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 7 In the box

Hi all! This is exciting – lots and lots of Tomatoes turning ripe; and a few hook neck summer squash with size! This does bring up a question for you to reply (or not): how many xxx do you want in your box? xxx – could be: Cherry Tomatoes – default is a pint till.… Continue reading Week 7 In the box

July Monthly Update

Hi! Fun time in the garden – the next four – eight weeks have a large number of the warm season crops come in. There are a large number of cherry tomato varieties that are on the vines as this is written, as well as some of the bell peppers and some Cozumel (mild) hot… Continue reading July Monthly Update

Week 6 in-the-box

Whoa – that was hot. Really really hot. It looks like most of the garden made it through the apocalyptic heat – lots of careful watering. The major concern is the potatoes – there are lots and lots of yellow and even brown vines on them; lettuces came out well; berries are a little startled… Continue reading Week 6 in-the-box

Week 5 in-the-box

Summa Wethua… This is good for the garden; warm makes things grow and get ripe much faster than cold and rainy. The cool thing for this week is there ought to be at least one tomato for everyone – the trickle before the flood. Mostly there are cherry tomatoes of a couple different varieties; that… Continue reading Week 5 in-the-box

Week 4

Wow – what a truly wet last three days. There must have been 4 inches of rain here at the farm, and fairly warm at that. Weeds and crops all really jumped ahead; today was a weeding day before the afternoon series of downpours hit. Starting Wednesday things will warm up and dry out somewhat,… Continue reading Week 4

June Monthly Update

June has come (well, it actually has been here for a week now) and it is time for the semi-famous Shilofarm CSA Monthly Update – Tada! The Main season is in the third week; some of the garden crops are now starting to show up in the boxes, but not all, not yet. The plan… Continue reading June Monthly Update

Week 3 in the box

Hi all! Hope you are all doing great, and really for sure hope you are enjoying the veggies. You may recall that there are roughly four week sessions in the main season. This first session is ‘cool season’ crops – produce like carrots that wants a warmer soil to germinate and then wants 6-8 weeks… Continue reading Week 3 in the box

Week 2 – in the box

Hiya CSA’ers – Here is the semi-famous “what (on earth) is in the box” update for main season week 2! This is a sorta transition week in that some of the holdover green season produce raised in the greenhouse is done and gone. The new crop plants divide into warm season produce (not ready yet)… Continue reading Week 2 – in the box

In-the-box Main Week 1

This is an exciting week here at Shilofarm – the first week of the main season, when heat loving produce can be delivered. Real. Soon. Now. The sad fact of the matter is that the cool midsummer crops are still in your dreams. This first week is part of what is called the ‘cool’ session… Continue reading In-the-box Main Week 1