Author Archives: Farmer Brittany

Well, the cat is basically out of the bag, we are not going to be able to renew our current lease at Upswing Farm’s current home base, 28 South St.. For those of you who haven’t heard, we may grow a reduced crop of vegetables up the road next year to 22 Elliot St, inContinue reading “Week 15: Big News”

Quick note: there are 4 more weeks (including this week) of the summer share. Fall Share starts the first week of October. Flower share has two more weeks including this week. Hello, Everyone. Last week I avoided talking about EEE (eastern equine encephalitis) and the aerial spraying of Anvil 10+10, but now I feel likeContinue reading “Summer CSA: Week 13”

Ah, cooler nights and mornings. I love them because I prefer not being super sweaty and gross first thing in the morning when I get to work, and I like that the weeds stop growing so rapidly. But, I don’t love the onset of fungal diseases in our fields, the slowed fruit production for ourContinue reading “Summer CSA – Week 12”

Hi Everyone, this is going to be a short email this week. I’m giving myself a break (eg: I don’t have time since Harvey only slept 45 minutes instead of 2 hours this afternoon) and giving you the option to broaden your perspectives either through reading or audio. You probably don’t know that Erin, ourContinue reading “Summer CSA: Week 11”

What beautiful weather we are having . . . it feels more like late August, but I’ll take it. Cool nights aren’t the best for our hot crops, like tomatoes, cucumbers, winter squash . . . temps in the 50’s slow their growth and also increase morning moisture which can lead to an increase ofContinue reading “Summer CSA: Week 10”

Morgan Evans-Weiler started working with us part time in the summer in 2012. He’s a musician and artist, but loves vegetables as much as we do (maybe more?), and likes working outside in the heat. Plus there are less violin lessons to teach in the summer. So, for a few days a week, for aContinue reading “Summer CSA:Week 8 and Goodbye to Morgan”

I started this blog just like a regular blog. It’s still here, a little further down, but I feel like I’ve got to get this part out early on, so I don’t lose you. Kevin and I both need to take 3-4 days off next week. Harvey has a very low risk, small PDA (patentContinue reading “Summer CSA: Week 6”

Wow, week five already? Can you believe it? I don’t know if it’s just me, but I feel like 2019 is flying by. We are so fortunate for the excellent growing conditions of the last month and a half (that rain on Saturday was PERFECT). Our crops are coming in strong, and the variety isContinue reading “Summer CSA: Week 5!!”

We’re making it happen, despite the limited number of dry days in the last few weeks. Luckily we have a super flexible babysitter, who is willing to change the time she works based on the weather. Last week we almost got the entire to-do list done, even with one crew member out sick, and theContinue reading “Summer CSA: Week 3”