December is well underway, and the planning and preparation is as well. The tentative dates for the 2022 seasons are set: Winter Season – Feb 12-Apr 2 (8 weeks) Small box only, 15% premium. It ain’t easy being winter. Green Season start Wednesday, April 6- Sat May 28 for 8 weeks. Wednesday, Friday, Saturday… Continue reading December 2021 Update
Author: Doug
--- 'farmer doug' is the planner and heavy lifter for the CSA and the LLC. Loves to teach; "ask him the time, he'll tell you how to make a clock." Always has a new idea to try, some of which work. BTW - if you try and phone call, and you are NOT in his caller ID you will not be answered - just leave a message and you will be called right back.
Week 6 Extended Season (end)
This is the final delivery week for 2021; the extended season is wrapped up. Anecdote: My maternal Grandfather was in the army right at the very end of WWI. He told me that he was on a train to the front when the French came pouring out shouting “Finis La Guerre! Finis la Guerre!” Now,… Continue reading Week 6 Extended Season (end)
Week 5 Extended Season
Wow – the end is really near! The garden is in the middle of cleanup and cleanout, with really difficult weather to keep a work cadence going. Rain/Wind/Cool and all that entails. Some of our really pretty Cauliflower is starting to show damage, which demotes it from box duty. Lettuce is just barely hanging in… Continue reading Week 5 Extended Season
Week 4 Extended Season in-the-box
November marks a major closure for the CSA: finishing off the last of the crops for the year; cleaning out the dead and dying crops, and starting to do planning for the next season. That may sound a bit premature – but there are seeds getting planted this week for 2022 – some for the… Continue reading Week 4 Extended Season in-the-box
Week 3 Extended Season
Well, here we are in week 3 of the extended season… and extremely wet and windy. One of the large greenhouse doors kinda blew up a bit and needed rescue (stitch down the edges with screws) after this last couple of days. The funny thing is how the Broccoli and Cauliflower seem to be actually… Continue reading Week 3 Extended Season
Extended Season Week 2 of 6
Hi All – Sitting here after a day’s work thinking about a nap before bed… then it hits me… “In the box email! you need to write the in-the-box email!” Well then, now you know the inner workings of the geezer CSA farmer. The farm news this week is as follows: Pesky mole invader had… Continue reading Extended Season Week 2 of 6
Extended Season Week 1
The extended season is upon us. To kick it off, the weather decided to hit oh say about 28F last night – much to the sorrow of the sensitive and tender. So – goodbye Peppers, most of the cut flowers, the lingering cucumbers and beans (well, those were almost totally gone already). It was cold… Continue reading Extended Season Week 1
Week 20 in-the-box
Hi Members – Well, technically this is the end of the main season; the 6 week extended season starts next week, with a new ‘in the box’ mail list as people come and go. For those of you leaving, you get a box as usual this week, and next week at your delivery time a… Continue reading Week 20 in-the-box
In the box week 19
Hi Members – Week 19… a rain week. For Wednesday, a sun break was used to harvest flowers, and what remains of the beans. It really is getting serious about Not Being Summer! The outside tomato plants are virtually destroyed. There are a very large number of green tomatoes that are passable, but the ripe… Continue reading In the box week 19
Week 18 in-the-box
Hi Members! The weather did a special event last week between Wednesday pick and Friday pick: A very light freeze. It is, in the academic sense, an interesting event. Generally, say, 5 years ago, a frost would come at the end of September. The weather shift moved that to a place where a frost could… Continue reading Week 18 in-the-box