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 […]
Success?
I’ve been reading a lot about this online word game called Wordle. Anyone else hear about it? Learn my game strategy and results from last season’s seed treatment experiment (totally unrelated) right after these brief messages. Sign-ups for the 2022 season are progressing nicely but as always, until we are sold out, we will continue […]
No Solution for You!
Not a lot happening on the farm so this week is about the ongoing technical struggles. But first a few announcements: Our 3M drop site hosts are moving so we need to find another location. In looking at our customers who pick up there we seem to have them located on both sides of 94 […]
Oven Roasted Sausage and Squash
This is a great all-in-one recipe for those cold winter nights. You can use chorizo, Italian, Andouille or other spicy sausage. Butternut squash works quite well though other winter squashes could substitute if needed.
Happy New Year 2022!
Phew, I’m glad 2021 is finally over however I’m not sure if it was an improvement over 2020. Let’s hope 2022 has fewer pandemics and insurrections. Here are a bunch of things that may or may not interest you. Hopefully if you read it all there will be something worthwhile. I’ll bold some words so […]