Category - CSA Box
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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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Turkey Hill CSA Newsletter – Week 15-end Notes From the Farm The long grass in this week’s box is lemon grass, excellent in thai soup, or dried as a tea. Int he small herb bundles are roasemary and thyme. As things wind down in the field the box has grown a lot smaller. This week’s [...]
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Turkey Hill CSA Newsletter – Week 13/14, 2009
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in CSA Box, Uncategorized
Turkey Hill CSA Newsletter – Week 13/14 Notes From the Farm As things wind down this fall on the farm, my newsletters will become less frequent. This one covers last week (13) and this week (14). I’ll send another in a week or two. The boxes are packed full these days, but will diminsh over [...]
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Turkey Hill CSA Newsletter – Week 12, 2009
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in CSA Box, Uncategorized
Turkey Hill CSA Newsletter – Week 12 Notes From the Farm This is Valentin and Lizzie’s last week at the farm, a big thanks for all their help this summer! We have lots of summer crops coming in now and everything really looks great. The beans are past their peak, but the cucumbers, peppers and [...]
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2009 Round Earth / Turkey Hill CSA Farm Festival
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in CSA Box, Uncategorized
Schedule of Events Please call ahead at 970-872-4413 to reserve a spot for the following events – space is limited. 8 am-10 am – Early Tour/Harvest – Tour the fields at Round Earth with farmer Adam Silverstein. We will explore the vegetables, and flowers, learn about interplanting and witness a real pest – grasshoppers! We [...]
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