My dear Community, We’ve been busy harvesting apples from our own orchard this weekend and wow!, are they good. I’m really excited to share them with you. The core reason (pun intended) for starting our orchard about 5 years ago was to be able to provide fresh LOCAL organic fruit to the community to compliment our veggies. It is hard to source. Most fruits don’t travel well, come …
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Week of September 21st
My dear Community, We are a rare lettuce-less box this week. We do have a few for our large shares and lettuce of the week subscriptions. Did you know that we hand seed each lettuce that comes out of the ground? To have lettuce ready for the boxes each week we literally have to plant them weekly. Maria is our star seeder and you can …
Week of September 14th
My dear Community, The heat last week didn’t do us any favors. I was hoping it would boost our crops into big productions in Buellton, but instead burnt everything to a mushy crisp. Mother Nature can be a tough teammate in the farming business. We are fortunate to also have the farm in Goleta with a more temperate climate, despite it being quite toasty last …
Week of September 7th
Happy Labor Day! I hope you found a cool spot to be over these last few sizzling days. These long summer days mean long work hours for anyone who works on the farm. I want to recognize the huge contributions farm workers have made to our community’s health and well-being. I’m so grateful for our …