Farm Happenings at Oak Spring Farm
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Farm Happenings at Oak Spring Farm

Farm Happenings for August 4, 2020

Posted on July 31st, 2020
Here's a great picture of a 100% CSA breakfast from a faithful and delightful CSA member. Thanks Paige & Noam for sharing your breakfast with us. The long, stifling heat wave seems to be breaking today.  It stayed in the eighties with a deluge of rain just now. Thank you Mother Nature, jus1 read more »

Farm Happenings for August 1, 2020

Posted on July 30th, 2020
Wow, Happy August. This summer has been an interesting one. It's been hot but with our new well we are keeping up with watering better than ever. More fingerling potatoes were harvested yesterday and they are gorgeous! The first of the cantaloupe was harvested this week also. Look for green beans t1 read more »

Farm Happenings for July 28, 2020

Posted on July 24th, 2020
Hello all, The rain came to break the drought and super heat. It was so welcomed..especially the night before and the afternoon after we planted our 2021 strawberry crop, one thousand bare root plants! We planted 10 new thornless blackberries, 15 new blueberry bushes, 30 new red raspberries and 501 read more »

Farm Happenings for July 21, 2020

Posted on July 17th, 2020
We are on the verge of tomato season! Many of you had our ripe delicious slicing tomatoes or sweet, orange Sungold cherry tomatoes from the tunnels. The field tomatoes are just coming in now. There will be enough for everyone soon. Sweet Italian frying peppers are on the plants soon to turn red and1 read more »

Farm Happenings for July 14, 2020

Posted on July 10th, 2020
We have begun digging the first of the new potatoes this week. They are small tender and delicious! Summer is in full swing around the farm and we're bringing in summer squash and cucumbers in quantity and the tunnel tomatoes are increasing in number daily.  I took off a few days this week to1 read more »

Farm Happenings for July 11, 2020

Posted on July 9th, 2020
Thank goodness for some rain this week!  What a bounty it has been. We have harvested all the garlic now and many of the Walla Walla sweet onions so you will see those this week along with more beautiful and prolific summer squashes. We have patty pan, yellow squash and Cocozella Italian heirl1 read more »

Farm Happenings for July 7, 2020

Posted on July 2nd, 2020
HAPPY Independence Day! We feel independent from the commercial food system here at Oak Spring Farm. When Covid hit in March and the grocery stores ran low and out of food we didn't fret. Not once.  We raise our own chickens for eggs and meat. We source 100% grass fed local beef from Shady Spr1 read more »

Farm Happenings for July 4, 2020

Posted on July 1st, 2020
Happy Fourth of July! The market will be open, per usual. We look forward to seeing you! read more »