Farm Happenings at Rare Earth Farm
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Farm Happenings at Rare Earth Farm

Farm Happenings for March 23, 2023

Posted on March 17th, 2023
Alright! The official first day of spring is this coming Monday. Outside signs that spring's approaching are not quite visible here unless you use your imagination a little. However, in reality my propagation greenhouse is starting to show signs of new life. Seeing new seedlings breaking dormancy a1 read more »

Farm Happenings for March 16, 2023

Posted on March 10th, 2023
Snow covering the greenhouses at this time of the year gets me a little frustrated when knowing I should be moving ahead with starting my spring seeding. Instead today I'm shoveling snow. Being the first part of winter was rather dry, I'm now starting to think our spring could be a wet one. Robins,1 read more »

Farm Happenings for February 24, 2023

Posted on February 17th, 2023
Greetings all! As far as Wisconsin winters go I'd say this one has been pretty gentle on us. There's only been three times here where its snowed enough to get out the snow blower.  That's a little unusual for this time of the year. I won't say much else about snow because winter's not over and1 read more »

Farm Happenings for December 29, 2022

Posted on December 23rd, 2022
Season’s greetings! I wish I had more greens to offer this week for the last delivery of the year. I went out to the greenhouse this morning that the kale’s been growing in and the sub-zero temperatures has finally done it in. This is the latest in the year I’ve ever ran deliverie1 read more »

Farm Happenings for December 15, 2022

Posted on December 9th, 2022
Alas! December is here and it's sure been a great feeling to still have some greens available to offer. My use of propane to heat the greenhouse has kept the temperature at night just perfect for spinach and lettuce. Because I chose to continue my weekly deliveries into December my propane consumpt1 read more »

Farm Happenings for November 17, 2022

Posted on November 11th, 2022
Greetings! Looks like our warm weather is coming to an end. What a beautiful fall it's been for me. I hope you've been able to spend as much time as I have outside enjoying the unusually warm weather we've had up until now. Are there still warm days ahead for the rest of the year? Hard to say but I1 read more »

Farm Happenings for November 3, 2022

Posted on October 28th, 2022
Greetings! I've been receiving emails from some of our members asking if the season is over, and the answer to that is absolutely not! The fall weather so far has been ideal for growing in the greenhouses. Of course that could always change in a New York minute but for now we can all enjoy the beau1 read more »

Farm Happenings for October 13, 2022

Posted on October 10th, 2022
Greetings, Your egg shares subscription for the season will end on October 27th. This year I'll be continuing to deliver eggs until the end of December. Starting the first week in November if you want eggs go onto the Harvie online farm stand and place your order. As many of you may already know my1 read more »

Farm Stand Grand Opening

Posted on July 4th, 2022
Today is the grand opening of the first CSA members only "farm stand" order period. Notice to all farm stand subscribers: All sales this summer are being offered only to this years CSA share members. If you've subscribed to the "farm stand" as a non-member in the past unfortunately under the circum1 read more »