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Farm Happenings at Ridge to Reef Farm
Farm Happenings for August 29, 2020
Thank you to all for coping with last week's adjustments due to TS Laura. Despite the WAPA power outage which shut Leatherback on Saturday, you made adjustments along with us to make our little local food production system work. She spared us the heavy winds, kept the corn up straight, and delivere1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 22, 2020
First of all, we have no idea why our greenhouse photo appears upside down after many corrective attempts. So if it appears so in browser we will just have to ask you to turn your screen upside down and chalk it up to 2020:)
Summer has turned to that dry hot time of year where the sun seems t1 read more »
Sweet Corn
It's not easy growing sweet corn in the tropics -especially organic sweet corn. But this week it's bursting out a-plenty for your farm share season experience. Last year we gave it a good try but lost every single ear to deer. This year, older and wiser, we gave it another shot in a well fenced-in1 read more »
Soil Building Time
A huge part of being an organic farm is maintaining organic soil matter in the soils in which we grow your food. Last week's brush with a tropical storm has us now killing two birds with one stone in processing debris felled by Maria into beneficial soil amendments for our gardens. This1 read more »
Watermelon & Things
As I sit here watching the first-almost-named storm to lightly hit us this year, it has me thinking. Overall, we have grown too many crops for this time of year for our Farm Share program. Is that possible?
Hopefully by now, you have seen that with a few clicks you can go beyond the weekly share bo1 read more »
A head of schedule
To say the least, it has been an unusual cropping season this year. Normally, we are struggling to keep plants watered in the peak of summer but this year we have been truly blessed with recurrent rains. Crops are generally ahead of schedule and to great proportions.
I don't ever recall having such1 read more »
Summertime abundance
As promised in last week's newsletter, tomatoes are showing up big time this week! We are so pleased to offer an abundant amount of very tasty beefsteak slicers in the midst of summer when tomatoes are usually very hard to grow in the VI. I credit the success to our amazing farm crew members, who h1 read more »
Defiant
We are so thankful for our first tropical wave that brought over 4 inches of rain to the farm over the past few days. It's perked up our grasses, which we will use to mulch our garden beds after mowing and forking.
This rain was different than previous events as it finally penetrated the soil and o1 read more »
Fireworks
It's going to be an unusual independence weekend without the gatherings for fireworks during Emancipation Day on Friday and the U.S Independence Day on Saturday. SO... we are packing them in a box for you.
There will be a lot of color exploding in your shares. This week we have sma1 read more »
About the farm
Ridge to Reef Farm is the only certified organic farm in the USVI. We specialize in organic fruits & vegetables for our farm shares and farm to school program. To maintain our certificate, the most strict plant growing standards on the planet, we are inspected regularly to guarantee our customers receive organic, healthy, and safe food without cutting corners. We seek to feed our islands and inspire its visitors. By protecting our watersheds with organic and peaceful practices, we help heal the land around us and the sea below.
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