Iverson Family Farm

We just started planting our high tunnel.  Spinach and radishes are planted.  Parsnips are ready.  Any new or past customers may start to join at any time from now until June 1st. 

Thanks! The Iverson's

We are having our sign up period from March 15th to June 1st.  Prices did not go up this year.  We are looking to expand and want to honor our past customers.  The high tunnel is complete.  If you sign up and pay by April 15th, you may take off $25.  If you bring in a new customer or a friend, you may take of $25 dollars. They must purchase a full and or half share.  

A new share this year is for seniors and singles. Cost is $125.00.   

We are taking new customers and members may join from now until early summer.  Please let us serve you and become part of the Good Food Revolution!

Iverson Family Farm is looking for new customers in 2011.  We wish all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!   Customers may purchase CSA Fruit and Vegetable Share or lamb for late summer or early fall.   We are  excited about the new year ahead.  $400 for a large share and $200 for a half share.  Leave the gardening to us!

The Iverson Family would like to thank our customers for a great year.  We are looking at adding a high tunnel for this year.  We experimented with a low homemade tunnel (unheated greenhouse) in the fall.  The results were mixed because we got some green beans, radishes and spinach-excellent, lettuce and beets.  The last harvest was the end of November.  With a high tunnel and compost to heat with, it is possible to get crops into December and start growing vegetables in February/March.  A tiller was purchases and scale.  We continue to expand and are always open to ideas.

The good news is we did not have to water this year and have some speciality crops such as swiss chard, okra, pumpkins and peppers.  The wet weather has had a negative impact on the tomatoes, late blight, squash-powdery mildew, and rotten vegetables sitting in moist conditions.  

Apples are early this year.   We have some pie varieties, now. 

Late planted lettuce was planted the end of July.  I planted beans yesterday,  I am continuing to replant vegetables for fall.  

I attended a workshop on high tunnels.  A high tunnel is a unheated greenhouse.   You plant your garden earlier and late summer for late fall crops.  If managed right, you get 10 months of vegetables.  I would need to expand my customer base and charge more to cover cost of the high tunnel. 

The potatoes seemed to get frost damage.  I hope they can come back.  I have some left over from last year that I might plant to insure that we have a crop.  

We just placed our advertisement for joining the CSA for the year.  Serveral customers called from over 2 hours away.  We were just too far away.  We still have 8 memberships for this year.   Thanks to this years members and those thinking about joining. 

We have 20 lambs and 12 ewes for sale.  You can purchase them as a package or separate.  Prices range: Lambs $40 to $200 and Ewes from $150 to $300.00   We have two rams for sale with excellent genetics.  We are selling the ram lambs for $200.00 a piece.

Last lamb born on April 25th during the wind and rain storm.   She is doing well. 

We have some items starting our harvest about a month early!  Spinach, turnips, radishes, onions, lettuce and peas are up.  Mr. Kamke tilled the garden and we are continuing to plant and have even had to do some early weeding.  It is dry so pray for some rain.

 

 

We are have 10 memberships this year and have 3 members signed up.  We have planted 11 rows of potatoes, peas, radishes, lettuce, spinach, parsley, onions and some others.  Some herbs are ready, some leek made it through the mild winter, and strawberries.  Tillage is underway and spring clean up.   We had 35 lambs so we have market feeder lambs and breeding stock for sale.  

Please come and purchase a variety of vegetables and fruits.  We are open on the weekends or by calling us to set up a time.  Great selection!

We wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving.  Even during hard times, we can always look to the positives and greatness in people.  Our country is so blessed.