What's news at the farm?

CSA PICK UP SCHEDULE

Tuesday is THE day to pick up a CSA share at the farm. We decided to consolidate all the various pick-up days to Tuesdays so that we can concentrate on tending to Farm chores the rest of the week. There will continue to be a FarmShop mid-days on Saturdays if you want to do some additional shopping​.

 

HIGH TUNNEL GROWING

We are able to grow early and late season crops under this protective cover. It is a real joy working in a high tunnel when it is cold or raining out and all those little plants are growing. We can continue with tending to and harvesting even when the weather is less than ideal outside. The high tunnel also helps to minimize the variables of farming (and belonging to a CSA) as we have more control over the growing conditions. The trade-off of farming/growing in a high tunnel is it does require a higher level of management and diligent care.

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POND REPAIRS

We just completed repairing our irrigation pond! It was originally constructed in the 1970s and had not been holding water for some time. It took years of paperwork, then came the permits and lastly the excavation. Boy, is it ever nice to have an irrigation source again! It sure is pretty too.

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NO MORE ORCHARD

We completed the removal of our old peach and apple orchards. The trees had become old and tired and unfortunately it was no longer feasible to continue cropping them. This is a sad thing, but it is reality. It was time to face the music. We have fruit growing friends who specialize in tree fruit, and we plan to purchase peaches and apples from them. We can support other local growers and continue to offer a fine product both to CSA and retail customers. We continue to grow red raspberries and blackberries and of course lots of different cantaloupes and watermelon just not tree fruit.

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There is literally always something "new" we are working on. When you are on a farm you underline "working on"