Hi everyone, I hope this email finds you well. This is second-year intern Sanaz writing to you from Full Sun—Alex and Vanessa send their regards from sunny California . Here on the farm, we’re all wishing they would send a little of the sunshine, too, because our week by ourselves […]
News From the Farm
Below are a couple pictures of a field with a summer cover crop mixture of Sudan Grass, Sunflowers, Millet, Oats, and CowPeas. The pictures were taken a week apart. It’s time to mow it down and work it into the soil! Yikes, all the rain! We’re so glad it […]
News from the Farm – July 28, 2012
We farmers had a little break last week. We went camping in Virginia for a few days. Our interns got a little experience in running the show without us. No one was injured and the barn didn’t burn down. Well done! They managed the challenges they came across very well. […]
News from the Farm – July 21, 2012
Happy 4th of July. We hope everyone has had a safe and fun holiday. We, of course were working, but enjoyed a fun cookout and swim at a neighbor’s. July is a real transitional time on the farm. All the early season crops have pretty much run their course, so […]
News From The Farm – July 7, 2012
We’re back to planting, planting, and more planting. More lettuce, sunflowers, assorted flowers, sweet corn, basil, and chard have gone in the ground in the past week. There’s still more to plant. More amazing is that it’s almost time for us to start sowing all the fall crops in the […]
News From The Farm – June 30, 2012
Thanks to all those who made it out to the farm on Sunday. We had a great time talking with everyone, showing people around the farm, and enjoying some good food. I’ve left out the big event of the party, one that over-shadows just about everything…the helicopter landing in the […]
News from the Farm – June 23, 2012
We’re hitting our stride here on the farm. Our full crew is here. Christine from the Atlanta area has joined us for the summer months and Phillip, our volunteer/intern is coming out every day. With all these hands we’re starting to make some progress. Some how the “To-Do” list remains […]
News from the Farm – June 16, 2012
In the past week we have made great progress around the farm. We made our first trial of a home made plastic mulch layer I designed for our cultivating tractor and it worked very well. We planted sweet potatoes into the mulch. The plastic should keep down the weeds, and […]
News from the Farm – June 9, 2012
We feel like we’re turning a corner here on the farm. We’ve continued to plant more summer vegetables, the peppers & eggplant are in the ground, along with a few varieties of beans(lima, soy & green). More sunflowers and zinnias, parsley, basil, and lettuce mix also went in. The potatoes […]
News From The Farm – June 2, 2012
It’s been a very busy week for us out here on the farm. Not only have we been planting like mad, we also hosted about 40 other farmers and apprentices on a farm tour on Saturday. We participate in CRAFT (Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training) which is a part […]
News from the Farm – May 26, 2012
We’ve made up a quick survey. Please take a minute and let us know how the CSA season has gone. Thanks. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LVBX8BB A note about the box…the popcorn is not yet ready to pop, but we wanted to start getting you some (more coming next week as well), so you’d […]
News from the Farm – October 8, 2011
Please Return Your Box(s) this week. If you don’t bring your empty box, you can’t take another box. You can have this week’s produce out of the box, just not the box. Six of our ten fields have been sown to the Fall cover crop, a combination of Rye or […]