My dear Community, Happy Spring! I’d usually be looking forward to some of the year’s first strawberries and tomatoes, but the rain slowed down the arrival of these crops. Even though we aren’t seeing a lot of fruit yet I know we are in for a great year ahead full of abundance. We’ll be working through one …
Monthly Archives: March 2023
Week of March 22nd
My dear Community, We’re right on the cusp of another wet weather pattern here. The farm has definitely been struggling through this wet and cold winter. I suppose we’re so spoiled most years one doesn’t really expect and adjust for this kind of weather. Our CSA program will continue to rely on farms in California …
Week of March 15th
My dear Community, It’s been a wild year so far with all these rains. It’s one thing to live in a flood zone, it’s another to actually be part of a flood. We’ve had to rethink a lot of the flow of our farm in Buellton. We’ve relocated our cattle, sheep and goats from the …
Week of March 8th
My dear Community, We’re picking a new crop of cauliflower this week. I know we experienced some heavy bug populations in the Brassica family’s past, but I’m going to assume the rain and the colder weather hasn’t given the bugs a fighting chance. Our beets are finally sizing up after being in the ground for over 5 months. Beets usually yield around …