Harvest Week 4, July 14th – 20th, 2020 The Crops and the Weather The heat and rain conspire to make crops grow fast and to rot early. As unpoetic as this might sound, we race against the rot. We [...]
Harvest Week 3, July 7th – 13th, 2020 Last Monday evening, it didn’t really seem that it was rain falling on the farm; it was more like a lake falling. The air was so saturated with water [...]
Harvest Week 2, June 30th – July 6th, 2020 (If you missed it, please check out last week’s issue of Farm News, Is the Weather Your Friend? for important updates about the farm and community [...]
Harvest Week 1, June 23rd – 29th, 2020 Welcome to Our 2020 Season, Our First Week of Deliveries I’m not the sort of person who says “the weather is unusual this year.” If a spring is [...]
Farm Report Farming is full tilt these days. I suppose that’s why I haven’t provided you with a timely update of the season so far–I’ve been extremely busy in the fields. Weather This [...]
I watched our main barn at Angelic Organics being built in the 50’s for our family dairy operation. It has gone through many transitions since then. The barn has always seemed like my friend. A [...]
Thank You I am sending the warmest thank you for the outpourings of love and support from so many shareholders after my announcement of the season’s early closing. It was most gratifying and [...]
Please note: This announcement was emailed to shareholders on Thursday, November 7. We are posting it on the blog as well so that other friends of the farm can also read about the conclusion of [...]
Week 18, November 5th – 9th, 2019 I wrote last week that rain came down like rivers on Saturday, transforming our fields from muddy to soupy. Even though we have had record rainfall [...]
Week 17, October 29th – November 2nd, 2019 Last week in Farm News, I wrote about the challenge of getting our potatoes harvested due to the pervasive mud. As the week was coming to an end, [...]
