Category Archives: general farm posts

This Week’s Harvest Kale Zucchini Fairytale or Japanese Eggplant Tomatoes Sungold Cherry Tomatoes Sweet Corn Watermelon OR Cantaloupe Sweet Onions Sweet Italian Peppers Shishito Peppers Carrots Farm News Last week we said farewell to one of our summer crew members. Kelli teaches 4th grade at the kids Elementary school here in New Lebanon and wasContinue reading “CSA WEEK 11”

This Week’s Harvest Tomatillos Green Bell Peppers Sweet Italian Pepper Jalapeno Peppers Tomatoes Sungold Cherry Tomatoes Sweet Corn Salt and Pepper Cucumbers Sweet Onions Basil Cantaloupe Zucchini Farm News The start of August. A time of year when normally the farm is all consuming but summer break is winding down and it’s time to startContinue reading “CSA WEEK 10”

This Week’s Harvest Salt and Pepper Cucumbers Green cucumbers Sweet Corn Tomatillos Poblano Peppers or Jalapeno Peppers Tomatoes Sungold Cherry Tomatoes Tendersweet or regular cabbage Golden Beets Basil Sweet Onions Eggplant Farm News We hope you are enjoying the sweet corn as much as we are! Sweet corn comes ready all at once so aContinue reading “CSA WEEK 9”

CSA Week 8 This Week’s Harvest Cucumbers Zucchini Salad Mix Red Leaf Lettuce (last head lettuce until fall) Beets Tendersweet Cabbage Shishito Peppers Bell Peppers Red Long of Tropea onions Sweet Corn Farm NewsA couple years ago our cooperative, Great River Organics, was invited by Whole Foods to participate in a local supplier summit. TheContinue reading “CSA WEEK 8”

This Week’s Harvest Cucumbers Zucchini Basil Sweet Corn Scallions Green Bell Peppers Eggplant Swiss Chard Salad Mix Farm News Last week I spoke about the long hours we’ve been putting in and this week was no different. I realized I took a few pictures around sunset so this week’s blog is a series of lateContinue reading “CSA Week 7”

This Week’s Harvest Broccoli Eggplant Red Butter Lettuce Cilantro or Parsley Cucumbers Zucchini Kale Kohlrabi Basil Farm News There are not enough hours in the day or days in the week! We had a to do list for Sunday and at the end of the day, when only half the list was crossed off, IContinue reading “CSA WEEK 6”

This Week’s Harvest Purple Scallions Flat Leaf Parsley OR Cilantro Cabbage Zucchini Cucumbers Green Leaf Lettuce Broccoli Fennel Salad Mix Kohlrabi Farm News The most exciting farm news from the past week is that we have a new way of harvesting summer squash. Summer squash is one of the crops we grow for our co-op,Continue reading “CSA WEEK 5”

This Week’s Harvest Swiss Chard Golden Beets Purple Scallions Zucchini and Summer Squash Escarole Green Oakleaf Head Lettuce Fennel Cucumbers Bok Choi Dill Salad Mix Farm News The big news on the farm this week is relief. We had not had significant rain since May 20th and had been scrambling to keep the farm wellContinue reading “CSA Week 4”

This Week’s Harvest Beets with greensScallionsSpigarelloKaleRed butter lettuceSalad mixRed round RadishesCilantroSugar snap peas Farm News Not all farm news is good news and we do have crop failures from time to time. Sugar snap peas are a CSA member favorite but they can be tricky. For years we had issues of seed corn maggot eatingContinue reading “CSA Week 3”

This Week’s Harvest Watermelon Radish Carrots Oakleaf Head Lettuce Arugula Braising Mix Salad Mix Spinach Dill Kale Farm News You may have noticed your share is full of greens. This is greens season! Greens like the cooler weather of spring and early summer so we grow lots of them this time of year. Several greensContinue reading “CSA Week 2”