Author: Bryan Housel

Hello Folks! As we head into the final weeks of the season we will be relying on the cool weather crops-spinach, brassicas, greens in the mustard family, as well as root crops and storage crops like potatoes and winter squash. We may double up on the root vegetables and there may be both regular potatoes and sweet potatoes in a share. Since the frost, which killed the vines, we have been busy harvesting the sweet potatoes and we have a nice crop. There are a lot of tubers to dig, and we would love to have help with the harvest. (more…)

Hey All! So, it has been raining now for two and half days and you would think that I’d be happy. Unfortunately, you would be wrong, because the drizzle that we have been receiving has still not reached half an inch. On top of that, the frost that came last Thursday night was far colder than predicted or anticipated. We experienced substantial damage on crops that should have tolerated light frost. Oh well, that’s farming! We covered what we could, battened down the greenhouses, and harvested some things we knew would not survive. We took a serious financial hit, but we still have plenty of good veggies for the shares. (more…)

Hello Folks! So, it was another beautiful weather week with no rain. We have a chance of getting some showers Tuesday night into Wednesday morning- we can only hope. We may also have our first frost of the fall later this week. If we do it only be a light one, affecting only the most sensitive plants such as basil and sweet potatoes. We have already begun digging the sweet potatoes and this week you will be digging them too! (more…)