Is it spring yet??

We are trying to be patient, but it's really hard! It seems like it's been overcast and cool since sometime in early October-yuck! Our strawberry crop is about 3 weeks behind because of the weather, they just haven't had enough bright sunny days to encourage growth.

I hope you've had a good winter. We're getting excited about spring, the garden is growing, the CSA starts next week and we've been rearranging in the market. We'll try and get some new video this week so you'll have an idea of what's new. We hope to be open by April 24th. Stay tuned!

Walla, Walla!

Walla, Walla! No, Aunt Mary's not sweet talking you, that's the name of one of our favorite onion varieties. Farmer John tells you a little bit about the variety as well as leeks-very European!
This crop is hand-planted, you can see some of our farm-hands in the background planting.

Strawberry Picking Delayed!

Well, it looks like strawberry picking will be delayed! We had hoped to be open by April 1st, but I guess the strawberries “fooled” us. We are planning now to open the market the week of April 6th and be opening the fields to the public for picking by Friday, April 10th, Easter weekend! Stay posted here or sign up for our email newsletter for the latest updates. Check out the “why” in the video with Farmer John & Uncle Russell.

Newest Crop-Blackberries!

Well, you're catching this crop at the beginning. I'll keep you posted!

Broccoli Update

So sorry for the extended delay in posting, the rain has kept me and everyone else inside! The first chance we had today, we hit the field. It was great to see the sun peeking out and the leaves stretching up.

Lettuce, #5

Good afternoon! I've just finished uploading a series of 5 videos on how we seed our organic lettuce in the greenhouse. Please scroll down to "Lettuce, #1" and then come up (I'm sure there's a better way to do it, but I haven't figured out how to override the system!). Hope you'll stop by this spring to try some.

Lettuce, #4

Lettuce, #3

Lettuce, #2

Lettuce, #1

Here's a video series on how we grow our organic lettuce. Enjoy!

Tuesday morning at the farm

Here's another video of Uncle Russell frost-protecting on Tuesday morning. Nice shot of the ice on the plants and showing you a picture of why we have to walk the fields all night long when the weather is this cold.

It's actually Tuesday night around 8:30, sorry for the delay in posting. We've finally made Uncle Russell go take a nap, Jacob and Johnny are out in the fields this evening. They can stay out until around 10pm, but then need to go to bed as they have school tomorrow morning!

Monday Night, Frost-Protecting with Uncle Russell

Well, we've got at least two, potentially three nights coming of COLD weather. Here's a brief video Uncle Russell took on Monday night around 5:30, it's just stopped flurrying here at the farm.