The Depot Farm

The growing season is coming to an end. Temps in the low 30's at night and a couple inches of snow last week has killed most crops not protected with row covers. The CSA ended a couple of weeks ago and I would like to thank all that participated. Your support and patronage made it an exceptional year! We still have a few more weeks at the farmers markets where we will be offering leaf lettuce, kale, carrots, beets, turnips, broccoli and squashes. Cleanup of the gardens continue as we put the beds to rest for another year. We are composting the plant debris and adding leaves and straw to the bare beds to prevent soil erosion over the winter. Soil tests have been taken; fencing and hoops were removed and stored along with all the tools. While the primary task of planting and harvesting may be ending, winter affords us the time to plan for next year, perform maintainance and to get to projects that were put on the back burner completed.