hey it’s me, Sara. We have been working really hard to get this season off to the right start. The two Markets that we will be attending most (if not all) of the season start this next week! We plan on bringing some plant starts, and info on warmer weather starts that we’ll have available a little later in the season. (we’re in the process of potting up about 4000 heirloom tomato, pepper, tomatillo, and ground cherry plants). I’m so excited to see all of the vendors and customers!!!
We still have a few CSA shares available and are so blessed to have most of our spaces filled for this season. The beginning of the season was hanging by a thread, and we were totally uplifted by the support of our community, which is so encouraging for us. We love the sense of community, which is one of the main reasons why we started farming in the first place. We never have any intention of ‘going big’ and are really glad that the true CSA model is able to pull through. We made some big changes to our CSA for this season, and were wondering if our customers would accept it, especially with all of the home delivery services available in our area. We felt they were changes that we had to make in order for us to maintain our sanity with the amount of work that is required since it’s just the two of us, but so far so good! we’ve had a lot of return customers and a lot of new ones added to our CSA family for the year.
Somedays I feel as though, maybe, Mother Nature is telling me to stay inside. Like today. Preparing a bed for the second planting of brassicas, happily turning from the wind, and then it starts hailing. Okay, I say, I can head into the greenhouse.
I’m learning the interplay between control and digression, respect and responsibility to the job. I can only wait so long to plant things, because the people need to eat. Yet, what can you do when a sunshower turns into a hailstorm. Not much.
It’s almost time to plant beans here in the banana belt.
And it’s time to repot some early tomatoes. I hope I can till in the next few days. I hope the CSA fills up soon. And, I hope to get some more sleep.
They are turning the dirt and hoping to be successful enough to turn a profit, and to become a valuable part of their communities as suppliers of organically grown food.
Peaceful Valley is giving them a head start by offering them special pricing as part of this Freshman Farmer program.
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| Coyote House Farm Palermo, CA |
| Daily Grace Farms Crescent City, CA |
| DeepSeeded Community Farm Arcata, CA |
| Driftwood Farm Fort Bragg, CA |
| EarthDance Farm St. Louis, MO |
| Ellwood Canyon Farms Goleta, CA |
| Four Frog Farm Penn Valley, CA |
| Freestone Family Farm Vernal, UT |
| Hand Sown Homegrown Heritage Farm Poulsbo, WA |
| Home Plate Organic Farm Orleans, CA |
| Honey in the Heart Farm Nevada City, CA |
| Willow Springs Farm Penn Valley, CA |
| Wise Moon Farm Redding, CA |