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December – Winding Down, Catching Up, and Sauerkraut

We attended our last farmer’s market of the year on Tuesday afternoon, December 22.  It was somewhat of an odd market because we normally only attend that market on Saturday mornings.  But bad weather last weekend prevented us from going, along with other local growers.  We had customers wanting our greens and eggs for Christmas [...]

Great Work Crew Day Thursday

First thing that happened, the post office called and said our 65 baby turkeys had arrived. We we not expecting them until Friday since they were coming from TX. but glad to get them early.
We ordered 65 and they sent 67. That is normal to account for any death loss in transit, but they all [...]

Farming Despite the Rains

Fun with Machinery
I twisted in to the pto shaft in to on my 50 inch Howard rotavator that mounts on a 3 pt. hitch behind the tractor last fall before we went to Italy. This is a general idea of what it does. Ours is 19 years old and looks more like this. My dad [...]

Greenhouse Work, Seeds

We ran out of seeding trays and and table space Tuesday in the greenhouse. Two of the folks with working shares in our CSA, CJ and Jonathan, showed up Tuesday and we were all sowing like mad.
We use a hard plastic flat with 72 cells made by Winstrip. We have about 80 of those and [...]

Understanding Community Supported Agriculture

Definition Of CSA
CSA stands for community supported agriculture. It is an opportunity for you to connect to a local farm in a unique way. A CSA allows you to buy shares in our farm before the season even begins.
This arrangement benefits both the farm and the share members. It gives us capital in advance to [...]