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End of the Farm Share Season: Part 1

Posted on February 4th, 2022
January and February 2022 created some of the best memories since we became farmers. We experienced elation from a successful membership drive alongside beautiful harvests of quality vegetables. We felt heartbreak from crop loss, and the anxiousness of awaiting forces of Nature out of our control;1 read more »

WE SURVIVED!

Posted on January 28th, 2022
We survived! This week has been kind of wild with all the nights below 32 degrees, but it is a challenge most accepted!  We return with a great deep winter share for you this week! There is a good crop of arugula these next few weeks. Besides a few bug holes (from a random outbreak of flea bee1 read more »

Weathering the Storm

Posted on January 21st, 2022
Since we started farming, I can count the number of sub twenty degree days on one hand. Winter season success depends on establishing vegetables in late November, then taking all precautions necessary to ensure they survive until Spring. Despite all the tools in our arsenal like caterpillar tunnels1 read more »

Deep Winter Vegetables

Posted on January 14th, 2022
Who is ready for another week of tasty, local vegetables? There's a few new additions this week like cabbage, cutting celery, endive (frisee) and a few bags of braising greens mix! Our cabbages were damaged by the extreme cold front a few weeks ago. Some of the outside leaves were going bad, so we1 read more »

The Yellow Carrot Cooking Challenge, Frosty Mornings, Planning Ahead, & the Corresponding Harvest

Posted on January 7th, 2022
We put in the hours of work in the summer and fall, all looking forward to reaping the rewards of this week's harvest! This is seriously one of the best farm shares we have produced. Below, I will explain why I believe it's the best farm share week in the history of our farm.  This is the fina1 read more »

New Year Farm Shares

Posted on December 29th, 2021
We hope you had a fantastic Christmas! Our time off allowed us some essential rest and family time. Hopefully, your vegetable drawer is empty and you are excited about a great farm share to kick off 2022! Considering the holiday, I'm going to give everyone a few extra days to customize shares. If t1 read more »

Christmastime & New Year Shares

Posted on December 17th, 2021
Welcome to our new farm share season! Thank you to all of our members who auto-renewed and hello to all of our new members. Kaden and I have a great season planned for y'all. The Winter shares might not have the variety as a Spring, or Fall season, but you just can't beat the tastes of cool season1 read more »

Farm Stand and Farm Share Renewals

Posted on December 10th, 2021
Wow. We made it! Our efforts throughout the summer paid off, and I think we had a successful growing season this fall-one that will extend into the new year. We made some mistakes, but ones we learned from and overcame, which will make us better growers in 2022. Our Fall farm shares are coming to a1 read more »

Four-Season Farming

Posted on December 3rd, 2021
Good afternoon! We were extraordinarily fortunate to receive such amazing weather this week! The warmers temps proved essential, leading to good germinations in some of our last plantings of 2021! We sowed turnips, radishes, kale, lettuce, mustard, and arugula that will all be harvested in late Jan1 read more »