Arctic blast 2.0 and the aftermath
Well we just had a run in with another arctic blast. This one was milder than the last but somehow hit us harder. We managed to keep most of our crops alive and harvestable through it, but we had a…
Fall CSA crop walk
We have a nice crop of spinach coming on! Left to right: salad turnips, spinach, bok choy. Cabbage. Green onions and purple kohlrabi. Lettuce on the right. Parsley and collards. Chinese cabbage, fennel, kohlrabi. Fennel. Baby kohlrabi! Curly kale. Lettuce,…
A little farm tour in pictures
A great crop of radish microgreens ready for this week’s CSA shares! Lots of green onions and lettuces at varying stages of growth. We’ve been spreading compost and prepping beds for more plantings. Swiss chard, getting a lot of caterpillar…
Week 3 CSA update – Fall ’22
Our flower garden is full of butterflies, bees, bumblebees, ladybugs and dragonflies… and we love it! Harvesting arugula. Sunflower shoots. This lettuce will be ready for next week. Chard Curly kale We had to rip out the zucchini already, they…
Farm update, swimmin’ in sunnies
Did you enjoy the sunflower shoots? We sure did. We’ve been eating them with every meal. We especially love having them with our morning eggs. They are incredibly nutrient dense and I’m glad we have them going again so Ara…
1st week of the Fall ’22 CSA!
That’s the arugula we harvested this week! The yield was great, so everyone is getting huge bags of arugula. We also had a great harvest of sunflower shoots, too bad I waited till dark to get a picture of the…
Basil, beets, bell peppers… and weeds
We had an amazing basil harvest and thanks to a post harvest handling process we learned from the new herb module in the Neversink Farm course, it lasted a long time! Instead of picking individual leaves the night before distribution…
MAJOR upgrade to our CSA signup!
Do you remember when you used to sign up for our CSA through a Google form? All of those entries were compiled in a lengthy spreadsheet. I would sort the entries and add the emails manually to a tag on…
Adding 24 MORE goldfish to the pool pond! (Video)
Our first fish order for the pool pond included 40 mosquito fish and 11 shubunkin goldfish. After having so much fun watching them, we wanted more fish, so we ordered 24 more shubunkin goldfish. We now have 35 of them….
Flowers and veggies
The flowers are really starting to bloom! Zinnias and oats. Ara’s first dahlia. Celosia. Marigold. Bachelor’s Button AKA Cornflower. Snapdragons and more in the background. Nasturtiums. Tulsi basil and Genovese basil. The Vego Garden is looking good. All these beds…