Colvin Family Farm

This week Caleb and I were able to attend a workshop in Chatham County, North Carolina. The workshop was entitled "Taking Your CSA To The Next Level," and the speaker was Elizabeth Henderson! We were really excited to learn from this lady as she authored the book "Sharing The Harvest, A Citizens Guide To Community Supported Agriculture"--the book that inspired us to start our CSA back in 2003. We learned a lot of things that will be helpful to us (and you) next season, and were tickled to be able to talk with Mrs. Henderson some!

This week also marked the end of our Summer Crops--Peppers, Okra, Beans, Summer Squash and several of our herbs are no more as frost crept across our farm 3 times. It has warmed up already--but the damage was done. Some people think that this time of year is sad--watching the earth slow down, turn brown, and die--but I like to look at it as a much needed time for the earth to rest, getting ready to jump back in the Spring for a whole new season. Winter is a necassary time of year for farming--if we don't have a good cold Winter, then the bugs will be real bad. Also Winter is a time for farmers to slow down, look back over the season--lessons learned, friends made, new places discovered. But my favorite thing about Winter is the looking forward to next season--dreaming (properly known as planning), the implementing of lessons learned last year, the visiting with friends made, the use of new places found last year. Ultimately the working towards a better season than last year--I love this time of year.

Adam Colvin