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Farm Happenings at Ridge to Reef Farm
Sweet and dry
As we continue to persevere through these dry times, we are rewarded with some sweetness. Mango trees in our orchard are flowering heavily with promises of mangoes late into the summer. Our pineapples are ripening quickly and we have to harvest often to quell rat pressure. Even the soursops are sta1 read more »
Dust Days
Summer is coming in hot and we've got lots to share with you all. Mangoes are starting to drop from the trees so we are trying our best to pick them before the birds find out. The Sahara dust we've been experiencing this past week has been impacting our solar capacities but we are doing our best to1 read more »
Weekend Rain
Good Day,
Like the title says, we had some wonderful rain this weekend. It couldn't have come at a better time. With Being so dry lately, and having done some big plantings for the future of the CSA, we were very pleased to have the rain on our side. It has brought forth a fantastic germination rat1 read more »
Collaboration
Happy Tuesday everyone!
It's that time of the year where every little bit of water goes such a long way. Are plants are thirsty and we are trying our best to make sure they retain as much water as possible. Using cut grass, banana leaves and even old cardboard boxes can help retain water in the soi1 read more »
Piña!!!
Welcome back members, all of you, from the brand new, to the crafty veterans. We are excited to start this season off right, with bringing you some of the highest quality fruits and vegetables this island has to offer. That being said, in spite of all the heat and dryness lately, we have a wonderfu1 read more »
Sweet Endings
Happy last week of the CSA season!
It has been such a pleasure serving each and every one of you this season. As we end this CSA season, we are very much looking forward to the start of the next, which begins in two weeks. This next season will be filled with much of the same fruit that we are seei1 read more »
Changing Seasons
Happy Tuesday and second to last week of the Winter CSA Season! For many of you this week will be your last and we want to thank you for your contribution to our farm, we've loved growing veggies for you!
This week we are all feeling the changes of the season. That rain we got in early spring is no1 read more »
Spring Cleaning
Amongst all the hustle and bustle of day to day farm chores, sometimes there needs to be time made for getting things in order. Today we did just that. In preparation of fruit season we focused some much needed energy into liberating fruit trees and the land in general from the ever enc1 read more »
Beans, beans!
Holy moly, what happened to dry season? My bed is damp, I haven't irrigated in a week and things we used to harvest every other day now could probably be harvested twice a day. I am by no means complaining, the hillsides are still lush and green, our cistern is full and our plants aren't facing the1 read more »