The growers have been working this week to ready our plants for setting out in the fields. We hope to begin transplanting flowers by the end of the week and Read More …
Author: andrea
A cold stretch slows us down, but . . .
. . .that doesn’t keep us from going. We’ve been doing a bit of farm maintence. Tree and brush pruning; rock removal; barn cleaning, etc.We’re waiting for the sun to Read More …
Bluebirds Abound
All this past week our crew of growers sited numerous couples of Eastern Bluebirds scoping out nesting sites on the farm. We are all hoping they will choose our location Read More …
Spring is Here!!!
The growers spent some time this week in the 60 degree weather cleaning and sharpening our hand tools. Once the ground warmed up our Field Manager was able to begin Read More …
Growers begin the new season’s work
Last week the growers began cleaning seed flats (photo above) and planting seeds. We already have kohlrabi plants germinated and growing under lights in the office. About 20 other flats Read More …
CSA Winter Meeting
Our CSA focus meeting was a success. Thanks for those who came. Here’s a picture of part of the crowd. We spoke at length about various factors, including:* the usefulness Read More …
Winter Projects
Just a quick update from us here on the farm. We just got back from a conference in Athens, Ohio that focused on The Community Food Secuirty Project grant from Read More …
2007 CSA Season SOLD OUT in 24 hours!
We are humbled by the quick response by folks who were waiting patiently to download their CSA commitment form at get it in asap. One person overnighted her form and Read More …
2007 CSA open to a limited number of new customers
We are please to open our Community Supported Agriculture program up to new customers begining today. At this time over 80% of the 2006 participating members have re-joined leaving only Read More …
Shannon Varley Transitions
Five years ago this January, I pulled into Frederick with a U-Haul and moved into my first apartment to take my first “real” salaried job after graduate school…I recall that Read More …
Sampling the Soil
We took the opportunity of the nice weather to go out and collect soil samples from our fields today. Soil testing is at the heart of of our strategy to Read More …
Still Harvesting!
Hakurei Turnips still fresh and heathy!Thanks to Johnnys Selected Seeds for donating all our seeds in 2006! I am happy to report that our team of growers has proven that Read More …
Last Extended Season Harvest #4
We have been working hard to get our garlic planted. This photo shows our crew hand planting some of the 275 pounds of seed garlic (cloves of the larger garlic Read More …
Harvest for Extended Week #3
TurnipsRadishesBeetsKohlrabiCarrotsGarlicPotatoesWinter SquashBraising MixSunchokes-a new item to try! -adrienne
Extended Week #2
Oh, a glorious Halloween Day to harvest vegetables for you! Here’s what you got: Turnips-purple topRadishes-Easter EggBeets-Chioggia/Red AceKohlrabi-PurpleChard-Fordhook/Bright LightsKale-Red RussianArugulaTomatoesGreen TomatoesCeleriacGarlicPotatoesWinter Squash -adrienne