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Photos From the Farm this Week…plus CSA & Mkts 8.25.18
Farm Share/CSA Members: THANK YOU to everyone who has gotten their final payment (due Aug 1st) to us already. If you haven’t yet paid the final installment, please do that as soon as you can. Details:...
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The Farm Before Labor Day…plus CSA & Mkts 9.1.2018
First off, CSA business: Yes, there are Farm Shares this Saturday. In past years, we have had the whole Farm Share CSA — all members — on hold the week leading up to Labor Day. (Plus each member chose...
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September!! {and the one down side of this wonderful month}…plus CSA & mkts...
Our love for September is well known. It is the month in which fall starts, and fall is glorious here. September is only second to October in our list of favorite months. Ahhhh….. Greens and roots are...
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Soggy, but No Catastrophe…plus CSA & Mkts 9.22.2018
We are so grateful to have our farm intact this week. Neither hurricane nor tornado struck here! We didn’t know we would be celebrating this fact, but here we are. Hooray! No catastrophic destruction!...
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90 Degrees and October!…plus CSA & mkts for 10.6.2018
After an unseasonably wet and cooler summer, and a September that was above-average hot and very rainy, we now have ourselves starting October with temps near or at 90 degrees. Our deep love for...
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Delicious Bounty for Saturday…CSA & Mkts 10.13.2018
We adjusted our farm to-do list as the forecast for this evening’s storm worsened. With the potential for extreme amounts of rainfall tonight, we moved some of our harvest plans for Friday onto...
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Herbal Inspiration Ties into New CSA…plus CSA & mkts for 10.20.2018
Well, the storm called Michael was not devastating here, and for that we are grateful. It was, however, disruptive and saturating. After months of general sogginess, getting an inch of rain per hour...
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After the Frost, Gearing up for 2019…plus CSA & mkts 10.27.2019
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our annual CSA Member Social last Sunday! It was sunny and crisp, the food and company were delightful, and the crafting tables were busy and beautiful. We...
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How It Grows, and New Farm Share Sign Up…plus CSA & mkt 11.3.2018
It finally feels like a “normal” fall where vegetables are growing happily. (Even though we’ve had some above-average temperatures of late.) We’re singing and talking sweetly to the plants to encourage...
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Rain Newsletter….plus CSA & mkts 11.17.18
We call this weekly email the Farm Newsletter. But, in honor of the 2018 weather, we think we should rename it to the Rain Newsletter. Or maybe because of the allure of alliteration we should call it...
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Safe Salad, Farm Shares, and Markets this weekend 11.24 & 11.25
It was a scurry and hustle around here on Wednesday as we harvested everything we could that we thought would be damaged or destroyed by the 21 degree low forecasted for this morning. Everything,...
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As Winter Sets In…We Eat Vegetables….plus Farm Shares & Mkt 11.30.18
It’s getting seriously cold (for central Virginia)! We are very grateful for covered vegetables so that our community can still eat very well. Our final Farm Shares of our main season get picked up...
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First Customized Farm Shares, plus Market for 12/8
This is how we feel about our broccoli greens right now….They are so good! As we approach the Winter Solstice, daylight hours continue to decrease. There are fewer and fewer vegetables remaining in our...
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SNOW! and Vegetables go Beautifully Together…mkt for 12.15.2018
We consider this now our Winter Season, so it’s quite fitting to have snow around, but we’re just not used to it. We’ve obviously never had a foot of snow this early in the season before, and our row...
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Salad Mix and More!….market 12-22-2018
We have a delicious harvest for you this week! Tomorrow, Saturday, is our last market for 2018, and your last chance to get our goods for the next couple of weeks. We will be closed until approximately...
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Greens Abound!…plus mkt 1.12.19
Happy New Year! 2019 has begun with mild weather, and so we have an abundance of greens for you. We’ll be back at the Farmer’s Market @ St. Stephen’s tomorrow. Visit us to load up on this nourishing...
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On the Subject of Plastic…plus mkt for 1.19.19
Janet here. I have some memories and some goals to share with you today. I was 21 when someone first said to me “I have a rule that I don’t get a beverage unless I have my own container.” This was in...
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More on the Subject of Petroleum Inputs…plus mkt 1.26.2019
After last week’s thoughts about plastic bags, this week we have our brains on the use/consumption of synthetics throughout agriculture. Plastic bags are made from petroleum, and so are a lot of inputs...
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“I Want to Lure You Into the Kitchen”…plus mkt for 2.9.19
Our eldest child thankfully prodded us into watching an episode of Cooked by Michael Pollan last night. She chose the episode called “Water.” We watched this film for the first time a couple of years...
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It’s Our Farm Anniversary!…plus mkt 2.16.19
It feels like our Farm Birthday! But farms are created more than they are birthed, so we keep wondering – do we call this our Farm Creation Day? We guess Farm Anniversary is the most appropriate term,...
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