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Week 3 Strawberry Time!
In case you didn't see or hear yet, strawberry season is in full swing at TFF! We had been watching them closely the past week and all of a sudden they ripened up for a good picking on Wednesday. The Friday members received their first share of them and we hope to...
Week 2 Improving Conditions
The ground conditions are improving after last week's muddy start. We were able to get some things planted this week that have been in the greenhouse and ready to plant now for a few weeks! I also wanted to get some ground prepared to plant sweet potatoes.... That...
CSA Week 1 Staying The Course
Despite the very challenging weather this year, we have managed to stay the course and will be starting up the CSA right on time. Tuesday May 22 and Friday the 25th will be the first pick ups. Whichever day you signed up for will be the day we ask you to come. If...
Underway!
Well, we are underway! The first pick-up day is a little less than 2 months away. We had a small window of opportunity last week to begin preparing the ground. The peas, onions, spinach, carrots, scallions, lettuce mix, broccoli raab and turnips were all planted...
Winter Warm Up
Well, the seeds are ordered and some have already arrived. The green house will soon be coming to life with our first plantings. The days are getting longer. Spring is a'comin' and I can't wait. Sign-ups for this year are coming in well ahead...
Sign up for 2018
Although Winter has just started, we are energetically planning out our 2018 crops and hoping you are thinking about Spring, the warmth of Summer and all the delicious vegetables that will be coming. With this image in mind, there is no better time than the present to...
Sunset On A Season
The final share of the season is this week. Of course, it is one of those moments you ponder how time just flies right by. Although, I think eating fresh vegetables directly from the farm helps to keep yourself very connected to time and more so the seasons. We are...
Down The Stretch
With two more weeks to go, the CSA shares are still quite a bounty. The main field has now been mowed and and turned over. Hopefully we will get a cover crop of hairy vetch and clover planted in it this week which will feed the soil nitrogen for next year's crops! ...
Battling The Heat
The Fall heat wave started to really do some damage to our best laid plans for these final few weeks of the CSA. Some of our lettuce has bolted and gone bitter, one variety of arugula is now in flower, and we have two plantings of broccoli that are now heading up at...
The Great Tomato Renaissance
I am not really sure that everyone is completely overjoyed to still be receiving tomatoes in their CSA share, but this crazy heat wave has brought new life back to the tomato patch. The theme of our CSA pick up a couple weeks back was about enjoying the last of this...
Hello Again
Summertime temperatures and humidity are back again this week, which is actually the last week of the official summer season. It's not necessarily a welcome return visit as far as I am concerned! We do have a few items in the CSA share making a return visit that I...
Changing Fast
The season's seem to be changing fast now. The summer crops are really slowing down. Tomatoes, eggplant, okra, squash, beans, etc they are all just fading away. That's ok though, to everything there is a season! This week's share is full on Fall... Purple...
Two For One
We are at the time of year where we get to enjoy some tastes of Summer and some tastes of Fall all in the same CSA share. Spaghetti Squash - this is the last week we have enough for everyone, but it will move to the choice table afterwards if you are a big fan...
Where Did Summer Go?
Well that was a quick cool down! It's hard to believe we have seen the last of the hot and muggy days of summer, but I see nothing in the 10 day forecast to say otherwise. While the summer heat loving crops of tomatoes, squash, okra, etc might not like it... the...
Enough Already
What a year for rain we are having. Even when there is none in the forecast, like last night, we are getting some. I lost track of how much rain we got this past week but it was way too much to do good. So things are turning back fast. The final melon of the year...
Gnat No More
Hurray for Fall! We finally have some great working weather... cool air, gentle breezes and NO MORE GNATS. The heat and humidity of summer we get used to, but those gnats were enough to drive ya buggy!! We started to turn the fields over from summer to fall...
Something Up My Sleeve
We had our 3rd annual Fall honey harvest this weekend. The bees were very productive once again and we now have a darker amber color honey available. Slightly stronger in taste, this is typical of Fall honey. You will see it on the CSA table this week. There is a...
Kaleidoscope of Color
This week we have two new and colorful vegetables in store for you. The first is a new (for us) variety of acorn squash called Carnival. They are green, gold, and yellow and quite the eye popper. These will also store very well for a couple of months if you just...
From our Members’ Kitchens
Two member submitted recipes, Thank you Erica and Jenn! Southwest bean salad Ingredients: 15.5 oz can black beans, rinsed and drained 9 oz cooked corn 1 medium tomato, chopped 1 scallion, chopped 1 1/2 – 2 limes, juice of 1 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp fresh minced cilantro...
Toe May Toe, Toe Mah Toe
We are in the thick of the tomato season now. This year we tried out a bunch of different heirloom varieties and would love feed back on which ones everyone likes best. Make sure you try them all! Our heirloom Amish paste tomatoes are also ripening in droves and we...