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two nice warm weeks, pickup on Tuesday this week

Abbe Hills Farm CSA   -   Nov 09, 2009 - By Laura_1

Greetings shareholders, This week, we have potatoes, onions, squash, probably a few skinny leeks that escaped harvest this summer, a little bit of spinach, daikon radishes, and some beets.  The greens will be head lettuce, Chinese cabbage, kale,...

Farm Updates

CinemaPacas   -   Nov 09, 2009 - By Todd, & SueAnne

Hey All, It's been a while since I last updated. We had a cria born last month, on October 8th. His name is CinemaPacas Smoking Gun, and we call him Smoke for short. He is a gorgeous little guy. He is out of our multicolored herdsire and...

garden to bed

Edge of the Woods Farm   -   Nov 09, 2009 - By Dana_1

Wanted to let everyone know we will be having some changes happening to the farm this year.  We have put the garden to rest for the year with the manure on chopped and ready to plant next year.   We are; going to get the hot boxes in with the...

Saffron

Willow Springs Market Garden LLC   -   Nov 08, 2009 - By Robert_8

Our saffron has finished flowering for the year, it lasts about 2 weeks in the fall. The minutina is coming to harvest now, and it will tolerate the cool winter in Arkansas. We are preparing the old fashioned Victorian hotbeds, using horse manure buried...

Waiting for Wednesday...

Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Nov 08, 2009 - By Emily

Farmers are generally patient people.  There is a lot of waiting from the time a seed is planted until you can eat the results, and depending on the animal, it can be a very long time waiting for the arrival of a baby!  But sometimes even patient...

Things are still heading in the right direction

Miolea Organic Farm   -   Nov 08, 2009 - By Brian_1

The first few years in the house were very trying while at the same time we were transitioning from small gardener to large gardener.  We quickly learned that the experiences we had in a smaller plot of land did not particularly prepare us for large scale...

It has been a busy week preparing for the upcoming CSA meeting and an overabundance of assignments at work. The pile of tasks before me seem to grow faster than I can complete them and the days are falling off of the calendar like so many leaves in the wind....

70 degrees in November!

Clause Farms   -   Nov 06, 2009 - By Alexis

I am so happy to report that we will have a who week that is dry and warm and is helping our fall crops finish up.  Today I was able to harvest and deliver the first of the Chinese cabbage and I hope everyone enjoys it. I am also happy to report that...

Timing

F.A. Farm   -   Nov 06, 2009 - By Walter_1

Many years ago I applied for a breakfast cook job at a hotel in Boulder, Colorado. The application process included a question along the lines of: "You have three orders come in for the same table. One is 2 eggs over with ham and whole wheat...

GIFT CERTIFICATES NOW AVAILABLE

Duran's Farm Fresh Products   -   Nov 06, 2009 - By Blaine & Karen

Due to several requests for gift certificates, we are now making them available to everyone. You may purchase them on your next visit to the farm, request by phone (814 490 2179), or request online. You may pay by cash, check, and debit or credit cards...