Category - 2011 CSA Season
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2011 CSA Newsletter, Week 3 – State of the Farm
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The State of the Farm Post Each year around this time I like to give a detailed report of the crops we have this year and what and when you might expect them. An alphabetical list will follow, but first here are some pictures from the main field, showing how far the crops have progressed! more »
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2011 CSA Newsletter, Week 2 – the lull before the storm
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Away and Back This week, I left the farm for a quick trip out to visit my mother in North Carolina. I was gone for a total of 5 nights, and the most striking thing upon returning is the amount everything has grown in less than a week. Its always this way in the end more »
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2011 CSA Newsletter, Week 1 – here we go big time
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Welcome to the Turkey Hill CSA Newsletter! I will try to send out a new newsletter at the end of each week, highlighting the items in and coming to the box and keeping you updated on activities at the farm. I will do my best to highlight the unusual items in the box and suggest possible uses. more »
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More Farm Pictures – 6/20/11
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2011 Harvest Season Starts Soon – Memberships Still Available
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in 2011 CSA Season, Farm Updates
Everything is Looking GREAT! Get ready for veggies! Its amazing to thing that harvest will start in just a few weeks! It was a very cold spring. In fact, May saw the coldest average temperature on record (for Grand Junction). Because of the cold and wet weather most of our plantings went in two-three weeks more »
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IN go the crops – May 22, 2011!
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in 2011 CSA Season, Farm Updates
Plant, Plant Plant! The last few weeks have been extremely busy – planting out the thousands and thousands of tender seedlings we have been growing in the greenhouse since the beginning of March. We ended April and started May with a series of storms that brought some wickedly cold temperatures to Western Colorado. In between more »
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CSA Planting Season – April!
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in 2011 CSA Season, Farm Updates
The weather has warmed up and April has brought a huge amount of activity to the farm. Our first big field plantings go in during late April and all my time up till now has been devoted to preparing the fields – spreading manure, disking, clearing rock etc. Now everything has been disked and its more »
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