Category - Farm Updates
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Plant Plant Plant – it’s that time of year!
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in 2012 CSA Season, Farm Updates
Its that time of year - everything must get planted… In go the many thousands of seedlings we have been nurturing in the greenhouse. In go the seeds, by the tens of thousands, in long neat rows as all the direct seeded crops go in the ground. And so, the greenhouse empties as everything moves out – more »
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Early Signup Discount Ends May 1st The early signup discount is our way of saying thank you for taking the leap into this season with us. As we plant, prepare the fields and lay out the irrigation, harvest still seems a ways off – but we all know it will be here soon. If you more »
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Spring on the Farm – 2012 Edition
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in 2012 CSA Season, Farm Updates
Time for Greenhouse Seeding! Spring is in the air, with warmer nights, sunny days and precipitation arriving as rain instead of snow. I started up the seed house last week – which involved lots of cleaning and getting the fans and heater going. This year my son Noah and I replaced the ‘inflation blower’ – a small more »
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Announcing the 2012 Turkey Hill CSA Season
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in 2012 CSA Season, Farm Updates
Time to Sign Up! Does everyone remember the bounty of last summer? Think back, then think forward and sign up for this season’s box. I have opened the signup for the 2012 CSA. As usual, the spots we are offering are limited, so sign up early to assure yourself a spot. Click here to sign more »
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2011 CSA Newsletter – Weeks 14-16/17 – When will you stop giving me all this produce?
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in 2011 CSA Season, CSA Box, Farm Updates
The 2011 Harvest Season Ends Soon! I hope you have all enjoyed the abundance this summer. While we got off to a late start, most crops still produced an abundant supply for the CSA boxes. Here are the final pickup/delivery dates – Crested Butte – last delivery Sunday October 9th – this will be a more »
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2011 CSA Newsletter, Week 12-13 – Fall Crops
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in 2011 CSA Season, CSA Box, Farm Updates
On the Farm Fall has settled in to a beautiful September on the farm; many afternoons are drizzly or rainy, with a window of clear morning time to get out in the field and harvest. Last week I finished the mowing and switched the tractor to shovels. I finished hilling up the potatoes and worked more »
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2011 CSA Newsletter, Week 11 – Tomatoes!
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in 2011 CSA Season, CSA Box, Farm Updates
This week the tomatoes finally started to come in enough for everyone to get some. This is just the beginning of the tomatoes, and we expect to have tomatoes in increasing quantities for the next few weeks at least before the cooler weather and shorter days slow things down. This week we also picked our first, earliest more »
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2011 CSA Newsletter, Week 10 – Cauliflower/Here comes Fall!
2 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in 2011 CSA Season, CSA Box, Farm Updates
On the Farm Fall has settled in on the farm and a stead rhythm of harvesting has set in. Its week 10 and that means the long descent into the fall crops has begun. Over the next few weeks you will see a few new crops that we haven’t at all or much of… The more »
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2011 CSA Newsletter, Week 9 – The Apex!
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in 2011 CSA Season, CSA Box, Farm Updates
Lots and Lots of produce this week, I hope you can take it all it and do your best to cook and eat it. New this week is Sweet Corn, from the Olathe fields of Austin Family Farms – I think you will agree its delicious! We will have more corn over the next few more »
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2011 CSA Newsletter, Week 8 – New potatoes
0 Comments | Posted by Farmer Adam in 2011 CSA Season, CSA Box, Farm Updates
On The Farm The farm has really reached its stride; everything is looking vibrant, and the produce is coming in so fast we can hardly keep up with harvesting it all. This week we have several crew transitions going on. Maura, our intern who started working with us this spring, is heading back to her more »
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