Category - 2010 CSA Season
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2010 CSA Newsletter, Week 16/17 – the season comes to a close
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Tomatoes in October This year our fields have been spared their usual early freeze and with the recent warm temperatures, the slicer tomatoes continue to ripen up. The peppers and eggplant have mostly given up, but we still found some summer squash and cucumbers last week – pretty late in the season for these crops! more »
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2010 CSA Newsletter, Week 13-17 – the end is near!
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The End is Near! The end of the farm season, that is! The air is chilly in the mornings and i’ve noticed a few pockets of frost in the field the last few days. Even without a real freeze, everything is in decline. The winter squash are all ripening and the canopy of leaves is more »
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2010 CSA Newsletter, Week 11 – tomato ripening heat
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On The Farm The heat kicked in this week and the tomatoes are responding. both the hoop house and the field tomatoes are in full production & ripening well. One large section has a disease that is causing poor quality fruit (nearly all the tomatoes in this section are ‘seconds’), these can still be used more »
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2010 CSA Newsletter, Week 10 – the apex!
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On The Farm Most of the time is filled with harvest, but in the other time available a few things are getting done. I planted what I think will be the last salad mix last week. The last patch always lasts a few weeks as the cooler days of late september slow the growth down. We more »
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2010 CSA Newsletter, Week 9 – harvest, harvest, harvest
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On The Farm Its about all we can do to keep up with the harvest on the farm. Everything seems to be doing its thing at once, and the row of beans looks mighty long! Still no ripe tomatoes to speak of, but we are getting some more heat in the last few days, so more »
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2010 CSA Newsletter, Week 8 – mid-season bounty
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On The Farm Big shifts at the farm as we enter the thick of the harvest season. Our crew has changed – Leonie returned to France, Jeane returned to Denver and Charlie crashed on his bike and is missing in action (but recovering). The crops are shifting as we pick the last of the head more »
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2010 CSA Newsletter, Week 6 – heat & rain!
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On the Farm Harvest season is in full force at the farm and everything is coming in! Some beds still need weeding, and I still have a couple more salad plantings to go, but really harvest has taken over our free time. We are starting to pick squash, cucumbers, peppers, eggplant and more. Here is more »
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2010 CSA Newsletter, Week 5
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On The Farm Lots more coming in this week on the farm. The summer squash are starting to fruit and we picked a handful this week, we’ll have squash for the boxes in 1-2 weeks. We also picked a few early eggplant and peppers, these will show up soon too. The main weeding is now more »
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2010 CSA Newsletter, Week 4 – Harvest Mode
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On The Farm This week it really feels like summer on the farm. We are in full-on harvest mode, with planting, weeding and other farm tasks falling to minimal levels. Harvest starts early in the day – I’m usually in the field by 6am on harvest days, picking my favorite crops and setting out the more »
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2010 CSA Newsletter, Week 3 – July has come!
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On The Farm So much happens all at once in June, that once July arrives everything at the farm is going full tilt. I’ve got a few more plantings of salad and fall crops, but for the most part we are done planting for the year. Weeding still needs attention for a few more weeks, more »
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