Farm Happenings at Kilt Farm
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Farm Happenings at Kilt Farm

Lucky CSA Week 13 - Summer-fall mash up

Posted on August 26th, 2022
View from the Tractor Well, here we are at lucky week 13 of the CSA. Labor Day is right around the corner signaling the end of the summer vacation season with school back in full swing. Labor Day for the farmers is a marker on the calendar where we continue to labor away. The summer crops are comin1 read more »

Week 12 - Back to school

Posted on August 19th, 2022
View from the Tractor Wow, what a wonderful farm open house last Saturday. It was wonderful to see past and current CSA members and their families. We even had some farm curious folks come out and give the farm a tour. The comments, smiles and attaboys for the farmers here at Kilt Farm that poured1 read more »

CSA Week 11 - Peppers, Peaches, and Melons, Oh My!

Posted on August 12th, 2022
View from the Tractor It is official, we have made it to the darn dog days of summer. The heat has been hard on all of us as we fight the weeds, harvest all of the crops, and do our best to keep our heads up with a smile on or faces. This is the time of year when my words of encouragement to the st1 read more »

CSA Week 10: It is hot, hot, hot!

Posted on August 5th, 2022
View From the Tractor Whew, we have reached the mid-way point of the season and man are we tired! I am so blessed that I have such a dedicated staff that really makes the farm run. Everyone is all trained up and in full-on go mode. Did I mention that we are pretty darned tired? We have been arrivin1 read more »

CSA Week 9: Sun, Rain, Wind and Hail

Posted on July 29th, 2022
View From the Tractor What a week. We went from triple digit temperatures to over 1¼ inches of rain. And as if it couldn’t get more wild, this past Tuesday we had a pretty ferocious hail storm come through. Farming on the Front Range is always a gamble, but we are usually in the clear1 read more »

CSA Week 8 - The Peak of the Season is Upon Us

Posted on July 21st, 2022
View from the Tractor Welcome to the peak of the season: The time of year where we work double-time in the blistering heat to keep up with Mother Nature while tending to the fields. The busiest weeks of the season have arrived, and needless to say, we are tired. But during this time we are also rem1 read more »

CSA Week 7 - Summer crops and the fruit share starts

Posted on July 15th, 2022
View from the Tractor Wow, it has been a hot one here at the farm. I hope that you and your family are finding ways to keep cool and enjoy the summer. While this weather has been hard on the spring crops, our summer crops are flourishing. This week we are really getting into our first sizable summe1 read more »

CSA Week 6 - Serious Heat Edition

Posted on July 8th, 2022
View from the Tractor The season has been a wild one for sure. At the beginning of the year the worry was that we would have no water-- And as nature would have it, the water came running down the hills so fast that excess water is filling parts of the farm. We have had crazy heat followed by insan1 read more »

Week 5 CSA - Happy Fourth of July!

Posted on July 1st, 2022
View from the Tractor Week 5 of the CSA and it is July, these are both momentous achievements in the farm season. It is wild to think that we are at the half way point of the 2022 while it feels like there is such a long way to reach the zenith of the farming year. No matter the time of year we are1 read more »