Welcome Free Choice Fall Shareholders! We are glad you have joined us for the final 8 weeks of the season. It’s bountiful time of year and there’s many choices for our meals. Coming soon: bok choy, salad turnips, and fall carrots. Have you mapped out your adventure for Local Foods weekend yet? At littleGrasse: 9/10, Continue reading
Mark your calendar for Local Food Weekend, September 9, 10, 11. It’s a chance to experience area farms and food businesses, including special events, guided tours, custom menus, live music, kid friendly activities and more. Every farm and business that features local food was invited to participate in the manner they chose as long as Continue reading
In some ways it was a quiet week, with GH visiting family, yet there were visitors of all ages enjoying the farm in various ways. On Sunday, a farm apprentice from a decade ago came for dinner with her beautiful son, not yet one year old. First thing Monday, a group of Orientation Leaders from Continue reading
Last night we attended live music as part of the Birdsfoot 50th Reunion. The jazz band was fronted by Seba who grew up at the intentional community and is now a full-time musician in Boston. It was a type of “coming home,” for Bob to be amongst all these familiar faces. He first moved to Continue reading
It was a productive, sticky week. We planted a round of greens for the fall, including mixed salad, spinach and boy choy. The tomato harvest is starting to increase in volume, which should continue as long as we get warm days and evening temperatures above 50 degrees. The onion harvest is happening this week, and Continue reading
Farm Happenings The farm was awash in positive energy Saturday morning as a lively bunch of shareholders dove into projects around the farm including shallot harvest, weeding carrots, thinning beets and yanking all the purslane out of the onion patch. Plus we had cameo visits from puppies, birds, parents and more! The new space provides Continue reading
Farm Happenings The heat lately has been consuming! Bob and GH have been sweating it out, working six days a week on building the new barn. They are making excellent progress- the framing, siding, roofing and window installation is nearly complete. There’s more to tackle in the coming weeks but soon it won’t be as Continue reading
Farm Happenings Summer is upon us which means many heat-loving plants such as tomatoes and peppers are vigorously growing, along with the flowers in the cutting garden. Beans are now ready for you to harvest and soon there will be enough cucumbers which will be in the fridge once available. It’s a pleasure to savor Continue reading