Category - 2010 CSA Season
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Turkey Hill CSA Week 6 – heat & rain!
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in 2010 CSA Season, CSA Box, Farm Updates
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 [...]
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2010 CSA Newsletter, Week 5
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in 2010 CSA Season, CSA Box, Farm Updates
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 [...]
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2010 CSA Newsletter, Week 4 – Harvest Mode
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in 2010 CSA Season, CSA Box, Farm Updates
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 [...]
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2010 CSA Newsletter, Week 3 – July has come!
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in 2010 CSA Season, CSA Box, Farm Updates
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, [...]
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2010 CSA Newsletter, Week 2 – Summer is On
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in 2010 CSA Season, CSA Box, Farm Updates
On The Farm Final planting and irrigation setup This week we planted nearly all of the last transplants from the greenhouse out into the field. Compared to previous years, I have far fewer plants left over that aren’t going into the ground. I always plant a little extra in case certain transplants fail, but this [...]
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2010 CSA Newsletter, Week 1 – Harvest Time!
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in 2010 CSA Season, CSA Box, Farm Updates
Harvest begins in earnest this week There isn’t a huge amount of variety, but the Salad and Spinach is abundant! We also picked some early green garlic this week, plus cilantro and dill and radishes. Box details below. Hailstorms in June Last week we experienced a very unusual storm that brought around a minute of [...]
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CSA Harvest Starts Soon – Details & Farm Pictures
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in 2010 CSA Season, Farm Updates
Lots of Stuff Happening at the Farm! I could go on and on about everything that is happening at the farm, but I’m too busy to type it all up so here are some recent farm pictures with captions, click to enlarge! CSA Harvest Starts Soon! Produce Details… We start pickups/deliveries on Friday June 18th [...]
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Chilly Spring Updates, Planting News, Delivery Information
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in 2010 CSA Season, Farm Updates
Spring in the Rockies I probably don’t have to tell you this – residents of Western Colorado have all noticed the extended cold (and wind!) this spring. We have had several cold storms come thru, including one cold snap with 28 degree night time temperatures that froze some of our early cabbage & broccoli transplants – very [...]
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Spring is here, Harvest starts soon!
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in 2010 CSA Season, Farm Updates
The farm is buzzing with activity! Lots of activity on the farm these days! The greenhouse is packed with plants and the fields are slowly filling in. My early seeding is coming up – salad mix, radishes, peas, spinach, beets are all up; transplanting continues as the weather allows – we have around a half [...]
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There are just a few days left to get in on the 10% discount by paying for your CSA membership. If you plan to sign up this year and can afford the money up front, please take advantage of this offer – as I have mentioned before, the early season cash is a huge benefit [...]
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