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news from the farm… hello friends!  i hope that you all enjoyed a great first week of September, and the cooler weekend temperatures.  they are a welcome change on the farm, and harbinger of sweet fall crops to come.  despite the challenging summer with all the rain and heat, our fall crops have fared well…

news from the farm… hi friends!  i hope that you’re having a great long weekend (for those of you who do)!   we have our first sweet potatoes for you this week!  at the farm we, vegetables included, are appreciating these cooler temperatures, and looking ahead to fall crops.  for anyone going back to school/work this…

news from the farm… hello friends!  our apologies for the late email today!  we had some technical difficulties and weren’t able to send this to you bright and early this morning as usual.  we’ve got it sorted out now, though, and thankfully it won’t happen again. i hope you’ve been enjoying the drier days and…

news from the farm… hello friends!  as you all know, the past many weeks have brought us downpour upon deluge, more rain than we can remember ever getting at once, and this week some of our crops took a real turn for the worse.  the constant rain causes, among other things, puddling in the fields,…

news from the farm… hi friends! despite all the wet weather, we’re still harvesting lots of great veggies for you. so many tomatoes!!! the summer squash, zucchini, and cucumbers do not like all the rain we’ve had, and this succession isn’t producing any more, so you’ll notice that the mix & match table has a…

news from the farm… hey friends! i hope that this finds you refreshed after a sweet sunny weekend, and ready for some more vegetable bounty. if you haven’t been picking the green beans at the home barn, i encourage you to get some! the plants are loaded with beautiful ripe beans: we have green beans,…

news from the farm… hi friends!  i’m thankful today to have a couple of drier days – this past week of rain has made for some wet field slogging and challenging cultivation on the farm!  as with all weather, some of our crops are loving all the moisture, and others are not.  the tomatoes are…

news from the farm… hello friends! in addition to our regular tasks, this week was garlic garlic garlic! we harvested a whole lot of it. you can see a little bit of what we picked curing here in the greenhouse (photo below), but the bulk of it is curing up in crates in the garlic…

news from the farm… hello friends! this week we’re getting ready to do our first big bulk harvest: garlic! garlic harvest is a big job, and will take the entire crew several full days to get it all done and set out to cure. we let it cure for 2-4 weeks in our garlic barn…

news from the farm… hello friends! phew, last week was really a doozy, and we felt it on the farm. i can’t remember such an early and prolonged heat wave. and while the multiple unexpected torrential downpours brought a welcome respite from the intense heat, they were similarly uncharacteristic and tough on the crops. so…