Category: CSA In The Box

This is a fun time for the CSA because so many summer crops are in season – the main lagging veggie is the sweet corn – which does seem to be valiantly striving to ripen: The best guess is that there might be some young ears next week – the silk on the faster growers… Continue reading Week 14 of the main season

Idling away on the computer when all at once… Hey! Time for the in-the-box post! So here’s the “in the box” post for week 13. Generally, this is a great time of the year for the garden. The only thing really yet to come is Sweet Corn – and there are a lot of very… Continue reading Week… uh, 13! my how time flies!

Here is the apology for no “in the box” email last week. There are several excuses that could be given, but the fact of the matter is that it did not get done. You did, however, get your box. That is good, and essential! The beans were a big show-up last week, and will continue… Continue reading week 12. Yeah. About week 11. Sorry, no post for week 11.

This is the last of the first half, right? And the warm season crops are showing up, finally! Last week you all got samples of new potatoes – the idea was to give you a full pint of just one variety. The Red Norland, however, is deciding to turn yellow, which means that most of… Continue reading The Tenth Week!

It is so hot… and dry! This week has all been about getting a more robust irrigation system hooked up – it is so much drier that the system has to be run twice, and the number of emitters doubled for some plants. The crops are loving the heat, mostly – although by the end… Continue reading Ninth week of the main season… August!

The big excitement on the farm this week was the round up of the runaway bulls… They came back (with a lot of flies!) tired, slimmer, and stressed out. It was odd to watch them crash (eat, sleep, fight with each other) and then kinda settle in. They are in the confinement quarters usually assigned… Continue reading This is week 8…

What a busy week… On Sunday our young bulls came up missing – which precipitated several door visits in the neighborhood. Farm houses – it is best to stand in the yard and holler “Hello the house” not really knowing which of your legs might get chewed off by the Dog Patrol. In the course… Continue reading Main Season week 7

tarting off with the usual complaint about “how different this year is,” but bear with it – there is good stuff coming. There are six rows of green beans, six rows of potatoes, four rows of sweet corn, a lot of rows of squash, some new cabbage – it has been a busy time here.… Continue reading Week 6, yep, week 6

After winter season and green season it is time for some warm weather crops… just not yet. If watching a tomato can make it get ripe there should already be some – but alas, no matter how hard they are observed the fruit is still green – and only on some of the cherries. The… Continue reading Main Season Week 3

This is the weird part of the main season – always is, and so far there isn’t a good way around it. The true warm season crops are still being set out and are kicking into gear; the Green season crops are coming to the end. This usually promotes anxiety in the farm team, and… Continue reading Main Season – week 2