Care to Comment?
The unfortunate thing about the internet is that anyone can say anything and someone somewhere will believe him/her. Nowhere is this more prominent than in the discussions revolving around organic agriculture. A lot of people – and more importantly corporations – have a lot of skin in the organic ag game. This creates a lot […]
Farm Physics
Announcements first, then a lesson in farm physics! We have four more weeks of produce this season! Please let me know if you will be attending the Garlic Planting Gala on Saturday October 6th from 2:00 until we have dinner and a bonfire. This is a fun event for all ages. Come see your farm […]
What’s a cubit?
I’m starting to wonder if we embarked on the wrong spring project this year. I was reminded of this when I awoke this morning to yet another round of heavy rain and thunder. As I was listening to all the commotion outside I leaned over to Susan and said, “Looks like I will be gathering […]
Fresh Earth Farms Newsletter 8-30-2011
Since we love our job we can’t stay away for three whole days in a row. So we are open and delivering on Labor Day! If you pick-up your produce on Mondays please plan to do so on Labor Day. As we were having lunch the other day we were reminiscing about last season and […]
Fresh Earth Farms Newsletter 8-17-2010
It has been very busy here on the farm. So busy I don’t have time to write a bunch of stuff. So let me focus on the important things. First, we’ve been digging garlic every chance we get. We are about 2/3rds of the way done. Hopefully we will finish by the end of this […]
Fresh Earth Farms Newsletter 8-10-10
It has been and continues to be very busy here on the farm. Seems like the work peaks around the same time the temperature peaks! Not fair. But now that I think of it, the work also peaks when the temperatures dip. And it also peaks when the temperatures stay constant. In fact the works […]
Fresh Earth Farms Newsletter 8-4-2010
I am a bit behind in getting information out this week so here goes. This week we will have tomatoes, tomatillos, cherry tomatoes, potatoes, green beans, sweet peppers, eggplants, cucumbers, summer squash, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, kohlrabi, basil, onions and sweet corn. The potatoes are a great tasting variety called Nicola. They are a yellow […]
Fresh Earth Farms Newsletter 7-27-2010
It is a hot one today. Great day to write a newsletter. This week I will focus on pests. This year we are inundated with pests. Absolutely overrun. Completely saturated. Just like last year and the year before that and every previous year. There are a lot of pests every year. The way we farm […]
A couple quick items
Included in this week’s share are cauliflower, eggplants and sweet corn. Each warrants special instructions. Cauliflower: We have found that cauliflower doesn’t keep as well as other items. We suggest you eat it soon after you receive it. Not necessarily the first day but certainly within the first few days. Eggplants: Most vegetable storage instructions say […]