June 1, 2022 Welcome friends, community, family! We’re SO excited to be kicking off a new season of fresh, local, and organic vegetables on the Small Family Farm! We’re excited for the produce, the people and life on our farm, and the fulfillment of the promise of Spring that always comes even if we begin […]
October Thirteenth Week 20 marks the final week of Summer Share deliveries for Full and Even Week CSA members. We have enjoyed a very bountiful season where we have been able to pack the CSA boxes each week to the top with colorful, flavorful and nutritious vegetables! Each season brings it’s own hardships with the […]
October Sixth This last week we harvested all of our sweet potatoes for the season. Sweet potatoes are a very interesting crop that is planted with a little ‘slip” which is a small piece of root attached to skimpy little stem with a whithered little leaf that arrives in bundles by mail in the Spring. […]
September Twenty-Nineth I’m a bit old fashioned in some ways. Perhaps I’m simply my mother’s daughter. But I’m a firm believer in the power of “pleases” and “thank you’s”. I’m trying my darndest to raise our children to recite these words even if they don’t embody a complete understanding of their importance at their young […]
September Twenty-Second This week the farm shifts from feeling like summer to looking and feeling very much like Fall. The maple tree that sits high atop our farm that feels ancient and wise is filled with leaves turning yellow and orange. The north wind blows through her branches making a rustling sound that make the […]
September Fifteenth On the sixteenth CSA delivery week out of 20 summer share deliveries, the farm is looking like it has had a season. The crew is in miraculously good spirits while your farmers are looking a little tired and worn. While tired, we also feel excited and energized knowing that we are in the […]
September Eighth I do believe that I have the best job in the world. The best job for me, for sure. It’s a hard job and the hours are long and the labor is heavy. The stress is real and the constant variable of mother nature in our partnership can turn even the best farmers […]
September First A gentle breeze blew and a glittering of leaves fell from the walnut trees in the yard. I suddenly realized that Fall was approaching. The wolly bear caterpillars are crawling around looking for a place to slumber and the yellow jackets are ubiquitous around the farm. Monarch butterflies flutter around and the apple […]
August Twenty-Fifth In August, I feel tired. If August was a person, it would be a wild-eyed, red haired voluptuous woman, the kind of person that excites you and dances the night away with you and leaves you feeling strewn out on the floor. While there are no festivities and late summer evening fires burning […]
August Eighteenth I had a CSA member ask me at the farm dinner last Saturday night where the first place my eyes go in the morning when I first step out the door. I prompted this question by offering that I’m always looking for newsletter content ideas and I’m interested in knowing what YOU all […]
August Eleventh The farm received nearly 7 inches of rain the past week. Heavy winds and rain hammered down this past weekend making for a very muddy harvest on Monday morning. The crew was getting their boots stuck in the mud. The bins were muddy, the produce was muddy and there was mud virtually everywhere. […]
August Fourth I often experience a feeling of dissatisfaction when eating away from home. The idea of eating out for the sake of adventure or not making a mess in the kitchen or trying something new always proves to be less than climactic. Perhaps I have become a supreme food snob after so many years […]
July Twenty-Eigth In late July I am reminded that the farmers are not always in control. I am reminded to find the beauty amidst the chaos. There is order in the disorder. There are so many divine players in the field working their own magic that remind Adam and I that we only have so […]
July Twenty-First The farm is so busy, so alive, so vibrant. The helpers come in rhythm each week to help us get the work done bringing their stories, their laughter, and their own struggles. We all show up day after day ready for more. We are here to work and learn and grow and gather […]
July Fourteenth There is an effort on our small family farm to cultivate a sort of community. There are the worker shares and the employees and the neighbors and all of YOU. We are tied together through the shared soil that our food is grown in. We are unified by experiencing a growing season together […]
July Seventh I don’t think I’m the only one who is feeling it, but life feels a little like a boiling pot these days. Every day is a marathon. The to-do lists are long, longer than the daylight hours. The children run barefoot with wild hair and eyes and stay up much too late. I […]
June Thirtieth The farm received a blessed 1 ¾ inches of rain on Saturday this week. The rains came slow and fell softly over the course of a whole day. We feel lucky because other townships around ours receive as many as three and five and up to 11 inches of rain. We evaded downpours […]
June Twenty-Third At least once every season I like to pay tribute to our helpers. They are the behind-the-scenes bodies, minds and souls of our farm breathing life and energy into the work we are doing. Without people willing to do this kind of work, even for 3.5 hours a week, our Small Family Farm […]
June Sixteenth The farm is like an adolescent child right now. The crops are all young and tender and ‘growing up so fast’. The crops are healthy and strong and it seems as though nothing can stop them. They would grow up to the clouds in their own minds if not for their encumbering and […]
June Nineth The 2021 growing season is sure kicking off with a bang! Last week we finished planting our tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and got a parsley planting in. This week we will continue planting our second succession of sweet corn, continual lettuce plantings, fennel and basil and another Strawberry planting for 2022 harvest! A […]
