Farm Happenings at River Run Farm
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Farm Happenings at River Run Farm

Farm Happenings for November 10, 2020

Posted on November 2nd, 2020
Dear farmshare members, This is the last week of the Farmshare. We are so grateful for every one of you and we admire your commitment to supporting small scale organic agriculture. Thank you for being patient with us this season as we fumbled along learning some new systems (Harvie) and trying to k1 read more »

Farm Happenings for November 3, 2020

Posted on October 30th, 2020
Farmshare members, Here we are in the transition to November. Halloween, daylight savings, election day, and the second to last week of the CSA- there sure is a lot going on! We've had rain, sunshine, wind storms, freezing temps, and warm afternoons all in a week's time. Many crops are tapering off1 read more »

Farm Happenings for October 27, 2020

Posted on October 23rd, 2020
Hello Farmshare members, The days are getting shorter and colder and we can no longer start our harvests at 7:30 in the morning as we had been. Just the other morning, a light frost blanketed the farm as the crew started packing Farmshare boxes before sunrise, bundled up in wool sweaters and coats.1 read more »

Farm Happenings for October 20, 2020

Posted on October 19th, 2020
Greeting farmshare members, *For Full Season and Heart of the Season farmshare members who haven't already, please take a minute to give us your feedback through this 2020 farmshare survey. Fall members, we will send a separate survey at the end of the season. Thank you!* We are deep into fall1 read more »

Farm Happenings for October 20, 2020

Posted on October 16th, 2020
Greeting farmshare members, We are deep into fall these days with morning meetings requiring layers of sweaters and a hot drink in hand. The sun rising later each day and setting earlier is a gentle nudge towards the long nights up ahead. We are just a week away from the start of the Persephone Per1 read more »

Farm Happenings for October 13, 2020

Posted on October 9th, 2020
Hello members! These days, the transition from sun to rain (and back to sun!) means that it is again time to turn in some crops and time to sow more cover crop seed. This last week included exactly that in preparation for some wet weather. Additionally, we’ve started harvesting and curing som1 read more »

Farm Happenings for October 6, 2020

Posted on October 2nd, 2020
Greetings members, ‘Tis the season for making kraut and other fermented goodies! Some of our favorites ferments around here are simple green cabbage sauerkrauts, Kim chi, and Beet kvass. And in the summer we love making fermented half sour pickles. These are all classic ferments, but did you1 read more »

Farm Happenings for October 3, 2020

Posted on September 29th, 2020
Hi folks, A warm welcome to the members who have joined us for the Fall season of the Farmshare! With the rains last week, the seasonal shift is starting to feel very familiar... and damp. We were concerned for our crops that once we no longer had irrigation access (we stop irrigating mid September1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 29, 2020

Posted on September 25th, 2020
Hi folks, A warm welcome to the members who have joined us for the Fall season of the Farmshare! With the rains this past week, the seasonal shift is starting to feel very familiar... and damp. We were concerned for our crops that once we no longer had irrigation access (we stop irrigating mid Sept1 read more »