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 …
Yearly Archives: 2023
Week of March 1st
My dear Community, I thought the rains in January were intense. Now that Lake Cachuma is at capacity the gates were opened with the rains this weekend and the Santa Ynez River swelled up to the borders and beyond of our fields. It swept through with raging rapids, like nothing I’ve ever seen in 7 years of …
Week of February 22nd
My dear Community, We’re happy to see red tomatoes this week along with sugar snap peas. We’ve been planting A LOT of things lately and my mind can’t help gravitate towards warmer weather. I’m quickly brought back into reality as our mornings in Buellton have barely reached 30 degrees. I tend to complain about the cold because I’m so …
Week of February 15th
My dear Community, With both of my boys home on a Monday morning I’ll keep this short. I just wanted to mention that sugar snap peas are coming into our CSA boxes this week. A half pound going into our Regular and Basic shares and a full pound in our Large shares. You can also …
Week of February 8th
My dear Community, If you are just joining us, which a lot of you are (hooray!), welcome! I use this space for seasonal updates and farm happenings. About half of the produce that we grow comes from our Buellton location where I live. If you were to take a peek there now you wouldn’t see many vegetables. You’d see a lot of cover …
Week of February 1st
My dear Community, These winter months always feel the toughest on the farm. We’ve picked through the majority of our fall plantings and with the rain creating stagnant mud along with cold days, the crops don’t seem to want to grow. We’ll be supplementing from neighbors to help fill the CSA boxes this week. You might see gaps in our produce come March as well. When the sun is …
Week of January 25th
My dear Community, Mesa neighborhood members: we’ve teamed up with Lighthouse Coffee to offer you our newest pick up location, starting Wednesday, February 1st. The fee for delivery is only $1/week. If you’d like to claim your spot for pickup, shoot us an email or log into your account here, click on the “change” button next to your pickup location and select “Lighthouse Coffee” to continue. Friendly reminder: …
Week of January 18th
My dear Community, It’s been quite a week on and off the farm. There’s nothing like a good rainstorm to help me assess the weakest links in my outdoor projects. Mother nature has been nothing short of awe inspiring this week as the Santa Ynez river rose to claim anything in her path. We lost a lot …
Week of January 11th – cancelled
My dear Community, I was wondering if we were going to be able to run our CSA program this week when I woke up this morning. Although Wednesday looks clear for takeoff, most of the work and planning is done in on Mondays and Tuesdays. Heavy rains make it impossible to get into the fields and …
Week of January 4th
My dear Community, Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful holiday. If you’re like me, you indulged in everything that is good about the holidays. Lots of time with loved ones, catching up on loose ends and eating too much sugar, or maybe you have a different vice. It’s a slippery slope for me so I’m ready to …