My dear Community, I spoke with John this morning to get a farm update. He mentioned that we’ve been planting cauliflower, lettuce and doing lots of weeding. “We’re always planting lettuce,” he added. That’s so we can have it available every week for you. Zucchini and cucumbers are coming in the next few weeks. We’re still about a month behind with our plantings from all …
Yearly Archives: 2023
Week of May 10th
My dear Community, While the progress of our crops gains momentum, we’re still a bit behind our usual schedule. I’m looking forward to zucchini in the near future. Strawberries are reaching maturity daily and are available in our CSA store in 3 packs for a limited time. Don’t forget to stock up for Mother’s Day! Or consider giving your mom a veggie box. Nothing says “you’re …
Week of May 3rd
My dear Community, Our farm is undergoing some personnel shifts. One of my favorite people and a long time friend retired from the farm last week. Dana has been with our farm for over 20 years and is moving to Chico. We had a party for him and fed all the workers on the farm in appreciation of their hard work. Here’s a …
Week of April 26th
My dear Community, After a long, cold winter we are delighted to include the season’s first strawberries in our boxes. If you’ve wondered why our strawberries taste so good, it’s because we carefully choose each variety and grow all of our produce for flavor and these berries are no exception. They aren’t grown with the thought that they’re going to sit on a truck, then …
Week of April 19th
My dear Community, I had to get down and dirty with the weeds in my yard this weekend. I’ve been watching the malva, stinging nettles, sticker, dock and more types of weeds grow like trees. They could make a medicinal concoction if you ran them through a juicer, but left unattended, these weeds attract aphids and all sorts of other …
Week of April 12th
My dear Community, Spring has really sprung here on the farm. A few baby goats were born and strawberries are starting ripen. It’s only a matter of weeks before we get to include them into our CSA boxes for another season. I know our farm will continue to struggle for months to come as we emerge from the big winter …
Week of April 5th
My dear Community, We’re still struggling to fill the boxes with the produce from our farm and continue to supplement from others. Spring might be here, but the cold and wet winter put the plants into hibernation and they decided not to grow for a few months. With warmer and longer days, we should see some new crops flourish in the next few weeks. Fingers crossed …
Week of March 29th
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 …
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 …