Category: News 2013

In your final box: Broccoli or cauliflower Carrots Chinese Cabbage Kale, "Winterbor" Lettuce Parsnips Spinach Winter squash   Thank you all for your support this season! It has been a difficult year to summarize. At best, it's been a tale of three seasons: It was the worst of times (flooding and light boxes to start … Continue reading Week 17 Newsletter

In your box: Arugula Bok choy Daikon radish Head lettuce Sage Tomatoes Turnips Winter squash It's hard to believe it by the warm spell we've continued enjoying lately, but the calendar is right in suggesting that it is indeed October. As such, we have just one more box to go after this one. Even though … Continue reading Week 16 Newsletter

In Your Box: --Beets --Cabbage –-Mizuna --Onion --Pie Pumpkin --Salad mix –-Spinach --Sweet pepper --Tomatoes We are most grateful to summer for holding on and granting us a few extra weeks to make up for a slow start back in June. After such a sunny, warm September we can't complain too much if October starts … Continue reading Week 15 Newsletter

Hi everyone, It's not often we see a 100% chance of rain, but unfortunately that's the case for tomorrow. As a result, our fall festival has been postponed until next week Saturday, October 5th. It will still last from 4pm until dark. Sorry for any inconvenience, and we hope to see everyone next weekend! -Farmer … Continue reading Fall Festival Postponed

In Your Box: --Carrots --Cauliflower or Broccoli –Celery --Chard --Red Onion --Salad mix --Sweet pepper --Sweet potato --Tomatoes Remember when the boxes were really light and nearly empty in the spring? Remember when the weather wouldn't cooperate at all and I complained vociferously in every newsletter? Thankfully, those days are long behind us and we're … Continue reading Week 14 Newsletter

  In your box: Bok Choy Daikon Radishes Kohlrabi Onion Salad Mix Summer squash, cucumber, eggplant, or tomatillos Sweet Pepper Tomatoes As I was harvesting the pittance of cucumbers and summer squash still ripening in the fields today, for the first time all year I really didn't want to be doing it. I have harvested … Continue reading Week 13 Newsletter

In your box: Arugula Carrots Cucumber Head lettuce Red Onion Summer squash or zucchini Tat soi Tomatoes I was a pretty miserable kid for all of middle school and high school. I hated school and the jarring change from summer break to the social pressures of school that did not make sense then, make less … Continue reading Week 12 Newsletter

In Your Box: --Basil --Carrots --Collards --Cucumbers or summer squash --Edamame --Head lettuce --Sweet pepper --Tomatoes   As the calendar flips to September, we continue sinking slowly intro a drought across Minnesota.  It's hard to believe we could ever want for rain after all the soakings we got this past spring, but the dirt can … Continue reading Week 11 Newsletter

In your box: Beans or ground cherries Beets Cucumber Head lettuce Summer Squash Sweet corn Sweet onion Sweet pepper Tomatoes Most people have thermometers and weather forecasts to help them gauge the weather.  We have a lazy cat and a sticky door.  Our dear cat Nelson is eternally cold, spending the whole of the winter … Continue reading Week 10 Newsletter

In your box: Beans Carrots Cucumbers Head lettuce Red Onion Summer Squash Sweet corn Tomatoes Remember a couple weeks ago when I was lamenting the lack of summer this year? Thankfully, it finally showed up. Personally, I was more than happy with the great weather we had been having since late July. But the heat … Continue reading Week 9 Newsletter