Finally we’ve gotten through the last of the cold weather. (We hope!) It’s been really crazy this season already with the up and down temperatures. For some plants it’s no big deal, but for others the temperature swings can inhibit growth or cause the plants to bolt prematurely. So we […]
News From the Farm
The strawberries are finally here! Welcome new and old CSA members, we’re glad to have you along for season. It’s already been interesting one, really different from last year. If you remember, the strawberries started in late April, about three weeks earlier than this season. It’s was a really cold […]
News From The Farm
We wanted to keep you all abreast of the comings and goings on the farm. First, we will be at the Montford Market this Wednesday and all the next Wednesdays until November. Second, we will start the regular CSA season next week, May 14 for Wednesday folks and May 19 for Saturday pick ups. […]
News from the Farm – May 6, 2014
We just wanted to take a moment to fill you in on some of the things that have been happening on the farm over the past few weeks. The biggest addition is that we have finally finished putting up a new high tunnel! It took a little blood, a lot […]
News from the Farm – April 24, 2014
Thank you to all who came out on Sunday. Here we are at the end of another CSA season. We hope that you have enjoyed the experience. Thank you for your support. Just because the CSA is ending doesn’t mean you have to give up fresh produce. We’ll be going […]
News from the Farm – October 12, 2013
One more week! Next Saturday will be the last pick up day for this year’s CSA. The strawberries are in the ground! We had some great help last week and got all 2,000 plants in the ground before lunch. It feels great to have all those plants in the ground. […]
News From The Farm – October 5, 2013
The strawberries arrived last week. The ground is ready for them. We laid landscape fabric down and planted on Thursday: 2,000 plants! Strawberries always fill us full of optimism this time of year. The prospect of a bumper crop of delicious berries is a wonderful thing to think about. The […]
News from the Farm – September 28, 2013
Important News: There are 3 weeks left in the CSA this season! The last box will be delivered on Oct. 12th. We really are sowing the very last few things outside this morning! The last turnips, arugula, & radishes are in the ground! It seems unbelievable. Each day I see […]
News from the Farm – September 21, 2013
The past week has been just kind of a “normal” week, that’s old normal, not the new normal(rainy). We’ve just been thinning beets & carrots, doing a lot of weeding, scouting for insect pests, sowing a few more things in the greenhouse, figuring out the quantities of cover crop seed […]
News from the Farm – September 14, 2013
We had a great day of labor on Labor Day. There were a number of worker members out to help. We dug the last of the potatoes! That field has now been mown down and disced, readying it for sowing fall cover crops in the next week to ten days. […]
News from the Farm – September 7, 2013
We’re moving into fall…the light has started to change, it’s cooler at night now. It’s a bit early for this to be happening, but nothing about this year has been normal, so we’re just going with it. This is usually a time of real abundance on the farm with all […]
News from the Farm – August 31, 2013
Boy do I wish there was more to write about other than the rain! It just hasn’t stopped. I hope all of you saw the article in the Asheville Citizen-Times a couple of days ago. If you missed it, the highlight is that we’re now over 24 inches above average! […]