Category - Farm Updates
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2011 CSA Newsletter, Week 7 – Summer hits its stride
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Updates this week This week lots of new crops are coming in from the field – we started picking tomatoes peppers and eggplants from the hoop house. There isn;t quite enough to go around, so some members will get peppers, some will get eggplant. Plenty more to come in the next few weeks. Lots of more »
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2011 CSA Newsletter, Week 6 – off to the river!
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From the Farm Just a quick note this week – I’m writing quickly because we are heading off to the Rio Chama for a family float, slipping away between harvests! The field looks just fantastic this year, its really exceptional. Come visit and take a walk thru the field any time! Lots more coming in more »
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2011 CSA Newsletter, Week 5 – here comes summer
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On the Farm Harvest has begun to take over all our time on the farm. This week we started picking the garlic in earnest (pictures below) – we will process and dry this (great!) crop and start putting it in your box in around 2 weeks. For now we have more green garlic. Lots more more »
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2011 CSA Newsletter, Week 4 – Extended Early Season Crops
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All of the rainy, overcast weather we have had over the past few weeks has kept the spring crops growing while we wait for the summer crops to hit.
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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
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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!
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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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