Week 6, August 13th – 17th, 2019 Predicting The Future of Your Vegetables and Herbs A few days before the delivery of your farm share, I evaluate the crops and decide what will be available [...]
Week 5, August 6th – 10th, 2019 Weather In the spring, as rivers of unheavenly rain waterfalled from the heavens, I wondered if we would have a growing season at all. As of this writing, it [...]
Week 4, July 30th – August 3rd There’s Farming and then There’s Trucking My dad occasionally said that if our family was delayed a few minutes in our departure, that maybe that delay caused [...]
Week 3, July 23rd – 27th Our third week of harvest is underway. I am reminded of the of complexity of managing a CSA farm–the overlapping and sometimes conflicting rhythms of the many [...]
Week 2, July 16th – 20th Welcome For some of you who receive a 10-week vegetable share and your deliveries start this week, welcome to our 2019 season. In case you missed Week 1 Farm News, [...]
Week 1, July 9th – 13th Welcome to our 2019 weather adventure–the wettest spring since Illinois started keeping records; hence our late start of your deliveries. In fact, it has been [...]
Pre-Season Farm Update We hope you enjoy this pre-season farm update. Deliveries of full 20-week shares will start the week of July 8. Some 10-week half shares will start the following week. [...]
Extended Season Week 2, November 13th – 17th, 2018 Your Box This Week – All Delivery Days: Please note: this summary is written before we pack your box—be aware that some guesswork is [...]
Extended Season Week 1, November 6th – 10th, 2018 Your Box This Week – All Delivery Days: Please note: this summary is written before we pack your box—be aware that some guesswork is [...]
Harvest Week 20, October 30th – November 3rd, 2018 Your Box This Week – Saturday Deliveries: Please note: this summary is written before we pack your box—be aware that some guesswork [...]
