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We’re harvesting sweet potatoes greens for our markets and for CSA. You didn’t know you could eat them, did you? These are exactly what they sound like—the tops of the sweet potato plant—and a common green served in many Asian and African cultures. The greens have a flavor slightly sweeter than spinach, and with aContinue reading “Have Sweet Potato Greens for Dinner Tonight”

After falling way behind, all of the newsletters and “In the Bag”s have been posted. Enjoy! (A site overhaul is on the way, but is also slow going.)

July 15, 2010 Recently, I’ve been slowing down a lot every time I drive by one of the three — no four — wait no… let me think a second… SEVEN — different patches where we’re growing tomatoes on the farm. For the last week or so I’ve begun to see little glimmers of redContinue reading “The calm before the (tomato) storm by Julie Eden”

It’s May, and of course that means we’ve gotten a hard frost the last two nights. Everything seems to have survived by some miracle that we won’t question, and we’re breathing a sigh of relief as we stuff more plants in the ground. Because that’s what we do in May. We plant. And mulch. AndContinue reading “What’s Happening at PVF West? by Becky”

We grow potatoes here somewhat reluctantly, as we don’t see it as a cash crop. We think that we are breaking even at best. So, the only reason to grow them is that they are such an important and tasty food and we want our CSA customers to have them as often as we canContinue reading “Spudland”

I joked with Timothy, who drove by this morning, that in my “old” age, I’ve decided to use some actual fertilizer on the farm. He remarked that as far as mid-life crises go, this sounded like a pretty tame one. As I journey toward comfortability with my new role as Soil Consultant, I must learnContinue reading “18 tons of Rock Phos”

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Our major concern with all this snow is the possibility that our metal-framed, plastic-covered greenhouses will collapse under the weight.  We worry about this because our primary greenhouse did get destroyed in 2003 with that winter’s major snowstorm.  This year, just like all the other farmers in the area, we put in the effort, throughoutContinue reading “More and more winter”

All the CSA members from 2009 will receive an e-mail on Monday, February 1, giving the link to the registration page for 2010.  If you are a returning customer and you do not hear from us then, please write to us and we’ll send a message to your correct address.  Returning customers will have untilContinue reading “CSA opening to Returning Members on Feb 1, 2010”