Summer CSA Week 2 could also be called Bittersweet Goodbyes Week 2. Week 1 saw us saying so long to Farmer Anna, who is now on her journey to the West Coast. And now, our dearest Farmer Emma has departed this week to begin nursing school full-time.

As we step into a new summer season, the farm is also transitioning into a season of goodbyes. This summer, we will be saying farewell to three of our beloved farm managers. Last Friday marked the beginning of our long goodbyes. Field manager Anna’s last day was celebrated with plenty of cake, a toast, a “yearbook” that we all signed, a gigantic container of M&M’s, and more than our fair share of tears.

Allium season is here! Perhaps the stinkiest of seasons, we are incredibly stoked to be pulling up big leeks, beautiful onions, and fat bulbs of garlic. Fortunately, we are stinky farmers, so we love it all the same ;)

Last week we welcomed Cynthia Flores from Labor Movement for a 2-hour Farmer Wellness workshop. Cynthia wanted to make one thing clear: we farmers are athletes. We lift heavy things. We haul. We squat. We twist. We endure long days, repetitive motions, all sorts of weather, and beyond that, a season that never really ends. We are strength athletes. We are endurance athletes. We are athletes in overalls (That’s kind of their tagline)

If you’re not in flower farming or floral design, you may not know this, but Mother’s Day is basically the flower-industry equivalent of the Olympics.

this week we’re sharing some Farmin’ 101 and talking about an organic farming trick that helps transplants settle into field lige and make it all the way to harvest… Kaolin clay!

The earth is still dry as a saltine cracker in a sandstorm. Not a raincloud around here brave enough to show its face for more than a few seconds, and we’re starting to wonder what it’s gonna take to get some rain brewing in the skies. A heartfelt plea to our ancestors? Yelling at a lake? Human sacrifice?

This Wednesday, we’ll submit our Value-Added Producer Grant application through the USDA ~ something that could be a real game changer for us, albeit a huge undertaking.

Come walk through our fields with us and check out what’s in bloom, and what we’re looking forward to!

There is one thing we grow that really makes it feel like the year has BEGUN. Not the Gregorian New Year January 1st, not getting a new planner, not even, really, the first 70 degree day. What makes it feel like a new year has begun, with all its hopes and promises (and work to be done) is STRAWBERRY SEASON! 🍓

We’ve planted out so many summer favorites this past week - cucumbers, tomatoes, and okra are out in the field on their journey to harvest, and we’ve seeded plenty of beds of green beans, yellow beans, purple beans, and the very fun dragons tongue bean ;)

Spring is waking up on the farm, and with it comes the return of sunshine(& sunscreen), planting, and the beautiful, bustling clockwork of our crew in full swing.

It’s all hands on deck as a tidal wave of blooms takes over the farm! 🌸 🌷 🌼

The bees are waking up! Our very special Katie Bee Honey Co hives are buzzing with spring activity. In today’s blog post, we’re sharing a little crash course in honeybee magic so you can join us in the wonder of seeing these tiny magicians at work again. 🐝

A sit-down group task is always a hoot as we pass the time with our hands busy at work. With the task at hand feeling endless, we debated over if the word should be “Sisyphean” or “Sisyphusian” to describe how we feel like the greek king doomed to roll a…. potato…. up the hill and down again for eternity (its the former). But eventually the task was eventually completed, and we got to see a preview of the BEAUTIFUL potatoes we’ll be growing this season.

At the farm, flowers are beginning to flood in, our most celebrated spring veggies are sizing up, and y’all should get on board while the gettin is good! As we prepare to welcome Spring, we’d love to show you around the farm right now.

It’s giant spiders! It’s tangled spaghetti in meat sauce! It’s the face-hugger monster from Alien! It’s….. actually just asparagus crowns!

That snow sure was a flash in the pan! Gone as quickly as it arrived, we’ve been happy to have the soil back in our sights - there’s a lot of work to do there!

For our farmers, snow days hit a little different. The cozy comes after we make sure the farm doesn’t literally collapse. No markets for us this weekend, just the high-stakes task of clearing snow to keep our high tunnels standing. Hard work, yes… but still kinda fun ;)

Last week, we held our annual meeting of the minds to reflect on the previous year’s successes and disappointments… affectionately dubbed our YAYs and BUMMERs. It’s a chance to celebrate the wins, name the challenges, and get on the same page on how to keep getting better at what we do 😎