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Farm Happenings at Kilt Farm

No break in the heat. Great for the summer crops, maybe not the landscape.

Posted on August 14th, 2020
Howdy,  Well, it has be a long hot week. We had some of our largest harvests yet this season, both by variety and weight. Much like the tides coming in and out, our wash station and walk-in coolers fill to bursting and then empty out. It is the time of year where we work as fast as we can to k1 read more »

Week 10 of the CSA. So does this means it is hump week?

Posted on August 7th, 2020
Week 10, my goodness. We have reached the middle point of our CSA season and all of us at the farm are totally stoked!  We are stoked at the farm for many reasons. Our hard work of planting, tending and weeding is now shifting to harvesting a bounty of summer crops. Even though the days are st1 read more »

Good bye July, hello August. It's summer fruit season in Colorado.

Posted on July 31st, 2020
I don't have much time to sit on social media, but every now and then it is a nice break. Have you seen the meme floating around that says good bye to one bad month and makes fun of the next shoe to drop in the next? Well, I want to flip that on its head if I can. I, for one, am excited about Augus1 read more »

Excited about more great food for Week 8 of the CSA

Posted on July 24th, 2020
Woohoo, it's carrot harvest time again. We work hard to keep interesting, varied successions of crops coming out of the fields and into your boxes. This has been a most interesting season in many ways and it is all colored in pandemic unknown. This week I am excited to have beautiful orange carrot1 read more »

Garlic, Shallots and carrots, oh my!

Posted on July 17th, 2020
TLDR: Farm is running strong in the heat, garlic is curing and the first of our summer fruit hits your share. Oh and a fruit update nd some special add ons.  Happy middle of July. I hope you are doing well and staying cool.  This was a big week at the farm as we started to harvest and cur1 read more »

Week 6 CSA - Farming is always full of new experiences.

Posted on July 10th, 2020
Overview: Elk visited the farm. Resulting destruction means you may get a few goodies from neighboring farms this week. We are also partnering with our CSA member, Nurse Nikki, to offer Calendula Body Balm made with Kilt Farm calendula. We have new flour, freshly milled Turkey Red As you likely not1 read more »

Happy Independence Weekend

Posted on July 3rd, 2020
Happy 4th of July! Every year seems to be so different from the year before. This holiday weekend will be the most unique 4th of July in my life. Even though Cayla and I will not be out and about hanging with friends or doing a song along in the CU stadium, I am sure to enjoy and mark my independen1 read more »

Summer time and the living is busy

Posted on June 26th, 2020
Yep, the first week of summer was big one for us on the farm: Seeding, weeding, transplanting and lots of harvesting. We are getting into the flow of the season. We are tired at the end of the day and ready for a break at the end of the week, though it's rewarding to see the progress that we have m1 read more »

Week 3 of the CSA: Happy Solstice

Posted on June 19th, 2020
Happy Summer Solstice! This weekend we enjoy the longest days of the year and the official start to summer. Farmers throughout Colorado have been sprinting as fast as we can to get our crops in the ground before the milestone of summer solstice. At Kilt Farm, we have been planting our final success1 read more »