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Summer CSA – Week 1
It’s the first week of the summer share! I’ve got to be honest, I’m been biting my nails leading up to this moment. We happily sold out all of our summer shares in May, and we’ve got a healthy waiting list – but that means we need to have produce . . . Every yearContinue reading “Summer CSA – Week 1”
Spring CSA – Week 4
Spring CSA – Week 4 (email sent on Memorial day) Abbreviated Email! We’re taking the afternoon off to see a movie. We don’t see movies anymore (my first in two years, except for The Last Jedi, which was worthwhile, but disappointing – can’t wait to talk Star Wars with all of you in the stand!).Continue reading “Spring CSA – Week 4”
We Made a Thing! Mobile Cooler
As many of our Spring Share members my have noticed, we now have a cooler by the farm stand. This cooler serves many purposes and was fairly straightforward to build (especially since we have built a few coolers now). We bought a lightly used, enclosed landscape trailer and added 4 inches of insulation to theContinue reading “We Made a Thing! Mobile Cooler”
Spring CSA – Week 3
Well, this is the halfway mark of this little Spring Share. We hope to have more greenhouse space so we can start earlier next year, but for now, a 5 week share full of fresh greens is a great way to start the season. Thanks to everyone who came out (or tried to come out)Continue reading “Spring CSA – Week 3”
Spring CSA – Week 2
We’ve got some important information you need to read if you’ve got a Spring CSA Share: Pick Up is EVERY Week! I know we do every other week in the fall, but in spring, the greens are fresh and growing fast so we need to cut them every week. In the fall we have aContinue reading “Spring CSA – Week 2”
Spring CSA: Week 1
Well, I’m waiting for a 300 gallon bulk tank to fill with water so we can keep transplanting. The crew is currently planting kale, they already planted 900 lettuce, with scallions, escarole and leeks to follow. May is a crazy month for us on the farm. I love the feeling of needing to go, go, go, falling asleepContinue reading “Spring CSA: Week 1”
Cold, Wet, Gray – We’re making it happen anyway
What a spring. It is spring, right? I keep telling our seedlings that I promise I didn’t seed them two months early. They look at me and ask, where is the sunlight, you know we need it to make our food, right? On a rare sunny day you can almost see them growing, every cellContinue reading “Cold, Wet, Gray – We’re making it happen anyway”
5 Tips for Successful Gardening
photo credit: Bob Durling Your garden soil is a living organism. Try not to think of your vegetables and flowers as what you are caring for. They are your canaries in a coal mine, your spokespeople for the state of your soil. Reading their messages will tell you what your soil needs. Give it whatContinue reading “5 Tips for Successful Gardening”
Upswing Farm on TV!
Many thanks to Yolanda Greaves and Around the Clock News for Ashland for inviting Brittany to the station for an interview. Please enjoy the interview below!
Upswing Farm 