Farm Happenings at Meadowlark Community Farm
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Farm Happenings at Meadowlark Community Farm

Summer Share: Week 14

Posted on August 30th, 2019
Happy Labor Day weekend!  With September on it's way, I want to extend an invitation to all of our CSA members, friends, and neighbors to our Fall Harvest Party on Sunday, September 22nd. For the fourth year in a row, Hearthside Chariot will be here making wood-fired pizzas with our veggies. W1 read more »

Summer Share: Week 13

Posted on August 23rd, 2019
This week, we completed one of our last field plantings for the year. Head lettuce and kohlrabi were transplanted, and we direct seeded spinach and salad mix. We'll be seeding cover crops today and are planning our fall plantings in the hoophouse. Potato harvest will be here soon! We are still baff1 read more »

Summer Share: Week 12

Posted on August 17th, 2019
It seems like this week is the peak of summer produce - watermelons, cantaloupes, sweet corn, and tomatoes. The shares will be heavy this week!  In our kitchen, we're turning our minds toward preserving the harvest. We've frozen sweet corn and started to preserve tomatoes. We freeze roasted to1 read more »

Summer Share: Week 11

Posted on August 10th, 2019
We have passed the halfway point of the summer CSA season - week 11 of 20. I read somewhere that August is the Sunday of summer, but August is only the Thursday of the summer CSA season! There are many more weeks of vegetables to come.  We've had another full week. All of the alliums have been1 read more »

Summer Share: Week 10

Posted on August 3rd, 2019
Happy August! We are happy to arrived at the 8th month of the year. Days are shortening, and we're enjoying beautiful sunsets when we do our evening walk to close up the laying hens at night. Our flower garden is in full bloom. Monarchs, hummingbirds, and buzzing bees are enjoying the blooms. This1 read more »