Category: News 2019

In your box: --Brussels sprouts --Carrots --Celeriac --Garlic --Kale --Leek --Napa cabbage --Turnips Whenever it comes time for the final delivery of the season, I always try to convince myself that I can stretch out the growing year for just one more week. Then it snows. And rains all weekend. And I look around the … Continue reading Week 18 Newsletter

In your box: --Brussels sprouts --Celery --Garlic --Ground cherries --Onion --Salad Mix --Sweet pepper --Vivid choi --Winter Squash This week has brought a most welcome respite from all of the rain we've had the past six weeks, with abundant sunshine and a stiff breeze to help dry out the fields. Usually fall is my favorite … Continue reading Week 17 Newsletter

In your box: --Aronia berries --Chard --Eggplant --Head lettuce --Kohlrabi --Leek --Radishes --Spinach --Sweet pepper This week's box is not at all what I had planned to give this week, but the weather had different plans. We keep getting more and more unnecessary rain, and it's really having an impact on the work I can … Continue reading Week 16 Newsletter

In your box: --Arugula --Beans --Beets --Celery --Fennel --Head lettuce --Red Onion --Salad mix --Sweet pepper In last week's newsletter I wrote about some of the effects of climate change that we've seen on the farm over the past few years. We haven't had any dramatic temperature increases during the farm season, but we have … Continue reading Week 15 Newsletter

In your box: --Bok choy --Cucumber --Grapes --Ground cherries --Parsley --Potatoes, “Red Gold” --Summer Squash or eggplant --Red onion --Sweet pepper --Tomatoes This week as we flip the calendars over to September, we begin the slow transition out of summer crops and into the great tastes of fall. The cool weather the past couple weeks … Continue reading Week 12 Newsletter

In your box: --Beans --Beets --Cucumber --Garlic, “Deerfield Purple” --Ground cherries or cherry tomatoes --Head lettuce --Summer Squash --Sweet onion --Sweet peppers --Tomatoes Thanks so much to the great members who made it out to the farm open house on Saturday! We had a nice group of folks who explored the farm, spent a lot … Continue reading Week 11 Newsletter

In your box: --Basil --Carrots --Cucumbers --Eggplant or cherry tomatoes --Head lettuce --Summer Squash --Sweet onion --Sweet pepper --Tomatoes This week finds us just past halfway through our growing season this year. After such horrible growing conditions in the spring, we've been rewarded with one of the best summers I can remember. We've had enough … Continue reading Week 10 Newsletter

In your box: --Beans or eggplant --Beets --Cucumbers --Kale --Head lettuce --Summer Squash --Sweet onion --Sweet pepper --Tomatoes This week marks the unofficial start of the peak of tomato season, a glorious stretch of three or four weeks where every meal, passing car and visitor are in danger of being smothered in fresh tomatoes from … Continue reading Week 9 Newsletter

In your box: --Beans --Broccoli --Carrots --Chard --Cucumbers --Eggplant or Cherry tomatoes --Escarole --Green Onions --Summer Squash --Tomatoes I wanted to start with a plug for the 14th annual Garlic Festival, coming up this Saturday in Hutchinson. Full disclosure: yes, I am on the planning committee. And yes, I really love garlic. This is a … Continue reading Week 8 Newsletter

In your box: --Basil --Beans --Broccoli --Cucumbers --Green Onions --Head Lettuce --Potatoes, “Yukon Gold” --Summer Squash --Tomatoes At this point I think I should formally apologize for all of the mean things I said about Minnesota weather back in the spring. The mild, dry weather we enjoyed all of last week has continued through this … Continue reading Week 7 Newsletter