Dear members,
Here on the farm, the season is finally unfurling. After months of careful planning, seed ordering and spreadsheet making, we are finally planting out the first of our lovingly-tended seedlings in the field, and we’re excited to confirm the start date for the coming harvest season.
CSA START DATE!
In spite of these recent late-spring rains, we are on track to open the CSA on Friday, June 12th.
Our first pick-ups of 2026’s harvest season will be
Friday, June 12th
Saturday, June 13th
Tuesday, June 16th.
The six months thereafter will be, as usual, an avalanche of deliciousness.
A few days before the CSA starts we will send an email with all the logistics like how to find us, what to bring, and orientation times for new members.
Note! All of our important CSA communications are sent to your inbox via this email and are also posted on the Newsletters page of our website.
Alice surveying the greenhouse.
FARMER’S LOG
SETTING SAIL
The period from January through mid-May is a very important time on the farm.
From New Year’s Day to early April, our boat is at harbor. The next voyage, the year ahead, is plotted in smoky cabins; our farm-ship is moored, scraped, and every corner is cleaned; the sails are mended, new masts set, the sound of the hammer fills the air; the hull is provisioned and loaded.
This year’s harbor time on the farm was incredibly productive.
Arabella and Henry revamped our wash station in the back of the barn, laying the stage for smoother systems, faster harvests and even-cleaner produce. Eric was busy building a beautiful new wash pack shed to house our root washer (aka The RootBlaster 5000), and Asa has been renovating the perennial flower beds and filling the greenhouse with the seedlings of this year’s bounty.
Asa and Arabella planting out the first flowers of the year in the garden.
Riley returned in early April and then we pushed off.
From mid-April to mid-June we sail at full mast. 70% of the farm is mowed, tilled, composted and planted over that period. The landscape transforms from green meadows to rows upon rows food and flowers.
The transformation this year is especially sudden, as 4.5 inches of rain in late April kept our tractors out of the field until the very last possible moment.
But we’re in the middle of the transformation process now. We’re getting our sea-legs and our hands are getting calloused. This week we were finally able to plant 2-weeks worth of transplants that had been waiting not-so-patiently in the greenhouse: Kale, Chard, Kohlrabi, Scallions, Celery, Leeks, Cabbage, Lettuce, Chicories and Fennel. And in the coming weeks, we’ll plant all of the Field Peppers, Tomatoes, Onions (yes, all of them), Celery Root, Sweet Corn, Popcorn and Flour Corn, and a third of the year’s Carrots.
The pace is relentless. Walkie-talkies beep and boop, the tractor hums constantly, and the red-wing blackbirds whistle busily in the hedges alongside us. Seedling trays pour out of the greenhouse, into the trucks, and then into skilled and careful hands and, finally, into the soil.
In a few short weeks, we’ll be enjoying the spoils: Nutritious food, beautiful flowers and herbs, and many many memories of time well spent with family and friends as the seasons change on the farm.
See you in the fields soon,
David & Kayta
