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Farm Happenings at Cedar Crate Farm
Much needed rain!
Much Needed Rain
After a extremely wet start to the year we’ve been enduring a bit of a dry spell here on the farm. In fact, we’ve seen a couple plantings of beets fail to germinate due to lack of moisture. We’ve even been running sprinklers on some crops to help speed them along.1 read more »
Nearly a decade of CSA!
The week we kicked off our 9th season of CSA! Thanks to all of you who have signed up for our CSA over the years and especially those who have returned year after year as our farm has grown. It's kind of hard to believe we've been doing this for almost 10 years now. A quick reminder that if you too1 read more »
Onboarding Staff, Infrastructure, Weeding and Planting
I could start every Farm Happening off with the phrase “It’s been busy on the farm” and this week is no different. We’ve been working on on boarding our new farm crew team for the past month while also attending some very busy Saturday farmers markets. We’ve also been1 read more »
Trialing Microgreens!
Truth be told we would likely not be trialing microgreens if we were still harvesting lettuce but this early winter/late fall proved to be too cold for the lettuce to survive. We are bummed out about this but it also offered an opportunity to try something new with tools and supplies we already had1 read more »
Cleaning Up The Winter Tunnel
The winter tunnel was cut a little short this year due to consistent below average cold the week before Thanksgiving. This is always one of the risks and challenges with winter growing and, more broadly, farming in general. Luckily, we were able to harvest and store some baby cabbages, kohlrabi, an1 read more »
Keeping On In the Winter Tunnel
This is the time of year where things really slow down on the farm both in terms of growing plants but also work needing to be done on the farm. The main bit of farm work we're doing now is our daily tunnel chores which include doing a crop check, removing our frost protection and assessing how lon1 read more »
Season End Projects & Improvements
Our late fall season is filled with projects with everything from pulling up landscape fabric, to cleaning and organizing supplies that we will reuse next season. This week we're working on our caterpillar tunnels.
We've been lucky this fall with quite a few really nice days so that we could make s1 read more »
Garlic Planted!
This past week we were able to get next seasons garlic planted amidst snow flurries and windy, chilly weather. It was the perfect end cap to our 2022 planting season as we are truly done planting for the year now that the garlic is in the ground.
It might surprise you to learn that we plant our gar1 read more »
Winter Tunnel is Looking Good!
We're eagerly anticipating our first ever winter shares here on the farm and we are very pleased with how our winter tunnel looks! Our winter tunnel is full of cold tolerant crops including kohlrabi, broccoli, lettuce, cabbage, arugula & winter greens, radish and spinach. Based on our trials th1 read more »
About the farm
Cedar Crate Farm grows a wide variety of fruits and vegetables using holistic, sustainable practices. We take a lot of pride in bringing you fresh, healthy, and sustainable produce. We love sharing our love of high quality, tasty food with our community!
We use a variety of sustainable and regenerative practices so that we can leave the land in better shape than when we found it. We utilize cover crops so that our land is covered with living plant material for as much of the season as possible. Cover crops also provide valuable habitat for insects and pollinators. We don't use synthetic chemicals on our farm and we seek to improve our land each year.
We believe that food is medicine and that the better you eat, the healthier you will be. Whole, unprocessed foods are one of the best ways to eat well and stay healthy. We don't spray our produce with synthetic chemicals so you always know exactly what you're eating.
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We use a variety of sustainable and regenerative practices so that we can leave the land in better shape than when we found it. We utilize cover crops so that our land is covered with living plant material for as much of the season as possible. Cover crops also provide valuable habitat for insects and pollinators. We don't use synthetic chemicals on our farm and we seek to improve our land each year.
We believe that food is medicine and that the better you eat, the healthier you will be. Whole, unprocessed foods are one of the best ways to eat well and stay healthy. We don't spray our produce with synthetic chemicals so you always know exactly what you're eating.