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Farm Happenings at Boerson Farm
Back to School (Blues)
It's always hard to say goodbye to summer, especially for the younger members of our crew. Back to school means no more days in the field picking beans and removing spent beds of salad mix. No more sweating in the high tunnels harvesting cucumbers and cherry tomatoes. No more wash1 read more »
Fruits, Roots and Shoots
The melon harvest began last week and it looks like we will be rounding out the month with a nice supply of cantaloupe and watermelon. The cantaloupe are pure ambrosia, with a firm texture that melts in your mouth. Peppers are going gang busters in the high tunnels, with plants that are1 read more »
Progress!
In spite of a hectic couple of weeks and our relative inexperience with building projects, we managed to pull off getting the concrete successfully poured for the pavilion/farm store. Woot woot! Everything aligned for us to make it onto the concrete company's schedule and bring in our A1 read more »
Onions of Tomorrow
Another big season milestone has passed this week...sigh of relief...we harvested the onions! You wouldn't know it if you've never dealt with an onion crop, but there's a fair amount of preparation and heavy lifting involved. We needed several hands over the course of several days to ge1 read more »
So Many Tomatoes!
Earlier in the spring we managed to put up a third (and final) high tunnel. These are the hoop structures in which we grow many of our heat loving crops in the summer, and winter hardy crops in the fall, winter, and early spring. Extending the growing season and providing a relatively c1 read more »
Garlic Harvest
This past week we tackled the garlic harvest. Typically, this is a fairly involved process which in the past, has turned into more than one session and has lasted a few days. This year we surprised ourselves and had it knocked out in a 5 hour block. Exciting! With a committe1 read more »
Breaking Ground
Ground has been broken for this season's Big Project. We are underway on our solar pavilion, which will house a farm store and covered patio where members can come pick up their orders, visit for a bit and take in the view. What started as a desire to get the farm on renewable energy ha1 read more »
Pollinate
Bees and many other flying insects are abounding at the farm. Some are friends and some are foes, but the bees are always on our side. We've made it our mission to continually plant a mix of annuals and perennials that will attract, feed and otherwise encourage the good bugs to call the1 read more »
Sweet as Candy
Kids and carrots go together well. A recent visit to the farm by newly appointed Big Sister Elliot Avery reminded me just how cool it is when kids interact with vegetables. She knew the names of all the veggies in her CSA share, and she let me know that the carrots were her special favorite.&1 read more »
About the farm
Boerson Farm is a 69 acre diversified family farm in rural Green Lake County, located 30 minutes southwest of Oshkosh. We are USDA Certified Organic and grow over 60 varieties of vegetables. We also rotationally graze our grass fed beef herd of Red Devon cows, maintain a flock of laying hens for pasture raised chicken eggs, and work together with a local bee-keeper to manage a modest apiary. We've been dedicated to growing for our local community since 2008 and are committed to providing the highest quality produce, beef, eggs and honey possible using ecologically friendly practices. We love what we do and we want to be your farmers!
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