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Farm Happenings at Trumpeter Swan Farm
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Summer, Week 7, July 12
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Summer, Week 7, July 12
---- Cabbage Arrives ----
This week, cabbage joins the line up. Time for Cole Slaw! We grow a smaller variety, so the heads are not too large. So far, cabbage worms have not been much of a problem. Maybe they got started late because of the May1 read more »
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Summer, Week 6, July 5
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Summer, Week 6, July 5
---- Sugar Snap Peas ----
Sugar Snap Peas continue to produce well. Normally, peas do not like heat. But in this hot spell, we've had plenty of humidity. While people do not like high dewpoints, plants love it. The water does not evaporate from1 read more »
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Summer, Week 5, June 28
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Summer, Week 5, June 28
---- Broccoli ----
Broccoli has come very nicely. Heads are good size despite our dry and hot spell last week. Timely rain should help the remaining heads mature for next week.
---- Mustard ----
We are harvesting the last of the mustard this we1 read more »
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Summer, Week 4, June 21
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Summer, Week 4, June 21
---- Garlic Scapes ----
Garlic Scapes are the unopened flowers of hardneck garlic. They can be chopped up and used as garlic flavor in cooking. But, BETTER YET, eat them like green beans. Cut into 2-3 inch pieces (exclude the flowe1 read more »
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Summer, Week 3, June 14
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Summer, Week 3, June 14
---- Good Bye Asparagus ----
Our last week of asparagus. After this week, we will let it grow out, giving it some fertilizer to replace the nutrients we removed when we picked spears. It will spend the rest of the growing season st1 read more »
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Summer, Week 2, June 7
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Summer, Week 2, June 7
---- Swaps ----
We do the harvest estimate the day before your delivery, letting Harvie build your box with proposed items. Once that is done (about noon), you will get your "Time to customize your farm share"l email with the propos1 read more »
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Summer, Week 1, May 31
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Summer, Week 1, May 31
* Rhubarb * Snapped Asparagus * Triple Washed Greens * Zero Landfill Rhubarb
Rhubarb makes an appearance this week. Red Crimson is smaller diameter, but nice and red. My1 read more »
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Winter, Week 32, May 24
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Winter, Week 32, May 24
* Asparagus * Snapped Asparagus * Triple Washed Greens * Zero Landfill
Asparagus
Warm sun + Nice Rain = Plenty of Asparagus! It is coming up fast now. Everyone should get som1 read more »
Farm Happenings for Week of May 17, 2020
This is the first week of a 2 week trial run of the new Harvie CSA software that we are using.
Since you signed up early, you are part of this trial run period before the main Summer Season begins the week of May 31.
I'm learning how it allocates the farm products to all the boxes based on yo1 read more »
About the farm
Phil and Kathy, along with our son Ian and other employees, farm 40 acres. We raise fruits and vegetables including asparagus, strawberries, rhubarb, summer squash, cucumbers, peas and beans, tomatoes and peppers, sweet corn, and winter squash. We also have brown eggs produced by our never caged, free range chickens. And honey produced by hives on our farm.
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