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Farm Happenings at Oak Spring Farm

Farm Happenings for June 3, 2021

Posted on May 30th, 2021
Welcome to June and the start of our Summer Share! Some of you have been with us since April, some began in May and for some this week will be your first share. Hooray! The weather has been all over the place; hey we live (and love) in the Chesapeake region and she's unpredictable. Mother Nature ha1 read more »

Farm Happenings for June 1, 2021

Posted on May 28th, 2021
Welcome to June and the start of our Summer Share! Some of you have been with us since the beginning of April, some began in May and for some this week will be your first share. Hooray! The weather has been all over the place; hey we live (and love) in the Chesapeake region and she's unpredictable.1 read more »

Farm Happenings for May 29, 2021

Posted on May 27th, 2021
It is strawberry season! We usually plant bare root transplants every other year and keep each bed for 2 years. Strawberries are in the crop rotation plan and we only keep them 2 years due to weed pressure and the berries get smaller over time.  We kept our old bed of strawberries that is now1 read more »

Farm Happenings for May 25, 2021

Posted on May 21st, 2021
Hello Farm-ily! Guess what I picked the first quart of this week?  You guessed it, STRAWBERRIES! We usually plant bare root plants every other year and keep each bed for 2 years. Strawberries are in the crop rotation plan and we only keep them 2 years due to weed pressure and the berries get s1 read more »

Farm Happenings for May 22, 2021

Posted on May 20th, 2021
Hello Farm-ily! I think it finally feels like tomato planting weather. We've been in the tunnels getting the last of our tunnel tomatoes in, hooking up the drip irrigation and clearing out all the transplants to let them harden off. We've planted the first of our outdoor tomatoes as well. Peppe1 read more »

Farm Happenings for May 18, 2021

Posted on May 14th, 2021
Hello Farm-ily! I think it finally feels like tomato planting weather. We've been in the tunnels getting the last of our tunnel tomatoes in, hooking up the drip irrigation and clearing out all the transplants to let them harden off. We've planted the first of our outdoor tomatoes as well. Peppers a1 read more »

Farm Happenings for May 15, 2021

Posted on May 12th, 2021
Hello! We are so busy getting plants in the ground this week. Prepping beds, seeding and transplanting fills our days along with harvesting for CSA and market! May gets busy on the farm. We have cucumbers in the new tunnel, eggplant, tomatoes, peppers, and squash fill the rest of the tunnels. There1 read more »

Farm Happenings for May 11, 2021

Posted on May 7th, 2021
Hello Farm-ily and Welcome to week 2 of our Whole season share! We are harvesting lots of carrots. Consider making a fresh veggie tray for Mother's Day brunch with lots of carrots, roasted carrots with turnips and parsley, a homemade carrot cake or JUICE them!  I juiced some boy choi, carrots1 read more »

Farm Happenings for May 8, 2021

Posted on May 6th, 2021
This week is your FIRST share of the whole season! Some of you are continuing from Spring share, many of you are returning from last year and some of you are brand new.  Welcome All! We are excited to offer crisp, sweet carrots, delicious salad mix, cilantro and chives, spring onions, first1 read more »