CSA Newsletters

Week 2: June 12, 2024

Things have been moving right along on the farm, pretty much right on schedule, which is a bit out of the norm. I think we’ve gotten better at prioritizing what needs to be done (i.e., the vacuuming can wait, but transplanting the peppers cannot!) and we are also getting more efficient at tasks as we come up with new ways of doing things. “Why didn’t we think of this before?!” we are asking ourselves often enough these days. Perhaps most importantly is that Mother Nature has been helping a lot this year by keeping the temperature at just the right spot for it to pleasant to work outside all day and by sending us regular rain. I am actually hesitant to even say anything about the rain as I don’t want to jinx us; last year Simon and I spent 80 hours watering and we’re not anxious to repeat that again!

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CSA Newsletters

Week 1: June 5, 2024

Welcome to Season 3, Week 1 of Middle Fork Farm’s Community Supported Agriculture! We have had a wonderful spring here on the farm with well-timed rains, plentiful sunshine – until the last week, that is! – and time to wander around and enjoy the awakening of Mother Nature. Everything is so lush this year, both in the production field and all around it, and we wonder how much greener things can actually get. I am reminded of the common saying that we gardeners love to pull out when we’re talking about the growth of our perennial plants (some of you have heard me say this before): the first year they sleep, the second year they creep, and the third year they leap. After a steep learning curve these past two years and beginning on year three now, I have a feeling that our CSA will be like that, too. Thank you for joining us and enjoy!

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