by fifthcrow | Aug 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
It may seem like you’re getting a less “full” box and a lot of the same items in your shares lately but I want to give you as much of the summer produce as I can while it’s here; it will be gone before we know it! Soon enough we will be back...
by fifthcrow | Aug 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
It’s been awhile since I’ve updated you on our “Back 40” acreage where we planted our potatoes, winter squash, and dry beans so here’s the skinny… We have cut the water off on the 5 acres of dry beans. If you can spot the yellow...
by fifthcrow | Aug 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
There’s another baby crow on the way!!! Teresa and Mike are expecting a little crow due on February 12th! Teresa is 13 weeks along and they/we are so excited! Charlie is getting ready to be a big brother and is weaning from mom as well as not wearing a diaper...
by fifthcrow | Aug 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
A couple newsletters ago I mentioned how as farmers we think months in advance and that we are already planting out some of our fall crops into the fields. This is also the typical mindset for our flower team. The girls and Porfirio (our dutiful flower harvesting...
by fifthcrow | Aug 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
What is a CSA & why are memberships decreasing? Community Supported Agriculture consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farm operation so that the farmland becomes, either legally or spiritually, the community’s farm, with the growers and...
by fifthcrow | Aug 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
As a farmer you live in the present but think six months into the future. It’s critical time right now to finalize the winter crop plan for the CSA and also to decide what fields to grow the crops in versus which fields to plant over-wintering cover crops. Our...
