This past week started just like every week does this time of year, with our Monday morning harvest. It takes us a while to wake up and get our heads around what kinds of superhuman tasks we're supp ...

Spring has finally arrived and we are starting fresh here at the farm. This year it feels that we are really taking an active step forward to make the farm nicer; improving the appearance of the pla ...

The days are growing shorter. Frosts linger into the morning, covering the crops with an icy sheen that says: “don’t touch me.” We must delay our harvests until the sun frees them f ...

After our weekend getaway to Portland and the sudden realization that there are just 6 weeks left in our marketing season, we are suddenly illuminated by the light at the end of the tunnel. This has  ...

The recent break from the never-ending heat wave of 2010 (is it really finally over?) has us thinking about winter. Summer is barely over and yet all our thoughts are trained on that cold horizon: how ...

We’ve been slowly sampling our vast array of heirloom tomatoes, some for the first time, some to confirm our devotion for our hands-down favorites. Among the “new” (to us) varieties, ...

Wow. It's hot. There are weeds everywhere. It must be July. This year the weather seems determined to distinguish itself against that of last year. Mostly, this makes me happy. The two past seasons  ...

It's officially crazy time on the farm but will get even crazier next month. We are full speed ahead on all fronts: planting, weeding, harvesting, maintenance (like tying tomatoes), and now plowing un ...

Last week was incredibly productive. We not only distributed our first CSA shares of the season (always a logistical feat), shipped out large quantities of wholesale, and sold at our 3 farmers markets ...

After the last scape has been snapped off, ground into a puree, and stuck in the freezer, it's time to start monitoring the garlic for the proper moment for harvest.  Usually, the harvest begins  ...

The centerpiece, the coup de gras, the absolute apex of the vegetable garden is the tomato.  We grow over 30 different kinds from tiny wild cherries to mammoth striped Germans and everything in ...