Farm Happenings at Sungrounded Farm
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Farm Happenings at Sungrounded Farm

Fusion Food and an Early Frost

Posted on August 31st, 2020
We officially got our first light frost on the farm a couple nights ago.  This season has been truly unforgiving with it's temperature swing, but it's also very typical of our location.  The local food scene is growing here in Central Oregon, but there's a reason veggies are traditionally1 read more »

Onion Harvest

Posted on August 24th, 2020
Today Caleb and I (Ashley) harvested the first of our onions to cure and dry.  We're very happy about this, as last year our onions were not mature in time to cure well and we struggled to get them to dry well in cool weather with fans.  This year our red onion plants' leaves have already1 read more »

Central Oregon Strawberry Season is Upon us

Posted on August 17th, 2020
We're so excited to finally have strawberry plants producing well on the farm and plan on sharing them with you often!  If it seems late for 'strawberry season', it is, but not so much in the high dessert.  Due to late frosts followed by sudden heat spells, outdoor strawberries take a whi1 read more »

Bug Control

Posted on August 8th, 2020
Have you ever seen a plant that looks like swiss cheese?  If so, chances are flea beetle is the culprit.  The image above is two arugula leaves, one at the end of the row left uncovered, and one that was safely tucked under a blanket.  If you pick up on the farm, you may have noticed1 read more »

Summer Squash Season

Posted on August 3rd, 2020
All these warm days are bringing us loads and loads of summer squash and zucchini!  When temps soar, summer squash plants grow fruit so fast we can barely keep up.  On the farm we pick summer squash three times a week in order to keep a relatively consistent, prime size of squashes, and o1 read more »