustainably-grown foods produced in Ashland and Bayfield Counties in Wisconsin.
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