Farm Happenings at Local Color Farm and Fiber
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Farm Happenings at Local Color Farm and Fiber

Farm Happenings for September 1, 2022

Posted on August 29th, 2022
Welcome to Week 14! We are definitely in late stage summer now, hope everyone is eating well and storing up all of this sunshine before the rains return. We started Bulk Harvest Season with the onions last week! TBH, this is the best onion crop we have grown at this farm. Onions are one of the tric1 read more »

Farm Happening for Week of August 25, 2022

Posted on August 22nd, 2022
Welcome to Week 13! It looks like a hot week ahead, but I can feel fall creeping into the edges of the days, and I am definitely looking forward to it! Field planting is basically wrapped for the season, with the exception of a little bit of salad and spinach. We are spending the week diligently we1 read more »

Farm Happenings for August 18, 2022

Posted on August 15th, 2022
Welcome to Week 12! We are over half way through of Summer CSA season and in full on summer abundance! All of our plants have finally caught up after a cold spring and we are reaching peak tomato season. We hope everyone is enjoying summer before school starts and eating lots of tomato sandwiches a1 read more »

Farm Happenings for August 11, 2022

Posted on August 8th, 2022
Welcome to Week 11! It's another hot week, but the crew pushed through to finish our last big planting push of the season! The previous heat wave delayed our fall planting a little, so this bit of hot weather is appreciated to help these plant grow! I can already feel the days getting shorter and i1 read more »

Farm Happenings for August 4, 2022

Posted on August 1st, 2022
Welcome to Week 10! The farm survived the heat wave last week, thanks to the crew for starting at 5:30 each day so we could be out of the field by 2pm and thanks to the irrigation pump for working overtime to keep everything hydrated! While the heat is hard on us humans, it was amazing to see the p1 read more »