No Planting for You!
In case it isn’t obvious, there will be no potato planting party today (Saturday April 30th). It is postponed until better weather.
Irrigation Irritation
Learn about stuff somewhat related to farming, but first here are a few things. The Potato Planting Party is still scheduled for this Saturday but if the weather forecasting people are correct — arguably unlikely considering past performance — it may be too rainy. If there isn’t any rain and the soil is dry enough […]
Protean
To be successful at small scale vegetable farming — at least in my opinion — you must be a protean human. The reason I say this is that I just learned of this word and wanted to remember it by using it in a sentence. It is surprising that I have gone my whole life […]
The Splice of Life
Learn the Fresh Earth Farms method for grafting tomato plants, right after these brief messages. We have added a drop site in Stillwater near Manning Ave just north of Hwy 36. If you have friends or relatives in the area tell them to join the farm! Or if you want to switch to the new […]
Time Flies Like An Arrow…
Fruit flies like a tomato. A few announcements then on to Farm News! We are still taking orders for 2022. Sign up today to reserve your share! We are still looking for an employee to two for this season. If you want to enjoy this summer outdoors — and frankly who wouldn’t — this would […]
Give Me Gas
If there is one lesson I learned from playing 100s of games of Risk as a child, Ukraine is neither easy to capture nor easy to hold. Perhaps Putin should have played more Risk. Here are a few announcements then on to farm related news! We are still taking orders for the 2022 season. We […]
Job Opening
Fresh Earth Farms (www.FreshEarthFarms.com) is a Community Supported Agriculture farm located just east of the Twin Cities (south of Afton). We are seeking an enthusiastic person or two to assist in the laborious, never-ending task of supplying fresh, wholesome vegetables to our CSA members. The ideal candidate will have: An overwhelming interest in sustainable agriculture […]
CSA Week 2022
I hope everyone is having a great CSA week! What, you don’t know what CSA week is? Well, it is like Festivus but without the aluminum pole and the airing of grievances. I thought with it being CSA week this would be a great time to remind people of the importance of alternative food systems. […]
Dr. Frankenstein
This week we discuss another new technique we are using this season to reduce our disease pressure. But first a few announcements. We are still taking orders for this season’s shares. Sign-up soon if you haven’t yet done so. Feel free to order online. Also mention it to all your friends and neighbors. We’ll credit […]