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Farm Happenings at Rare Earth Farm

Farm Happenings for November 30, 2023

Posted on November 24th, 2023
 I still have produce available so I decided to have one last delivery for the season. This week deliveries will be open to all pick up locations and home delivery. The selection is not as robust as in warmer times but I'd love to have a home for some of the produce I do have. The one heated g1 read more »

Farm Happenings for November 9, 2023

Posted on November 3rd, 2023
Last weeks abrupt change of the weather was my wake up call to say I best not push my luck any further. Counting on the warm fall weather to continue is a gamble I don't have the courage to bet on. This upcoming week will be the last scheduled delivery to all home and pick up locations. I had to sp1 read more »

Farm Happenings for November 2, 2023

Posted on October 26th, 2023
I'll be cutting romaine lettuce from the greenhouse and putting it onto this weeks farm stand. Oh my it sure looks beautiful! Of course its now the time of the year when anything green starts to look real good to me. Hope you'll want to sink your teeth into some of this. This week, or next may be o1 read more »

Farm Happenings for October 26, 2023

Posted on October 19th, 2023
Being this my first full season switching to an online farm store I was delighted to see many of my past subscription members liking the new way to custom order and receive produce deliveries from my farm. A few people expressed missing the old traditional weekly deliveries but also mentioned the n1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 7, 2023

Posted on September 1st, 2023
Greetings! Once again the tomato harvest season is here. As always it's starts slow but soon kicks itself into high gear as we get a little further into September. There'll be plenty of those deemed "love apples" to come.  The French coined the term "love apple" to encourage people to eat them1 read more »

First Summer Harvest

Posted on July 6th, 2023
This has to be for me the most enjoyable time of the year when I start harvesting my field grown vegetables. Most of what has been available thus far has come from the greenhouses. Now I'll be keeping a close eye on my field grown crops to determine if they're ready to harvest. This week the snap p1 read more »

Summer's coming!

Posted on June 16th, 2023
Greetings all! It's been really dry this past month but thankfully my irrigation has kept everything alive. This past week there's been less than an inch of rain but everything responded to it beautifully. However, it wasn't enough to stop irrigating. A little more rain would sure be welcome! I alw1 read more »

Farm Happenings for May 11, 2023

Posted on May 5th, 2023
Spring Greetings! All my winter produce items are now sold out. The farm stand for the next several weeks may not have much in the line of produce available. Greenhouse plantings are a ways off from harvest, and outdoor planting hasn't begun yet. In the past I normally never started deliveries unti1 read more »

Farm Happenings for April 27, 2023

Posted on April 21st, 2023
Greetings! So wonderful to see some color again! Daffodils along with some of the other early spring flowers in bloom are further signs to me that summer's on its way back. Right now I'm moving along with my spring plant propagation inside the greenhouses. Being cautious not to get fooled into plan1 read more »