Preparing For A Fall

Preparing For A Fall

This week we will be planting and preparing ground for a lot of our Fall crops.  It might be hard to believe with the forecast in the 90’s, but fall is 70 some days away.  Now is the time to get that 2nd crop of broccoli, cauliflower, collards, and a host of...
Busy As A Bee

Busy As A Bee

The bees have had a tremendously successful Spring harvest this year and we were able to extract some of their extra supply.  We were able to harvest honey in July for the first time since my Dad started beekeeping two years ago.  Generally, bees will need to...
Thirsty For More

Thirsty For More

Things are starting to get a bit uncomfortably dry around here.  We feel blessed to have received a quarter inch of rain last Thursday but that has been gulped up pretty quick by everything.  We did get our 2nd rotation of sweet corn in on Friday but by today it was...
Summer Has Arrived

Summer Has Arrived

Hello Summer, we feel you!  This first week of summer is forecasted to be a scorcher, with maybe a touch of relief on Thursday hopefully.  The CSA harvest will have a more Spring like feel to it yet though.   We still have a bunch of peas to pick and the last of the...

Sweatshirts And Flannels

I think we are done now with the 90 degree days.  Last week was pretty brutal on us and the plants but rain and cooler temps have arrived!  For the most part, our crops still look to be in decent shape despite the heat and dry conditions.  We did have a late planting...