May Monthly: Main Season Preparations Green Season is rolling along, warm season planting underway And here we go again! The CSA and the farm are just about as busy as it gets – a vital effort here at the farm is remediation of hay fields that are infested with invasive plants. Towards that end,… Continue reading May Update
Author: Doug
--- 'farmer doug' is the planner and heavy lifter for the CSA and the LLC. Loves to teach; "ask him the time, he'll tell you how to make a clock." Always has a new idea to try, some of which work. BTW - if you try and phone call, and you are NOT in his caller ID you will not be answered - just leave a message and you will be called right back.
April Update – Green Season Commences!
Time for a monthly update slightly ahead of April, but not much. Last week wrapped up the “winter” season, and on we move into the “green season. Green is right – lots of Spring weather forecast for this first week of April, which is putting the (growth) spurs to the seedlings. The “Sora” radishes are… Continue reading April Update – Green Season Commences!
Winter Season week 2
Crazy week here – furnace (heat pump) gave up the ghost and has been out now for oh way too long – which means keeping the house warm took over some of the garden work that was scheduled. All that aside – the really really nice weather after the nasty wind and rain have made… Continue reading Winter Season week 2
Mid February update…
Hi Folks… Yeah, yeah, I know – this isn’t monthly, but so much is happening right now that I needed to just blast out an update. There are about three big events that all are going on right now (this week): Setting out the plants for green season, bed prep for March planting (Potatoes, you… Continue reading Mid February update…
February is cold and wet and snowy.
Hi Folks… After a week of moving to a new computer with a new operating system things are running well enough to actually get back to CSA pestering emails. Errr. Highly informative and enjoyable email sharing what is happening at the CSA… Right? Three things really need to be covered in this update… Progress towards… Continue reading February is cold and wet and snowy.
Brief Update Jan 14
Updated the mail list – if you don’t want on the email list, let us know! Short update: Winter season starts week of Feb. 17 – if you want in, it is limited to 8 members, personal share only, limited delivery possible. There will be another longer update in a couple weeks with more detail.… Continue reading Brief Update Jan 14
January 2025 Update
January. Time for those (these?) exciting monthly updates to come popping out. The main focus of this update is to tell you the times and such, with a brief note about progress on crops and ‘what-not.’ We are pretty good at tying what-nots. So: Here’s the ‘schedule’ for 2025: In 2025, memorial day is… Continue reading January 2025 Update
Pre-2025 Monthly update… sorta.
Hope you all are enjoying the holiday time – have yourself an amazing Christmas! Meanwhile, this is more of an opportunity for you to give some helpful guidance to the planning for the CSA for 2025. It may not of been clear or obvious, but the CSA and indeed our time at Shilofarm were teetering… Continue reading Pre-2025 Monthly update… sorta.
Winter Season started this week…
Here we go, Winter Season is underway! There are five of you, which is good because there was a big shortfall in the starts for the season – lots of winter kill. That said, for you folks there is some nice produce for this first week. Winter season is a bit of a gamble every… Continue reading Winter Season started this week…
CSA February “official” monthly update
It’s getting pretty real here right now – Winter season starts the 24th of February – there are four people (the limit this year) signed up – although one more might sneak in. A separate “welcome to the winter season” is going out later this week – if you think you are in the winter… Continue reading CSA February “official” monthly update