For 2014, we’re bringing the farm to the blogosphere! This season we’ll be photo-documenting more of the farm here – from the very beginning of the season right through the frosts of autumn – crops in the field, our crew hard at work, and maybe some of the beautiful sunsets that can be seen from the top of Turkey Hill. We’ll share farm news with the whole world and bring news from different corners of the world home to the farm and talk about how it affects us here. Recipes, foodie links, and other goodies will be showing up here too – hopefully some shared by YOU, our great CSA community.
Winter projects of crop planning, seeding ordering, budgeting, and farm crew hiring have been keeping us busy inside, while outside the farm’s been enduring a hard winter. However, the potential upside of some of the record low temperatures is that we might have less insect pressure in the spring, as the harsh weather whittles down the population of bad-guy insects. Watching the way the little ecosystem of the farm responds to the various pressures and opportunities that Mother Nature presents is one of the most fascinating parts of being a farmer. Weather patterns in February affecting zucchini yields in July? We’ll see… the soap opera of the farm ecosystem is constantly churning out new story lines, so stay tuned!
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