June 17, 2009: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are peas, potatoes, parsley, garlic scapes, head lettuce, rhubarb, salad mix & kale. One of the things that I appreciate about participating in a CSA is the way it makes me feel closer to the farming experience, with all its ups and downs. For those who [...]
Oh hail
June 17th, 2009 · Click to read comment · farmer, Jen
Tags:Food Inc·Fresh·hail·Ted·tornado
Farmer’s Journal – hail
August 15th, 2008 · Click here to add a comment · Pam
Hail has been our nemesis this week – it took out the beautiful bumper crop of peaches, it shredded the lettuce & destroyed the blackberries. We are still reeling from the damage – fortunately – we still have ‘maters. This week the boxes may be varied – we will have plenty of corn & bean [...]
Tags:blackberries·hail·lettuce·peaches·tomato
Tomato report
July 28th, 2008 · Click here to add a comment · Pam
We had some ‘hail-like’ precipitation – we can tell by the torn tree leaves, etc. Those pesky tomatoes – we won’t know for another 24-36 hours – you folks hopefully won’t see it – we will just have a gazillion tomatoes to make into sauce, juice etc. This is the second MAJOR set back with [...]