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Another view across the final section of the field. What looks like brown soil are the smallest seedlings, recently emerged and fiercely competing with the heavy weed load. Our job is to keep them weeded and watered!

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

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

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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Crystal and Osage picking harvesting.

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!

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

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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Packing the boxes

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

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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Click image to enlarge and see if you can make out the turkey in the grass! When I took this picture there were a group of twenty wild turkeys winding their way thru the grass.

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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Tomatoes & Eggplants ready to come in, on ground fabric.

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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