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

Farm Happenings for September 24, 2019

Posted on September 20th, 2019
MPT came to the farm this week to film some intros for their show MD Farm and Harvest. I was part of a show a few years ago and they have kept in touch. They asked to use the farm as a backdrop and we said SURE. We like to share the farm. It was a busy day, with lots of film crew moving around, lot1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 17, 2019

Posted on September 10th, 2019
Welcome to week 18!   The Main season CSA goes through the week of October 15th. We will continue with our Fall share from October 22-November 26th. Drop spots for the Fall share will be Tuesdays at John Brown General and Butchery, MOMs Organic Market in Hampden and here at Oak Spring Farm. Se1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 10, 2019

Posted on September 10th, 2019
Happy September! What beautiful, cooler weather.  So we've had some rain...thank you Mother (Nature). We are working on setting up a more permanent and efficient water collection system here on the farm. Hopefully our 2 - 400 gallon tanks will be up and pumping for the farm tour on October 19t1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 10, 2019

Posted on September 5th, 2019
Happy September! What beautiful, cooler weather.  So we've had some rain...thank you Mother (Nature). We are working on setting up a more permanent and efficient water collection system here on the farm. Hopefully our 2 - 400 gallon tanks will be up and pumping for the farm tour on October 19t1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 3, 2019

Posted on August 30th, 2019
Welcome to CSA week 16 out of 22! We're moving into fall slowly but surely... This picture is of the Green Tomato Hornworm. They bite and eat tomatoes and tomato plants. They have been inhabiting our tomato plants in the tunnels! We don't mind sharing some but these worm have grown FAT and a little1 read more »

Farm Happenings for August 27, 2019

Posted on August 23rd, 2019
It rained today!  As farmers we live and die by the weather. As a farmer I work hard not to complain too much about the weather...good weather comes good weather goes. BUT the last 6 weeks have stressed us out here at Oak Spring. It seemed to have rained all around us. We transplanted and seed1 read more »

Farm Happenings for August 24, 2019

Posted on August 22nd, 2019
We harvested the first of the spaghetti squash and watermelons yesterday. And it's pepper season! There are plenty of beautiful red and yellow sweet peppers as well as a variety of hot peppers including round red cherry peppers, green and red patrons and cayennes. The last of the cantaloupe melons1 read more »

Farm Happenings for August 20, 2019

Posted on August 17th, 2019
Hello, WE were busy harvesting and cleaning up for our pot luck today! We harvested the first of the spaghetti squash and watermelons yesterday. And it's pepper season! There are plenty of beautiful red and yellow sweet peppers as well as a variety of hot peppers including round red cherry peppers,1 read more »

Farm Happenings for August 13, 2019

Posted on August 9th, 2019
Hello! Reminder: please come out to the farm next Saturday August 17th for our summer farm tour and pot luck from 3pm-7pm. We'd love to see you. It's hot. It's dry. The farm landscape is changing over. We have more plantings of broccoli, Napa cabbage and kale and a few more plantings of lettuc1 read more »