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Farm Happenings at Zilnicki Farms
Farm Happenings for May 16, 2023
We are halfway through May already and I don't know about you, but I absolutely love this time of year. The birds are chirping, the trees aren't naked anymore, the flowers are growing and blooming, everything is alive and well.
So for the remainder of May we are doing a challenge1 read more »
Farm Happenings for May 9, 2023
Well we finished planting potatoes last Friday before all the rain and we are so thankful we did. I always say, mother nature evens out the scales and we went from very dry to very wet real fast. We are supper thankful for these rain and now we are ready for some real May weather. 1 read more »
Farm Happenings for May 2, 2023
Can you believe May is this coming week? We finished planting our 50 acres of potatoes tonight, just in time for some weekend rain. Its been a grind, but we pushed through and move on to the next process with the potatoes which is clean and repair equipment, and start cultivation on the1 read more »
Farm Happenings for April 25, 2023
Another week is in the books on the farm and we are about 3/4th of the way done with our potato planting. I will tell you this, this is the driest April plowing I have ever done. I know mother nature evens out but man its dry.
Sorry for the confusion last weekend about the d1 read more »
Farm Happenings for April 18, 2023
I hope you enjoyed summer this week, it was a nice glimpse into Summer. We started planting potatoes this week and my John Deere tractor cab doesn't have air conditioning and it felt like a sauna. We planted 5 acres of red potatoes, 3 acres of white potatoes and 3 acres of russet potatoes.&nb1 read more »
Farm Happenings for April 11, 2023
Happy Easter to you and your families. We have some exciting news! Farmer Jackie and her husband Will welcomed a beautiful, healthy baby boy this week! Baby and mama are happy and healthy and now getting acclimated to the new world.
We are in the process of updating the Harvie software1 read more »
Farm Happenings for April 4, 2023
March is done and April is here! April is the real month things start cranking on our farms as the days get warmer and longer. Our greenhouses are also filling up with plant starts, and nice sunny days it gets up to 80 to 90 degrees, and we imagine we are in Florida.
Our kale is1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 28, 2023
The last week of March is upon us and we can all feel that itch that spring is right around the corner. Farmers have started to head to the fields to do some early season prep work. We have been busy spreading compost and manure on our fields to help build our soils back up. We ha1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 21, 2023
Happy St. Patricks day to you! My mom's mom was 100% and her grandparents were potato farmers in Ireland and settled in Calverton and continued the potato farming tradition here, so the Irish heritage is held close to the heart here. Although my wife informed me St. Patrick may actually1 read more »
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Zilnicki Farms is a 4th generation family farm focused on sustainable agriculture, growing the highest quality vegetables and reminding people of the importance in knowing where their food comes from. Together as a family we work tirelessly to provide a vast assortment of vegetable, herbs, potted flowers, cut flowers, and free range eggs.
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