July 2007
Monthly Archive
2007 CSA Newsletter #8 - August 1st
Posted on Jul 31 2007 | Tagged as: Newsletters
It’s time for a mid season check in to let you all know how the harvest is going. So far the star performer this year has been our greenhouse tomato crop. These tomatoes require tremendous effort to grow. First, we have built two greenhouses just for this purpose. Then, [...]
2007 CSA Newsletter #7 - July 25th
Posted on Jul 25 2007 | Tagged as: Newsletters
My friend Megan just started a new farm and CSA, called Marble Valley Farm, in Kent. All of us in the farm community are very happy to see her getting started on Kent Land Trust land, right off Rt. 7 south of Kent (Megan also has a farm stand open on Sat. and Sun, from [...]
2007 CSA Newsletter #6 - July 18th
Posted on Jul 17 2007 | Tagged as: Newsletters
Everything about this week has the look and feel of mid summer. The winter squash vines have a beautiful dark green color, and they are starting to flower and set fruit. The first tomatoes and corn are ripening in the fields. Carrots in abundance, and beets on the way. Zucchini and [...]
2007 CSA Newsletter #5 – July 11th
Posted on Jul 10 2007 | Tagged as: Newsletters
This is Janine filling in for Paul who had a wonderful opportunity to take a well deserved long weekend. The apprentices and I got to celebrate a little Friday when our much needed rain came pouring down. We had long, detailed directions on what crop to irrigate and how to irrigate them. [...]
2007 Newsletter #4 - July 3rd
Posted on Jul 02 2007 | Tagged as: Newsletters
The farm has a definite rhythm. In the spring, we prep fields and work on infrastructure projects. Then we start planting, plus all of the above. Then we start weeding and watering, plus all of the above. Then we start harvesting, plus all of the above! Right now we are [...]