Blood, Sweat and Tears
A some quick announcements then on to farm news. We have a couple of large projects that involve sitting down and exercising your gripping muscles — cutting the tops off the garlic and the onions. If anyone wants to come out and get a grip please contact me and let me know your availability. No experience […]
Chumbawamba
Most people realize that farming is the inspiration for many songs. From “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” to “She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy“. But one song most people don’t realize was inspired by farming is the Chumbawamba song “Tubthumping“. No really it was. It was written during a summer much like we are having this […]
Brings a Tear to a Farmer’s Eye
Onions. What recipe doesn’t start with onions? That’s why we plant enough onions so that every week you receive onions. In the early part of the season we give out scallions — onions with green tops that don’t bulb. We give these out potentially all season long, as long as we have some left to […]
Downward Dug
This Saturday we had a group of yoga instructors from Core Power Yoga on Grand Avenue come out to help on the farm. There were around 12 or so of the most fit and flexible volunteers we’ve ever had. It was a beautiful day with moderate temperatures, which was unfortunate for those who like hot […]
What Came First, the Egg or the Plant?
This season has been exactly like every other season we’ve ever had. And by that I mean like no others. Every season is unique. We’ve come to name them after the veggie that excelled in the given season. There was the carrot year, the tomato year and who could forget the year of the zucchini? […]
Garlic Digging Event Canceled
Since there was no interest the garlic digging event is canceled. I suppose since there is no interest this message is probably not needed…
Garlic: Can You Dig It?
We harvested about a third of the garlic so far and it was so much fun that we thought we should share the fun with all our members! So this Saturday, July 30th, when the weather will be comfortable and beautiful, we are planning to dig the rest of the garlic. If you would like […]
Help!
This season it has been especially difficult to find and retain good help. Though we’ve been blessed to have some returning employees, filling vacancies has been especially difficult. I guess this is one of the downsides of a robust economy. So we are looking for another person or three to help us through the rest […]
Heat
This will have to be a short newsletter. With the amount of work to do on the farm this time of year I was blessed to see a beautiful full moon rise as I was finishing up some tractor work last night (Is this a farmer humble brag?) So there was no time to write […]