I went to the last Tuesday market in Nevada City today.  It was a busy market.  So many people came out.  We haven’t had such a busy market all year.  It was nice to end it with plenty of shoppers.

For my part, I brought lots of kale, chard, eggplant, peppers, lettuce mix, winter squash, cherry tomatos, peas, basil, celery and broccoli.

It was a nice close to the season for me.  Although, I have a solid week of work before the season is over for me.

Honestly, these last two months have been completely busy and nearly overwhelming for me.  Not a “scary’ overwhelming, like in April when I was freaked out about the CSA and didn’t think I would be able to shepherd all this food into 24 weeks of 30 boxes.  It’s been overwhelming as of late with the shear volume of work.  Every day of the week is harvesting, or preparing the new 10 acres with irrigation.  We’re coming close to finishing the irrigation and getting the cover crop in, along with some rock phosphate.

I’m pretty much exhausted, but in a good mental space.  I’m dearly looking forward to some rest, and sleeping in.  Farming’s a lot of work, and it doesn’t stop.  You have to know that.

Andrew

The honeydew melons are just beginning to ripen.  It is delicious to have a fresh, well-grown honeydew.  The sweet corn takes too much water.  I wonder if it’s worth it? The days haven’t been too hot here.  That means slower ripening, but still a good amount.  The tomatoes are still going strong, and I hope they do all the way through October.  We’ll see about that. I am planning and planting all of our stuff for late september/october.  That includes Kale, Chard, lots of… Read the rest of this article »

So much has changed in the past 5 months. Of course the physical layout of the farm has changed dramatically…going from virgin meadow to cover crop to intense/intensive vegetable cultivation.  Alike, my mind is wrapping around and becoming comfortable with the ever-changing dynamic of the farm. We have completed six weeks of the CSA, a quarter of the season, with 18 more weeks to go.  We have had broccoli every week, buy now that we are approaching consistent mid-90 degree temps at… Read the rest of this article »

We are now entering week four (of 24) for the CSA.  Today we had our drop-off/pick-up for our 10 monday members.  We have 23 members in all - 10 on Monday and 13 on Wednesday.  We are going to add members when the summer stuff really picks up, but for now, that is our max. Let’s see what was in the boxes: 1 lb Sugar Snap/Snow Peas Zucchini/Yellow Crookneck Summer Squash Romaine and Black-Seeded Simpson Lettuce Heads Broccoli Basil Parsley Radishes Garlic Scapes Lacinato Kale Rainbow Chard… Read the rest of this article »

The first boxes had: Daikon radish, salad radishes, kale, tat soi, baby stir fry mix, lettuce mix, broccoli, rosemary, oregano, dill and baby spinach. Next week it will be very similar, yet much more broccoli.  Carrots are still a couple of weeks away, as are beets, peas, cabbage, cauliflower and chard. We are gearing up for a maha (great) week at the farm, with many hundreds of row feet to be direct seeded.  We are getting 50 yards of compost to bolster the tilth and nutrition of the soil. … Read the rest of this article »