A labour of love- that’s what I hope you see in your boxes this week. It just so happens that peas, beans, raspberries and currants are all ready together, which take a pretty long time to pick! I really do enjoy being out there harvesting though, as it’s...
Summer is upon us! The kids are finally out of school and hopefully there’s a vacation in your future. The asparagus patch is shutting down while the zucchini and raspberries are coming into season. But for this week we have tart but delicious currants. I adore...
Hello heat wave! Yes, we’ve had some ridiculous humidity, but things are growing so well. I think this is the first week so far that things are actually ready in larger quantities than I expected. The asparagus, which I thought would be just about done is still...
Hello from the sunny fields!This week is just plain gorgeous, isn’t it? I think I’d be ok with this kind of weather for most of the year. The snow peas are producing very well this week in the greenhouse, and the carrots we planted in April will likely be...
Hi from the farm!We have a great growing week upon us- a little rain and a lot of sunshine and heat. This means that the early crops like snow peas, asparagus and strawberries are growing so rapidly they must be harvested every other day. While we only have enough for...
Farm Share Week 1 (June 5-7, 2013) Well, this chilly spring (April at least) had me a little anxious about how we would come up with 15 items for the whole shares. A challenging thing with growing vegetables is timing- we had some lovely rapini and gorgeous huge...