Author: Bryan Housel

Hello everyone, the time has come for me to dust off my pea puns and pea-alliteration, for we have a plenitude, a preponderance, a plethora of peas.  So, if you have been praying for peas, for now your prayers will be answered.  This week it is mostly English, or shell peas we have in abundance, a few groups may receive snow peas this time and English peas next.  Sugar snap peas will be starting next week. (more…)

Hello folks, we have arrived at the week you have all, no doubt, been waiting for – the first share delivery of the season.  So let the fresh veggies begin!   (more…)

Hello Folks, Happy Spring!  I am pleased to report that we are off to a much better start to the season than last year.  The first groups of workers arrived in late March and I now have my whole crew in place.  We are going gangbusters planting, weeding, spreading compost, mulching, and covering greenhouses.  The weather has been relatively cooperative.  It was a fairly dry spring with some early warmth and abundant sunshine, that helped to dry out the fields as the heavy snow melted.  Overall, it has stayed rather cool, but we have not had any extremely cold nights. (more…)

Happy winter everyone! It is time to register for the 2021 CSA season!   Know your farmer. Know your food. (more…)

Hi Folks, we have reached the end of the CSA season.  I hope that you have enjoyed the produce we were able to provide this year.  Every farming season has its unique challenges, mostly weather related.  This year we had both the latest spring frost ever – May 18th – and the earliest fall frost that I can remember – September 18.  The September frost took us a bit by surprise as the forecast was for a low of 38 degrees.  The cold snap in September was even more unusual since it was not a single night, but rather four night in a row of sub-freezing temperatures.  This gave us only four months of frost-free growing season.  A long summer drought followed by excessive rain added another hurdle. (more…)

Hi Folks, I hope you have been enjoying the balmy weather these past days; my crew and I certainly have been.  It’s a bit strange for early November but we’ll take it!  In any case there is no such thing as normal weather anymore.  The dry conditions have enabled us to finish digging the potatoes (finally!) and get started planting the garlic for next year’s crop.  The warmth is allowing some of the greens to recover from the damage sustained during the recent freeze, and the Brussel’s Sprouts and cauliflower to continue to mature.  We still have carrots and a few other root crops in the ground which also benefit from the mild temps and abundant sunshine. (more…)