Category Archives: Weekly Newsletter

It is the height of summer. We are brimming with fruit and the nightshade family. We race to harvest peppers before the field mice and gophers and ground squirrels devour them for their seeds. Much of the upper north garden … Continue reading →

The weather will be unbearably hot over the next 5 days. We started harvesting last night and will head out with the first light to try and finish up this morning. We do not like this heat and neither do … Continue reading →

We have had a great crew of harvesters these last two harvests. We managed to harvest ½ of the onions for the whole season with the help of Crystal, Althea, Sue and Jo. Andrea brought family members and together we … Continue reading →

Summer is here and the harvesting is in full swing. We will pull the onions in the next few weeks and prepare the ground for planting our fall and winter radicchio, daikon radishes and the like. We will harvest the … Continue reading →

We passed the halfway mark this season and we didn’t even celebrate! We have had our heads down working as best we can to keep up with the weeds, planting and harvesting on the farm. Potatoes are out and fall … Continue reading →

Last week we were able to start giving tomatoes towards the middle of the week. This week we hope everyone can enjoy the taste of summer. The tomatoes will get sweeter once we shut off their water mid August. I … Continue reading →

We are in that strange place between spring and summer. Spring crops have mostly finished and summer crops are just coming on. As we wait for peppers and tomatoes and eggplant to come into their own, we get the bounty … Continue reading →

We had one farming disaster after another last week. We awoke Sunday morning to find all 40 chicks we were raising for fall and next years layers had been eaten. Not one was left in the protected cage when Luna … Continue reading →

We are in the weeding phase of the season as we race to uncover our crops from the shade of their more vigorous neighbors. Juve and I have spent hours out there and still it looks like a carpet of … Continue reading →

Happy Father’s Day. Today we celebrate our fathers and appreciate their gifts and contributions to the people that we are. Give them a little extra love today. I always remember my dad’s laugh (especially at his own jokes), him taking … Continue reading →