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Farm Happenings at Mad Radish Farm
Patiently Awaiting the Peas!
Our pea crop this year looks better than any we've grown in the past, thanks to a much thicker seeding rate and a healthy dose of mushroom compost. The flowers are just beginning to fruit, so we'll be picking (a small amount of, to start) peas before the end of next week. You'll see these in your s1 read more »
Chicken is Stocked up!
As we head further into the spring share, a couple of general thoughts/reminders/etc:
-- PLEASE return your insulated bags that are inside of your box to your pick up site!! We need these back so that we can keep packing perishables in the boxes. As the days warm these will come packed with ice pac1 read more »
Turnip Time
Many of you know about Hakurei turnips, and some of you haven't yet experienced this crunchy and versatile vegetable. The Hakurei turnip is a "salad" turnip or fresh-eating turnip. It's not like your purple top turnip that must be roasted or otherwise cooked before eating. They're mild, not spicy l1 read more »
Chicken Take-Over!
It seems lately that the chickens are taking over the farm!! This is partially true. HA!
We spend a lot of time with the various flocks of chickens on the farm, particularly working on their coops, feeding, watering, moving, collecting and washing eggs... there's always a sizable list to be done.
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About the farm
Mad Radish is a small diversified farm in Dover PA. We raise organically-grown produce for our CSA, markets and farm store. Our mission is to grow nutritious food for our community while managing the land for soil health, plant vitality, and species diversity. To support this mission, we also raise pastured eggs and chicken. We plan to expand to lamb and beef in coming years.
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