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WET

November 18th, 2009
Hand Sown Homegrown Heritage Farm | Blog

25 Black Australorps in our small brooder!

5.14 inches of rain so far this month and that makes for really wet conditions. My thoughts are on next years fall/winter season and I’m thinking more about getting a good cover crop stand than a four season harvest. We’ve been to three educational farming workshops/conferences within the last month and they’ve all been wonderful. The first was an eye opening experience with No-Till Organic Vegetable Production, the second was a day long conference called Focused on Farming, and lastly I received a scholarship to attended the WA State Tilth Conference in Yakima. I throughly enjoyed the all day Symposium prior to the conference which was: Advanced Techniques in Organic Agriculture with Amigo Bob Cantisano. I’m still buzzing from all the learning! So many ideas and techniques that I would like to work into our farm.

I’m proud to state that we just completed our very first retail sale to a great new store that opens tomorrow, it’s an association of producers called FreshLocal. Here’s what we delievered:

200# Potatoes

12 dozen Chicken Eggs

12 dozen Duck Eggs

12 bunches of both Kale and Chard

Thank you FreshLocal!

FreshLocal drop L>R: US, Jean Schanen(manager), Tammie(our former farm helper & now FreshLocal employee)

Tags: november, retail sales

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End of a Good Season

October 27th, 2008
Four Frog Farm | Blog

The last Saturday market was a good one. Shoppers came out like they haven’t in weeks. All of the many regulars were sad that the season is ending and they all wondered why we can’t go on, even a little bit longer.

I wonder the same thing, but understand that the market has never geared up for that sort of thing. We need an indoor spot for the winter because the inclement weather wouldn’t be good for anyone shopping.

People just want fresh produce, and once they start coming to the market, they realize how good it is, and what a good price it is also. So, they don’t want to stop. If we are to become a serious agricultural community, which some people want, and I do also, then, we need a serious way of producing and marketing fresh produce beyond October. Without that, it is missing the point of local produce. Half the year doesn’t cut it.

And, it doesn’t have to happen all at once. Next year, let’s go through November and start the market the last saturday in April. Every year we can chip away a little bit, and that will give the growers the opportunity to slowly hone their crops for winter like they never have before.

Andrew

Tags: april, growers, market, november, season extending

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