In The Field, Week 27

In The Field, Week 27

It’s been such a pleasure being your CSA Coordinator this season! I’ve enjoyed planning your shares, creating beautiful boxes with a diversity of flavors, and writing this weekly newsletter. It’s been fun for me to learn quirky facts about veggies,...
In The Field, Week 26

In The Field, Week 26

Well folks, our season is wrapping up so what can I say… It’s time to start prepping for next year. Darin and John are working to get strawberry beds made and ready for planting. Our strawberry starts are in the cooler waiting for plant out. They’ve...
In The Field, Week 24

In The Field, Week 24

Registration for our current CSA season is now officially closed so I can focus on setting up the website for our May-November 2017 registration. I’m hoping to have that up and running by mid-November for everyone. I know a few of you have bought shares as...
In The Field, Week 23

In The Field, Week 23

We’ve reached 200+ CSA members for the first time in Fifth Crow history!! So I’m taking my break and all of a sudden this large brooder comes “floating” by me. If only I could’ve captured the smiles on the crews face as they were carrying...
In The Field, Week 22

In The Field, Week 22

We’ve reached 200 CSA members for the first time in Fifth Crow history!! Rains. Here we are again racing against time to get all the necessary crops in or covered before the rains came last week. We call this rain pressure.. The crew has been working hard trying...
In The Field, Week 21

In The Field, Week 21

Our baby chicks arrived! We raise two separate flocks of about 350 hens at a time. All our hens are heritage breeds: Rhode Island Reds, Americaunas, Black Australorps, Welsummers, and California White Leghorns. Our hens are more than free-range, they are pasture...