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Market Share options…for 12.2.2015

Vegetables are still alive and well here! Greens and roots are available for you to enjoy! Available for Market Share CSA members to reserve online: Bok Choy, Collards, Chinese Cabbage, Escarole,...

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December gratitude…for 12.5.2015

The harvests are smaller now, the mornings are chilly, but the ‘Thank You’ notes that roll in from our amazing CSA members and customers keep us smiling. “Thank you for your wonderful veggies!” “We...

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Clarifying the Recent News Article…for 12.12.2015

You may have been as surprised as us at the headline and tone of the article about us in the Chesterfield Observer last week. We hope it’s obvious that we did not know in advance what the article was...

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Market Share options…for 12.16.2015

Available for Market Share CSA members to reserve online: Arugula, Carrots, Collards, Hearty Mix, Kale, Lettuce, Microgreens, Radishes, Salad Mix, Spinach, Turnips…and our Organic, Naturally Leavened...

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The last vegetables of the year…for 12.19.2015

Join us Saturday at the Farmers Market at St. Stephens for our final day of selling vegetables in 2015! We’ll be there from 9-12. Market Share CSA members: Saturday is the last day to pick up orders...

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Veggies & Bread…for 1.2.2016

We have just stowed our flip flops in the closet and dusted off our work pants. The warm beach is just a memory now…a sweet memory! We slipped away for a hugely-appreciated family trip to the beach and...

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Vegetables in the Cold…for 1.9.2016

It has been cold, and the vegetables are about to take a break for a little while. Every year at this time we remember how difficult it is to not just grow vegetables in the winter, but also pick them...

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CSA Sign Up in the Snow!

We miss you all! Now that it is really winter, we are not picking vegetables. As we are getting snowed in for what is likely a few days, we aren’t baking bread for tomorrow. Our activities and our...

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Eating Simply and So, So Well…for 2.6.2016

We are both a family and a business that center around amazing food. For this, we know we are happier, healthier, and more fulfilled. Yet our food isn’t fancy. It is simple. We have so many dinners...

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Dreaming of Tomatoes…& Mkt 3.5.2016

Each year on a farm is different. We take notes about the differences, and take care to note what we can most influence for future years. One difference in 2015 was that we felt like our tomatoes...

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As Spring Approaches…& mkt 3.12.2016

As spring approaches, plants grow and farmers are busy. And bread dough rises and bakers are busy. Thank you for accepting an abbreviated update this week! We are spending more time gearing up for the...

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As Spring Unfolds…& mkt 3.19.2016

Last week we felt like spring was approaching. Now we feel like spring is here, firmly settled, and making herself right at home. This really isn’t true, of course. The spring equinox is not even here...

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Growing…& mkt 3.26.2016

The grafted tomato plants mimic the rest of the farm. They’ve grown bigger, bursting from the silicone clip that held the two joined plants together. They are stronger, taller, and more confident....

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Introductions!…& mkt 4.2.2016

We are, most definitely, a community farm. We exist for and because of our community. And we could not do this work alone. We can’t introduce every face/heart/set of hands that allow us to exist and...

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Get ready to prepare food!…& mkt 4.9.2016

`”I don’t want to lecture you into the kitchen. I want to lure you into the kitchen.” -Michael Pollan, Cooked (the show) We hope it’s obvious, but around here we really love food. Great food. We love...

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Basic Cooking Tips…& mkt 4.16.2016

We took advantage of this past winter to explore some new vegetables. (It’s true! We haven’t yet tried them all!) Why? (Pictured above: Overwintered, and now flowering, collards.)  1) Because eating...

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This Week in Photos…& mkt 4.23.2016

It’s been another week on the farm roller coaster. Ten days after it was 26 degrees here, temps hit 86. April is usually a month that brings good amounts of rain, but this year we haven’t seen rain...

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Farm Day! this Saturday, April 30th

Our farm is always open and available for you to stop by and see our food growing and our staff working while you check out the offerings in our self-serve farmstand. But this Saturday is special. From...

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Opening Week…+ CSA & Mkt 5.7.2016

It’s an amazing time of year…our Spring Plant Sale & Farm Day was last weekend, with scores of wonderful people coming to visit our little farm. Thank you! Our Farm Share part of our CSA began this...

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How to Care for Vegetables…plus CSA & Mkt for 5.14.2016

This weekend’s Farm Share will most likely include:  Salad Mix (2 bags), Spinach, Kale, Hearty Greens Mix, Radishes, Turnips, and hopefully, sunshine willing, a Cucumber This is for our Farm Share CSA...

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