Fort Hill Farm

If you had a Fort Hill Farm CSA share in 2008, and would like to renew, please do so by December 15!  Renewals were sent to all current shareholders in September.  Please call the farm if you did not recieve a renewal form by US post.  Please send your renewal and deposit no later than [...]

We had a whopper of a frost last night, just in time for our last week of distribution. The frost handed us the kind of morning you expect in late October. Since we can’t handle the crops when they are frozen, the crew separated seed garlic cloves in the warm(er) greenhouse until [...]

The harvest this season has been really incredible. I’ve wanted to say that for a long while now, but I didn’t want to jinx the farm. With a pile of potatoes and winter squash in the barn, lots of frost tolerant greens and roots in the field, and 20 weeks of deliveries behind [...]

Hello all, this is Janine filling in for Paul this week.  I have to say, it has been so refreshing stepping into the fields in the mornings this past week with layers of fleece on and my wool socks to keep my feet warm!  I’ve been waiting for that cool autumn breeze.  The warm weather [...]

We’ve just had a thunderstorm pass, and it seems to have ushered in some cooler air but only dropped enough water to settle the dust on the farm roads.  To soak our farm’s soil, we have been irrigating daily.  I can’t remember a season where I had to irrigate so late into the fall.  We’ve [...]

This week’s Farm News is brought to you by Brian Reardon.  Brian has been apprenticing on vegetable farms for the last 3 years in Maine, New York, and here at Fort Hill, and is looking for a farm to run next year.   Brian writes:
Walking into a brisk, dewy morning, hearing and then seeing Canadian geese [...]

While the weather has been unusually warm the last week, we flirted with a frost on Sept. 16.   We were spared any damage to the crops, which is a good thing because we had over 11,000 pounds of winter squash on the ground.  Since that time, we’ve binned up the squash, and it looks some [...]

Hey everyone, this is Susan writing this week.  I came to this farm this season with several years experience growing flowers but no experience growing vegetables.  I also came on a mission to learn more about the science of farming. I wanted to learn more about cover crops, crop rotation, weed control, and soil fertility. [...]

The kids are back to school, but summer seems to roll on. Hot, humid days with no rain have been the order for the better part of a month. Our heavy summer harvest has been joined by the arrival of fall crops of broccoli, spinach, and beans. Usually the fall crops [...]

So far, 2007 has been a banner year for the CSA.  With the exception of some July rains, it has been a very dry year.  That generally favors the fruiting crops over the leafy crops, and I think the last few CSA shares have been a testament to that.  We have had huge picks of [...]