I’m All Ears
Labor Day is just another day here at the farm. Veggies don’t celebrate labor. So we are open our usual hours and our deliveries occur at the usual times (except for Woodbury being a bit late). And more importantly, this is a great day to volunteer on the farm. We can find activities for all […]
Get the Real Dirt
We were really “down to earth” here at Fresh Earth Farms today. Like really down. So down we were below ground. Today we finally finished harvesting the garlic, which happens to grow underground. And once we were done with the garlic we continued our below ground day by digging carrots. We really worked our core muscle […]
Here Today, Gone Tomato
Sorry if we are overwhelming you with veggies. I hope you found ways to use all the produce. I think this week I’ll talk about tomatoes. I find tomatoes one of the most challenging and rewarding veggies we grow. It is also the most costly. We grow somewhere around 20 different varieties of tomatoes. Thirteen […]
TMV: Too Many Vegetables!
With this past week’s plethora of produce I feel it is a good time to talk about one aspect of farming that is unique to CSA farms – produce allocation. Trying to provide the right amount of veggies to each of our customers and their individual needs is impossible. We walk a fine line between […]
This Week’s Newsletter
This is the time of year when I run out of things to talk about. With the farm going on twelve years now there isn’t much left to say. So I typically put out a request to our members to ask questions. Something you are curious about may be of interest to another member of […]
The Yin and the Yang
I’ve said it many times before, in farming sometimes you have to work outside; sometimes you get to work outside. We’ve had both these last two days. My plan based on Sunday’s forecast was to sweat profusely on Monday getting the harvesting done then spend the day inside on Tuesday following the horrible rainstorms predicted […]
Week 5 Newsletter
No time to write the newsletter yesterday. With the nice weather on Tuesday I spent the whole day farming and couldn’t find the time to break away to write this. So here I am early Wednesday morning putting something together. Most of the crops are looking pretty good. The one crop that is doing exceptionally are […]
The Farm at the end of the Rainbow
Every year I tell people this farm expression and today is a worthy day for this year’s installment: In farming some days you have to work outside and some days you get to work outside. Today is a get to day. However it is not a get to day to write a newsletter; it is […]
A Great Day!
My plan today was to spend the whole day outside getting a whole lot of work done. The forecast was favorable and the work was plentiful. I thought, “It is going to be a great day!” So I awoke at 6:30 am to get my day started. After a brief rest stop I took a […]