Farm Happenings at Hawkins Family Farm
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Farm Happenings at Hawkins Family Farm

Farm Happenings for September 28, 2023

Posted on September 23rd, 2023
There’s still a lot of it! The second half of the main CSA season is well underway. Aside from overwintering crops like garlic and onions, and a few more successions of greens, we have all of this year's seed in the ground. September is calm and cool, providing the best weather we’ve ha1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 21, 2023

Posted on September 16th, 2023
Things just keep on moving around over here at Hawkins Farm! We’ve been at it for what feels like quite a while this season! It’s great to have been working alongside such a tiny crew of farmers all the while, because we really know what to expect from each other as the season continues1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 14, 2023

Posted on September 9th, 2023
Hi all! Farmer Jeff here with a report from the pastures of Hawkins Farm. Our flock of Thanksgiving turkeys is here!   When the weather changes so that it feels unmistakably like autumn, Hawkins Family Farm starts getting orders for Thanksgiving turkeys. In past years, to get a Hawkins Farm tu1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 7, 2023

Posted on September 2nd, 2023
Holy moly, is it really September? This week Hawkins Farm offered a regular old sneak peek preview into the CSA fall special: “Layers” (only on Max). The chilly conditions were yet another example of Indiana’s famous temperature dips, but the coming September had me imagining my f1 read more »

Farm Happenings for August 31, 2023

Posted on August 26th, 2023
Listen, the farm don’t stop! This week on Hawkins Farm, we got whacked with heat! Whew! Do a spit take for me if you’re reading this, because that’s how it felt, but like, in slow motion. I don’t know about you, but my body doesn’t just go, “it’s hot, I sho1 read more »

Farm Happenings for August 24, 2023

Posted on August 19th, 2023
Well geez, where has all the time gone? Nearing the halfway point of the CSA "main season," we were once again met with some strange, chilly August weather. On a week that should have caused much sweating and water bottle chugging, I was forced to pull on my trusty grey sweater, wrapping up in a la1 read more »

Farm Happenings for August 17, 2023

Posted on August 12th, 2023
Let’s talk about growin’! Continuing on with the cool, quiet morning trend this week, the weather took toward the dreary and the drizzly. After all the rain that went down over the weekend, Monday still greeted us with more showers. Farmer Zach always does his best to throw us a couple1 read more »

Farm Happenings for August 10, 2023

Posted on August 5th, 2023
It’s quiet… Too quiet… This week on Hawkins farm, the weather took a side swing, offering us some far chillier mornings than we had been used to the last couple of weeks (it has been hot!!). The mornings have been cool and quiet over here, where much of the sound that could1 read more »

Farm Happenings for August 3, 2023

Posted on July 29th, 2023
“Somebody take a picture!” *click* It was a good time for a photo. All the conditions were just right for it: Soft, foggy-day lighting with the blooming buckwheat bursting in the background. A bed of red and green lettuce heads just out of the frame's reach, ready to be harvested into t1 read more »