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Farm Happenings at Dickinson College Farm

Friday CSA: Dickinson College Farm Field Notes for Week of July 1st

Posted on June 28th, 2019
Hello Friday CSA Members!  Please be sure to customize your share for the upcoming week by Sunday night. Next week's pick-up will be on WEDNESDAY, JULY 3rd at Project SHARE (noon to 6:30pm) If you do not personally customize your share each week, Harvie will instruct farm staff to build yo1 read more »

Tuesday CSA: Dickinson College Farm Field Notes for Week of July 1st!

Posted on June 28th, 2019
This week brought hot temperatures and lots of sunshine to the farm (thank goodness!). With these conditions the crew was able to accomplish a lot, such as transplanting in the fields, trellising tomatoes, and the daily harvest of zucchini, summer squash and cucumbers. The crew took their first1 read more »

Friday CSA: Dickinson College Farm Field Notes for Week of June 24th

Posted on June 23rd, 2019
GENTLE REMINDER FOR FRIDAY MEMBERS: YOUR CSA PICK UP FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 4TH WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 3RD AT PROJECT SHARE FROM NOON UNTIL 6:30PM. IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO PICK UP YOUR SHARE ON THE WEEK OF JULY 4TH PLEASE BE SURE TO INDICATE THIS ON HARVIE OR BY EMAILING JENN HALPIN (halpinj@dic1 read more »

Tuesday CSA: Dickinson College Farm Field Notes for Week of June 24th

Posted on June 23rd, 2019
This is the sixth week (depending on when students started) of the summer farm crew and we are all still going strong! Although we were promised heavy rain and thunderstorms, we somehow managed to avoid the predicted bad weather (for the most part) throughout the week. On Monday a new crew member (1 read more »

Friday CSA: Dickinson College Farm Field Notes for Week of June 17th

Posted on June 15th, 2019
Special Notes for Friday Members: CSA Pick Up: Week of July 4th  We are hopeful that you received our email a few weeks ago detailing how the Friday CSA pick up will be structured for the week of July 4th. Given that the college is closed on both the 4th and 5th, we have arranged with Project1 read more »

Tuesday CSA: Dickinson College Farm Field Notes for Week of June 17th

Posted on June 15th, 2019
After rain comes sun, and after sun comes more rain. Luckily this week, we had a mix of both to keep our feet muddy and our plants happy. We’ve been in the fields on sunny days, had a beautiful Wednesday at the Farmers Market, and have been able to organize and prepare the barns in the rainy1 read more »

Friday CSA: Dickinson College Farm Field Notes for Week of June 10th

Posted on June 7th, 2019
The official start of summer may be two weeks away, but don't tell the leafy greens here at Dickinson Farm that - they are stretching their big leafy hands straight up into the sunshine these days and giving the asparagus a run for its money. This week we moved much of our harvesting out of the gre1 read more »

Tuesday CSA: Dickinson College Farm Field Notes for Week of June 10th

Posted on June 7th, 2019
The official start of summer may be two weeks away, but don't tell the leafy greens here at Dickinson Farm that - they are stretching their big leafy hands straight up into the sunshine these days and giving the asparagus a run for its money. This week we moved much of our harvesting out of the gre1 read more »

Dickinson College Farm Field Notes for Week of June 4th

Posted on June 1st, 2019
As is tradition at the Dickinson College Farm, members of the staff rotate in as Field Notes authors. We hope that you enjoy the various perspectives on work at the College Farm each week!   Week two for the summer farm crew kept us on our toes with multiple rainstorms and even some light1 read more »