Edamame
I think last week was the first week in the history of Fresh Earth Farms that I didn’t get around to writing a newsletter. Too much to do, too little time and not enough help. So something had to give, and it was the newsletter. But I’m back, better than ever (or maybe pretty much […]
Puzzling Potatoes
Cartalk recently had a veggie puzzler that was very apropos for this time of year and this particular season. If you go to the link it includes the answer so if you want to think about it first I will summarize the puzzler here from a farmer perspective and provide the answer at the bottom […]
Building Blocks
Has anyone else noticed that the competition for CSAs has ramped-up hockey-stick style in the last few years. Since we’ve been in the CSA biz (started in 2004) we’ve seen quite a few competitors enter the market. When we started it was typical that a CSA farm was organic, small (5-20 acres, maybe up to […]
Farming Trifecta!
Not a lot of time for a newsletter so lets make this succinct. We need more employees, fewer deer, and less rain. If anyone is interested in getting out of the house for a couple of hour per week let me know. We could certainly use the help! After this week we will be down […]
What’s For Dinner?
I can’t seem to think of much to say this week so here are a bunch of recipes. But first a couple of announcements. We are looking for help for the rest of the season. Part time. Full time. We can be flexible. If you want to only help wash produce and not work out […]
It’s All Good
It seems like every week I talk about all the bad things happening here on the farm. Things breaking. Weather not cooperating. Pests being pesky. Someone made an off-the-cuff remark that it always sounded so glum but they were still happy with all the great stuff they were getting. So to change things up this […]
Transitioning
Last week I asked everyone to leave their car windows open, plan outdoor activities, etc. to try to get us some rain. It worked quite well. Thank you! Now we’re good. So close up the windows and go back to your usual indoor activities. One quick announcement then on to farm news. We are looking […]
A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall?
[Editor’s Note: This newsletter was written on Monday evening before the rain that was not forecasted last night. Please be advised.] Just a reminder that we will take back pint-size clamshells, egg cartons from EggShare, FruitShare boxes and rubber bands. Please save the rubber bands until you have enough quantity to make it worthwhile. Farm […]
Farm Update
Unfortunately I don’t have a lot of time to fill you in on what’s happening on the farm but suffice it to say that for the most part things are progressing as usual, which is to say completely different than any other season. We’ve got some new bugs that are eating our basil; never had […]