Carrots will be here soon

I love carrots.  It always seems to take so long for the first ones outside to be ready.  This year I’m trying a variety that promises to be ready in 48 days.  Well, that’s right about now given when I planted these.  I do need to adjust for cooler weather...

CSA Box this week (June 24th)

Hello Members, In your box this week, you’ll find: Lettuce Strawberries! Peas Spring Onions Garlic Scapes Broccoli Cucumber Napa/Chinese Cabbage Check out our recipe page if you’re looking for some inspiration!  ...

Hilling Potatoes

Time to hill the potatoes.  Why?  Well, the plants are tall enough and hilling them makes sure that the potatoes that start to grow will be under the soil.  If they poke out they turn green and won’t be good to eat.  So we hill them.  It’s a lot of work to...

Pullet Eggs

So what is a pullet egg?  It’s an egg laid by a pullet, obviously.  And… a pullet is a young hen, just starting to lay eggs.  And this week we got our first!  They’re pretty small as you can see. In the next few weeks all our new hens will begin...

Week 2 CSA share

Week 2 of the CSA is upon us. Only 19 more weeks to go! We still have a handful of share spots left that we will fill with pro-rated fees for this year. This week we had a very similar box to last week but unfortunately Kale was not included. There just wasn`t enough...