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Farm Happenings at Rare Earth Farm
Farm Happenings for June 6, 2024
Greetings!
I thought of not having a farm stand delivery this week with the limited availability of produce. The choices this week may me small but thought perhaps something is better than nothing.
May was a wet month for me here. It wasn't like the rain all came at once. It was however, just enoug1 read more »
Farm Happenings for May 23, 2024
Where in the world is farmer Steve you may have been asking? I have to first apologize for not communicating with anyone much this past winter on the upcoming season. After a lot of soul searching I made the decision to start a bit later this season to reduce some of the risk and worries of startin1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 30, 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
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
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
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
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
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!
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 »
About the farm
20 acre vegetable farm located in northern Ozaukee county serving local community members through our CSA program, online webstore, and to local area restaurants. Although our farm is not "certified organic" all techniques and the materials we use are in compliance with USDA's NOP (National Organic Program).
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