Category: Newsletters 2012

In your box: Cabbage, Regular or Napa Collards or kale Gourd Leeks Salad mix Spinach Turnips Winter squash or pie pumpkin Welcome to your final box of this season! Back when it was 100 degrees in June, as we picked raspberries, it seemed like we would never get to this point. But now as flurries … Continue reading Week 18 Newsletter

In your box: Arugula Beets Bok choy Daikon radish Onion Sage Salad Mix Winter Squash Thanks so much to everyone that made it out to the fall festival last weekend! We had a great turnout, with about sixty people stopping by and more pies per capita than any other potluck I’ve ever attended. Thankfully everyone … Continue reading Week 17 Newsletter

In your box: Broccoli Carrots Kale, "Winterbor" Leeks Pie pumpkin Salad mix Turnips A sharp cold front came whistling through last weekend, bringing an end to our growing season late on Saturday night, the 22nd, with a low around 30 degrees that killed off all of our frost-sensitive crops. This first freeze is a week … Continue reading Week 16 Newsletter

In your box: Basil Cauliflower Celery Cucumber or summer squash Daikon Radish Head lettuce Red Onion Sweet Pepper Tomatoes The next time you hear someone raving about how much they love fall—the crunch of falling leaves, baseball playoffs, sending the kids back to school, putting on their Uggs again—do me a personal favor and tell … Continue reading Week 15 Newsletter

In Your Box: Cabbage Carrots Cucumber Edamame or Beans Head lettuce Onion Parsley Summer Squash or broccoli Tomatoes All of the sudden, the calendar has flipped on summer and ushered in a much-welcomed autumn. While this usually occurs gradually over the course of a few weeks, summer blew out of here with 95 degrees and … Continue reading Week 14 Newsletter

In your box: Basil Beans Beets Broccoli Celery Cucumber Kale, Red Russian Red Onion Summer Squash Sweet Pepper Tomatoes  This week brought exciting news from the highest court in the land, as the Supreme Court handed down a 7-2 decision that yes, you do have to eat your broccoli.  The decision comes as a sharp … Continue reading Week 13 Newsletter

In your box: Beans Carrots Chard Cucumber Edamame Endive Kohlrabi Onion Summer Squash Tomatoes Our most exciting addition this week is Edamame, or fresh soybeans. This is the first time we’ve grown them, though I’ve long been hooked on them. These are really time-consuming for harvest, and most large farms would have a combine to quickly strip … Continue reading Week 12 Newsletter

In your box:  Beans Celery Collards Cucumber Onion Parsley Red onion Summer Squash Tomatoes 　 Suddenly, many of our crop beds are starting to disappear after bringing forth life and fruits for the past several months. Garlic, cabbage and peas are already turned under, and this week we will work in the corn and onion … Continue reading Week 11 Newsletter

In your box: Basil Beans Carrots Cucumber Summer Squash Sweet corn Sweet onion Sweet pepper Tomatoes All of our returning members from 2011 will no doubt remember the sad, fiery end of our dear old tractor, Mr. Peanut. Our monocled workhorse was a 72-year old Ford 9N tractor that begged all season to be allowed … Continue reading Week 10 Newsletter

In your box: Beans Beets Cucumber Dill Hot pepper Red onion Summer Squash or broccoli Sweet corn Sweet onion Tomatoes This weekend is the ever-enchanting, supernatural, and downright stinky highlight of any farmer's summer: The Minnesota Garlic Festival in Hutchinson.  Unfortunately, there will be a lot of long faces at the Fest this year due … Continue reading Week 9 Newsletter