In Your Share
Week 20: Oct 19, 2021
End of Our CSA Season Another season officially in the books! What an incredible year it was for us. It is interesting the read the final newsletter from every year we have been farming and everything that we learned from that season. The early years started out pretty rough! It feels like we have come Continue reading >>
Week 19: Oct 12, 2021
Winding Down The season of sharing vegetables is winding down quickly. Only one more week and you will be on your own to source produce. Hopefully these last few shares will last you several weeks. We do plan to attend the Saturday Medford markets until the end of the month just in case. We will Continue reading >>
Week 18: Oct 5, 2021
Learning Farm We Grow hosted another group of students on Thursday this week. This time, the kindergartners from Rib Lake spent their time learning about the wide variety of vegetables and how each one tastes and how some don’t look like what they see in the cafeteria. They listened to a story and helped harvest Continue reading >>
Week 17: Sept 28, 2021
Seed Planning This is the seventh attempt we’ve had to figure out how to grow a great variety of crops well distributed and varied across the entire 20-week CSA season. In the early years, we didn’t do great. Practice makes perfect but planning and spreadsheets has really helped the most. We look at the days Continue reading >>
Week 16: Sept 21, 2021
Benefiting Our Bacteria This week we hosted a school group and revisited a familiar newsletter topic: eating dirt. Judging by the look on the students faces, they are now wondering, “Does eating dirt actually improve our health?” IN THE BAG Spaghetti Squash Broccoli Melon Carrots Bell Peppers Sauce Tomatoes Tomatillos Radishes Lemon Cucumbers Garlic Bulb Continue reading >>
Week 15: Sept 14, 2021
Giving Up On Summer Fall carries on at the farm. We are thrilled to have a summer-like weekend in the forecast. It truly feels like borrowed time. The average first date of frost for our farm is September 12th. We know it’s coming, but we are never ready. The frost kills all the tender summer Continue reading >>
Week 14: Sept 7, 2021
People Behind The Food Is it soup season yet? When the weather starts to cool down, we turn to soups and stews. The one-pot meal is quick and easy and makes the whole house smell good. With such a wide array of hearty vegetables and herbs coming out of the fields this time of year, Continue reading >>
Week 13: Aug 31, 2021
Seasons Change Do you feel it in the air? The seasons are starting to change. Very subtly Mother Nature changes course and then all of the sudden, summer is over. We’re so infatuated with fall that we completely lose track of time and suddenly winter is thrown down on us. If you’re like us, you Continue reading >>
Week 12: Aug 24, 2021
Keeping Up With Weeds Weeds defeat us. Weeds are our biggest problem at this point in our farming career. We’ve let them get away in previous years and created an even larger problem than we ever imagined was possible. It is all a result of the seed bank within the soil. These weed seeds wait Continue reading >>
Week 11: Aug 17, 2021
Boots On The Ground Every so often, we are reminded of just what it takes for a small farm to grow, harvest, pack and distribute fresh produce for 80 CSA members. While at the front you might see two farmers and their right-hand woman getting it done, the commitment of many volunteers is what actually Continue reading >>
Week 10: Aug 10, 2021
Who Pays For Cheap Food Every year about this time, we come forth with that story about the farmers market shopper who surprises us. This year it was an individual who commented that our peppers cost more than WalMart’s. Our quick response was to note the fact that you can’t talk with the WalMart farmer Continue reading >>
Week 9: Aug 3, 2021
Calm After The Storm One never knows what the morning is going to bring. The recent run of stormy weather has been frazzling our nerves. We watch the weather closely and do our best to plan for the worst. Water on hand, flashlights and change of clothes packed, chainsaw and fuel in the truck – Continue reading >>
Week 8: July 27, 2021
Digging Into Technology This week, our family attended Farm Technology Days for the first time. While we were anticipating much in the way of marketing to big agriculture, we didn’t quite realize how BIG ag has gotten. Literally, all of the machinery on display, acres and acres, was created for ever increasing acreage. Never have Continue reading >>
Week 7: July 20, 2021
Capturing Carbon This week, we attended a film screening of a documentary released in 2020 called Kiss the Ground. In summary, the film highlights topsoil loss and features a number of activists, scientists, farmers and politicians who are turning to regenerative agriculture to save the planet’s important resource. IN THE BAG New Red Potatoes Zucchini Continue reading >>
Week 6: July 13, 2021
Lending An Ear Everyone has their reason for buying from our farm. Some want to support the local economy, others appreciate the garden fresh produce, many choose to eat organic as much as possible. Whatever the reason, we hear about it at the farmers markets week in and week out. Not that we mind, but Continue reading >>