The Farm

In case you haven’t stopped by The Farm and picked up a copy of our 2012 Events Calendar, you can get it online here at the site. Also, for anyone with small children, feel free to come by on any Tuesday for our Storytime. We do Storytime at 10:30am, every single Tuesday of the season (until somewhere late in the Fall). It’s a fun time of stories and sing-alongs, hosted by two members of our own farming family.

As of last Tuesday, The Farm is now open for business, Monday-Saturday, 10am-6pm. Like last year, we’re baking pies on Fridays and Saturdays, so stop on by for a fresh ollalieberry or apple or strawberry-rhubarb pie. Our frozen pies are available during the other days of the week (but we sometimes run out pretty quickly).

The strawberry harvest is starting to come in properly. Though, given the up and down weather we’ve been having lately, it’ll still take about two weeks or so before we’re at proper production levels.

We’ve finally decided on details for our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program this year. It will begin on June 14 and run through November 15 for 23 weeks. Please stop by The Farm to fill out a signup form. Or, you can print a copy from our website here: Farm CSA 2012 Signup Form

We just decided on our CSA dates for this year. The CSA will begin on June 14 and end on November 15. More information will be posted later on costs, how to sign up, etc.

We shall be opening for the season on May 1! Now that the weather seems to have settled down a bit, we have a better handle on what our crops are going to do. Berries are ripening, the fields are sprouting, and the earth is warming. Stop by and see us in May!

If you’ve driven by our farm lately, you might have noticed the dark brown earth worked up in rows. Contrary to the habits of bears, winter is yet another time for working on farms. While we certainly aren’t harvesting anything, we’re working up the ground and getting ready for the first spring plantings. Strawberries, of course, are already in the ground. We have a long, narrow block of strawberries planted. That section is easy to see from the road, as it’s the area under plastic. Strawberry beds in this valley typically get covered with plastic. This is not for fumigation as a lot of people believe (plus, we only grow organic strawberries). Rather, there are three reasons for the plastic: it keeps the weeds down, it prevents the berries from touching the soil (that contact makes them susceptible to rot), and it keeps the bed a bit warmer.

Anyway, we’re inching closer to springtime and harvest.

We are currently rebuilding our website for The Farm. As we’re shut down for the winter season, we hope this does not inconvenience anyone. If you need to schedule a tour for the upcoming year, please give us a call at (831) 455-2575. Thanks!