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Farm Happenings at Bayfield Foods
5.19.22FarmHappenings
Welcome to the LAST spring CSA delivery, friends. What a spring it has been. I have good news to share - our first outdoor transplants hit the dirt this week, along with our first seeding of carrots. We are STILL waiting on seals for our hydraulic steering pump on our big field tr1 read more »
5.13.22Farm Happenings
I am not really a superstitious person who thinks much of Friday the 13th, but boy, this week has been a ride. First of all, the good news: this week we welcomed Connor to the team for the summer! He and Farmer Alex got nearly 10,000 winter squash plants started on Monday plus another ro1 read more »
5.6.22 Farm Happenings
Wow, it sure feels like we've turned a corner into the nicer, more summer-y part of spring! Thank goodness for that - a little warmth and sunshine goes a looong way towards drying out our fields and putting some meaningful growth on our hoophouse crops.
After writing up this newsletter,1 read more »
4.28.22Farm Happenings
It's been another pretty meh week for weather up here (...will Spring ever get here?!) but our hoophouse spinach is going out with gusto! We've been busy harvesting, and it just keeps growing. And growing. And GROWING! We need to get those beds harvested and turned over for n1 read more »
4.22.21 Farm Happenings
Happy Earth Day! It was another week of rain, snow, and cold. But despite the lousy weather, the cucumbers are spreading their wings and starting to fly already. And, cold or not, we had another week of planting, planting, and more planting in the greenhouse. This week we se1 read more »
4.14.22 Farm Happenings
Well, the weather is pretty lousy outside - is it muddy, or is it frozen? - but we're already well underway with the planting and growing season here at Great Oak Farm. This week, we seeded our first rounds of broccoli and cucumbers with our little vacuum seeder, as well as several beds worth1 read more »
4.8. Farm Happenings
Despite the 8+ inches of fresh snow that fell this week, we managed to get the first hoophouse transplants of the 2022 growing season in the ground - hardy beets! Transporting tools and transplants around in these conditions - sticky wet snow on top of very soft ground - means we have to haul every1 read more »
4.1.22 Farm Happenings
Welcome to the first delivery of the spring CSA season, and happy second winter! Or is it third winter now, I keep losing track. Either way, spring is on the way, and the warm temps and sunshine this weekend will feel like we're in the tropics compared to what we've been having. I1 read more »
3.29.22 Farm Happenings
Ah, spring. The season of many faces here in the Northwoods. With temps and moisture both on a roller coaster that changes daily, there's never a dull moment. While those swings can drive us crazy trying to figure out what kind of clothes or boots to wear on a daily basis, it's good new1 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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