Week 14, 2024

Farm worker in the small family farm tomato field

I want to start by giving you our full 2024 tomato story.  On a normal year, tomatoes are planted in late May. Learn more about it all here…

Week 13, 2024

An august vegetable share at Small Family CSA

My whole life I’ve felt different.  Different from the other kids at school.  Different from my siblings and cousins.  Of course this different kind of gal would take the road less traveled and find herself high up on some windy ridge down some country road far away from civilization. 

Week 12, 2024

Small Family Farm Field

The summer that is here today in fullness and bounty but will soon begin to wane with the moon itself.  The children of the world are going back to school.  

Week 11, 2024

Small family csa farm august share

This Saturday we will host our annual Summer Evening Farm dinner.  It’s on the fancy side of things for us farm folk.  We put on clean clothes, catch up on the yard trimming, and set out nice tables with flowers. 

Week 20, 2023

Small Family Crew harvesting Brussels Sprouts

This week marks the final week of our Summer Share CSA Deliveries.  The Even week and Every Week members pick up their final summer share delivery today.  It is with a bittersweet heart that the summer share season comes to a close.

Week 19, 2023

Acorn Square from Small Family CSA

Mid October on an organic vegetable farm looks very much like a Fall scene. 

Week 18, 2023

Potatoes in the shape of hearts.

Mid October on an organic vegetable farm looks very much like a Fall scene. 

Week 17, 2023

CSA Box Fall 2023

Mid October on an organic vegetable farm looks very much like a Fall scene. 

Week 16, 2023

Csa Box Mid Sept 2023

If the CSA experience does anything for us, it challenges us.  We are challenged by the weekly or bi-weekly boxes of seasonal vegetables that are sometimes familiar and sometimes unfamiliar.  The less familiar vegetables aren’t meant to intimidate, disappoint, or dis-courage you.  They’re meant to inspire you, foster courage and bravery and challenge you to rise to a new level in your cooking skills that impresses your friends and family and builds confidence in you as a cook! 

Week 15, 2023

Crew photo

If the CSA experience does anything for us, it challenges us.  We are challenged by the weekly or bi-weekly boxes of seasonal vegetables that are sometimes familiar and sometimes unfamiliar.  The less familiar vegetables aren’t meant to intimidate, disappoint, or dis-courage you.  They’re meant to inspire you, foster courage and bravery and challenge you to rise to a new level in your cooking skills that impresses your friends and family and builds confidence in you as a cook! 

Week 14, 2023

Small Family CSA Worker

If the CSA experience does anything for us, it challenges us.  We are challenged by the weekly or bi-weekly boxes of seasonal vegetables that are sometimes familiar and sometimes unfamiliar.  The less familiar vegetables aren’t meant to intimidate, disappoint, or dis-courage you.  They’re meant to inspire you, foster courage and bravery and challenge you to rise to a new level in your cooking skills that impresses your friends and family and builds confidence in you as a cook! 

Week 13, 2023

Sweet peppers in the field before harvest.

If the CSA experience does anything for us, it challenges us.  We are challenged by the weekly or bi-weekly boxes of seasonal vegetables that are sometimes familiar and sometimes unfamiliar.  The less familiar vegetables aren’t meant to intimidate, disappoint, or dis-courage you.  They’re meant to inspire you, foster courage and bravery and challenge you to rise to a new level in your cooking skills that impresses your friends and family and builds confidence in you as a cook! 

Week 12, 2023

Working hard out in the fields at Small Family Farm

This week on the farm we brace ourselves to brave the heat wave on the horizon.  Temperatures expected to be as high as 100 degrees this week on Wednesday.

Week 11, 2023

Aug 16 Csa Box

A blessed 2.9 inches of rain have fallen on the fields of the farm since last week!  It came in a thrilling and exciting storm on Friday night in a blast of wind and rain with lots and lots of lighting.  On Monday we had our first actual rainy harvest day where we were harvesting kale in the rain with full rain gear enjoying every moment of it.  

Week 10, 2023

Harveting Brussels Sprouts

The drought on the farm continues to a level deeper than anything we have ever experienced in our 19 years of farming.  The 80% chance of rain we were expecting this last weekend dwindled from 80% to 70% to 60% to 40% to none.  We’re in severe drought status. 

Week 9, 2023

Harvesting Carrots

I believe that predictable practices are good for a person, a family and a crew.  There is no questioning whether the job or the task set before us is worthy or important, it simply must be done. 

Week 8, 2023

July 26 Csa Box

I believe that predictable practices are good for a person, a family and a crew.  There is no questioning whether the job or the task set before us is worthy or important, it simply must be done. 

Week 7, 2023

July 19 Csa Box

It’s only week 7 and the season feels like it’s in a teenage stage of development.  Many of the plants are looking full sized, healthy, strong, and like they’re approaching the season of setting fruit.  The potato, tomato, squash, melon and cuke fields look fantastic to name a few.

Week 6, 2023

With the hot weather the summer squash and zucchini harvest is hitting strong.  Cucumber harvest will likely begin next week.  Cucumber and zucchini harvest needs to happen every two days to make sure that the fruits don’t get over-mature.  We also harvest broccoli and cauliflower every two days to cut the heads that are fully mature and to make sure they don’t over-mature in the fields.  Broccoli and Cauliflower are both stored in the cooler and iced until box packing on Tuesdays. 

Week 5, 2023

Field Worker at Small Family Farm

With the hot weather the summer squash and zucchini harvest is hitting strong.  Cucumber harvest will likely begin next week.  Cucumber and zucchini harvest needs to happen every two days to make sure that the fruits don’t get over-mature.  We also harvest broccoli and cauliflower every two days to cut the heads that are fully mature and to make sure they don’t over-mature in the fields.  Broccoli and Cauliflower are both stored in the cooler and iced until box packing on Tuesdays.