Week 16, October 22nd – 26th, 2019 Last week in Farm News, I wrote about the major challenge of getting our carrots out of the muddy ground before it was too late to get them at all. I had [...]
Week 15, October 15th – 19th, 2019 By last Wednesday, the soil was drying–no, not drying–the soil was getting a little less muddy. Less muddy is now what we think of as drying. [...]
Week 14, October 8th – 12th, 2019 The Weather and Our Potatoes We might have a letup in the rains early this week. If so, we’ll harvest the potatoes. We usually get all the root crops out [...]
Week 13, October 1st – 5th, 2019 The Blue Sky and the Rain The sky was blue on a recent afternoon. It seemed like a good time to do some overdue tractor work, as rain was supposed to arrive [...]
Week 12, September 24th – 28th, 2019 The Weather and the Crops Whoa…lots of rain last week–alotta lotta rain. We were lucky to get the crops harvested when it wasn’t storming. [...]
Week 11, September 17th – 21st, 2019 The Weather and the Crops We have pristine baby kale this week. We have a lovely harvest of cilantro (if we can get the rain to stop long [...]
Week 10, September 10th – 14th, 2019 It’s week 10, halfway through the main season. Some people will say “I can’t believe the season is already half over,” as though the season was sneaking [...]
Week 9, September 3rd – 7th, 2019 Crop Update Greens This week, we are offering many greens–beautiful arugula, pristine pea shoots, luscious kale, and gorgeous head lettuce. It’s a [...]
Week 8, August 27th – 31st, 2019 Variability of Box Volume I wrote about volume vs value in Week 5 of Farm News. The volume approach was a reliable way to fill everyone’s box the same [...]
Week 7, August 20th – 24th, 2019 Huh? This year, this part of the season is a bit like waking up at 2 in the morning and wondering why the sun isn’t up…or waking up and thinking I am [...]
