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
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.
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
January 2024 CSA Stuff…
January 3 – hope you all had a wonderful holiday time – here at the farm the draft horse pigged out on really nasty windfall apples, and farmcraft sprang forth on a couple of fronts – some very nice embroidery, for example, and more pots and planters… But enough of that farmcraft (unless you are… Continue reading January 2024 CSA Stuff…
December ’23 CSA monthly update
Hi you interested folks you…. Here’s the monthly update – a quick summary: planting and preparation for the winter season is underway – the longer lead items are up and growing. Target start is mid February, farm call only but not limited to Saturday. Now, the rest of the story… (Paul Harvey from a really… Continue reading December ’23 CSA monthly update
FarmCraft Update November 2023
Shilo FarmCraft – it is the time of year when the craft shops fire back up! Here are four new designs from the embroidery shop: A to-be framed car: and three towels: The towels are $25, the on-a-frame car is a larger pattern and is $50… Oh – and the what-can-be-made from Cedar planter has… Continue reading FarmCraft Update November 2023
C’est Finis, N’est Pas? (this is the last week)
(For some reason there is a compulsion to drag out high school french for the last week of the year) Here we all are – scraping out the last of the veggies for the delivery this week! Meanwhile the rather large job of putting the garden to bed is ongoing, and the preparations for winter… Continue reading C’est Finis, N’est Pas? (this is the last week)
November Monthly Update 2023
Howdy! Just a wrap up note for your reading pleasure as the dark of winter sets in… The current season is nearly done – last delivery is a week from Friday, as a matter of fact. This is a bit of a what worked, what didn’t work, and what are our plans for next year.… Continue reading November Monthly Update 2023
Next to the last week… 3 of 4.
This is reallllly close to the end of the year for the CSA – and an interesting year it has been. End of the year is always a bit of a contest to see what is left over and what runs out or freezes out. It looks really good for a change, albeit it is… Continue reading Next to the last week… 3 of 4.