Farm Happenings at Jenny Jack Farm
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Farm Happenings at Jenny Jack Farm

Farm Happenings and **Friday pick up time has changed**

Posted on May 7th, 2021
If you pick up from the cooler on Fridays, the time has changed for pickup. Its now 8 am till 3 pm. When we planned the pickup with The Food Mill, they planned to have extended hours by now. However, their hours are still 8-3. We are truly sorry if this causes any problems, please let us know if yo1 read more »

Farm Happenings for May 4, 2021

Posted on April 30th, 2021
Pest management is a big job on our farm. There are so many insects (and birds) that eat the same things we love to eat. Of course there are a few reasons we don't want to spray chemicals that could easily wipe them out: a) We don't want to contaminate food with something that could have long term1 read more »

Farm Happenings for April 27, 2021

Posted on April 23rd, 2021
We survived the late frost with a lot of row cover on the tender plants. Squash, cucumbers, basil, eggplant and zinnias may not have made it through so well without the extra protection. Tomatoes are planted under a high tunnel so thankfully we didn't have to cover those. Pulling these giant sheets1 read more »

Farm Happenings for April 19, 2021

Posted on April 16th, 2021
The farm is bursting forth with plant life! The spring crops are enjoying these cooler temperatures. Last week when it got into the mid 80s it was starting to feel like summer already, so we're glad spring has returned. There seems to be confusion on the "Farmstand" feature. When you subscribe to F1 read more »

Farm Happenings April 12th, 2021

Posted on April 9th, 2021
This week will be the first CSA share of the season! We've got lots of tasty, beautiful and nutritious spring food headed your way. We are happy to have found some FOR REAL biodegradable plastic bags to hold your shares this year. These are not the typical "bio plastic", which require composting in1 read more »

Last CSA share for the year!

Posted on November 13th, 2020
This year's harvest was brought to you by these folks! Since most workers are part time, there's no one day everyone is here so Jenn, our microgreen grower, is only one not pictured. And of course me (Jenny). I'm mostly participating by way of setting these harvest estimates and other computer work1 read more »

Farm Happenings for November 2nd

Posted on October 30th, 2020
Under each sweet potato vine is a cluster of various sized roots. From very small, which we will offer in next few weeks as "fingerling" to medium/small which is the size you've been seeing in your shares to the larger roots. This week we are offering the larger roots because we have plenty of them1 read more »

Farm Happenings for October 26, 2020

Posted on October 23rd, 2020
Carrots almost ready! We'll have these available in your shares for next week. read more »

Farm Happenings for October 9th, 2020

Posted on October 9th, 2020
I've been taking Amos on walks around the farm and to water the greenhouse but last Thursday was the first time he came to work in the field. For about an hour I was able to cut flowers for bouquets before he woke and needed feeding/changing. After tending to his needs, I was able to spend another1 read more »