Blueberry Math

Oops! Forgot that you've been patiently awaitin the answer to the blueberry math posted on the earlier video.....Ok, here's what you've got:
To find out how many plants Farmer John will need to purchase for his new blueberry patch, you need to know:

1. He is planting on 1.4 acres
2. There are 43,560 sq. ft. in an acre.
3. Each blueberry plant uses 50 sq. ft. of space

43,560 /50=871.2

871.2 * 1.4=1219.68

Round off to 1220 plants!

To figure out how much money he needs to take with him, you need to know that the plants cost $3.50 each. 1220 * 3.50= $4,370.00

Great job!!

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.

"Margaret"-a self-video!

Margaret did a bit of work with the video camera on Sunday afternoon. I couldn't help share it!

Margaret & Goats!

Here's a quick video from Sunday of Margaret with the goats. We have 5 goats: Billy the male, Dusty a female, Rose the mama and Freddie & Molly the two babies. I apologize that there's not better footage. We took some great videos when they were newborn, but that was before Aunt Mary really knew how to operate the video and I accidentally deleted them!
The goats live in the Back Forty near the giant slide. We are hoping to have the babies up around the front of the farm some this spring on the weekends in our new play area.

Newest Crop-Blackberries!

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

Blueberries & More!

Hi All! We're enjoying some nice weather today and looking forward to more throughout the weekend. I'll try and get plenty of video over the next few days, there will be lots happening! A few things planned:

1. Working around the outside of the market, getting the new play area finished.
2. Clearing out work areas for strawberry harvesting.
3. Planting two varieties of beans in the field.
4. Putting in a freezer in the CSA building for managing berries.
5. Preparing field for new asparagus planting.
6. Doing some staff training

And more! We're counting down the days for strawberries and it's a busy time.

Check out our blueberry bushes, they're coming along nicely. I'll give you the math answers on Monday!