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Farm Happenings at Hawkins Family Farm
Farm Happenings for August 3, 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 »
Farm Happenings for July 27, 2023
Let me call you sweetheart (cabbage),
Love was in the air at Hawkins Farm this week. Like, the real kind of love, the one that’s hard but worth it, where the last leg of July is nearing and we’re only half way through the farm season. There is much to do, our bodies are tired, the harve1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 20, 2023
We are cropping out!
This week on Hawkins Farm continued the motion of felt summer, with some long, hot summer days out in the field spent in harvest mode. Harvesting to its most organized, yet fairly intense extent: The crop out.
When we crop out, it means that we clear out what’s left1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 13, 2023
Summer hit!
There’s a lot to do, and not enough time to do it. We are hurrying around, we are short on hands, and it is hot hot hot! Summer is here!
Let me sum up my experience on a farm thus far: anything unexpected could happen, so we just keep moving forward. It’s Murphy's Law, folks1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 6, 2023
Boy, oh boy. This week sure took us on a trip. And just like a good trip there were ups and downs, lefts and rights, some turning around, rerouting, feeling nervous about the signs on the side of the road, and finally, eventually, arriving in the right place at long last. Woohoo!
Monday gave us som1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 29, 2023
So many veggies to choose from!
This week I was blown away by all the vegetables that arrived at the pack on Thursday. The gardens are blossoming, folks. The harvests are varied, and our Harvie carts are overflowing with options.
On Monday, while Michael held things down in the washroom, Erin and I1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 22, 2023
The sky, it rained!
This was a week we had been waiting for, folks. We got some rain, and the farm was a little happier for it. We anticipated roughly half an inch of rain on Tuesday. Though it was a bit lighter than the forecast foretold, water gave itself freely from the sky, finally, after weeks1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 15, 2023
Don’t toss your tops!
This week I’ve been contemplating tops. The beauty, becoming, and benefits of a vegetable top crossed my mind many times this week as we were able to harvest some first veggies of the season. Plump Zeppo beets were finally ready to go, and kohlrabi was poised to be1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 8, 2023
And we’re back!
This week kicked off the first full CSA week of the season.
But, before we get lost in the CSA sauce though, Brick Oven Pizza Nights will start up on June 9th! Woohoo! You can click here to pre-order your pizzas. If we are not sold out with pre-orders, pizzas may1 read more »
About the farm
Hawkins Family Farm is a fourth-generation farm in Wabash County, Indiana. We raise grains, livestock, and vegetables in rotation, using the health and wholeness of soils, waters, plants, animals, and people as our standard—whole farm agriculture at the confluence of nature and culture.
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