October 14th, 2013 - Posted by admin
Good evening at the end of a wonderful sunny day! It has been very pleasant to work in the sun, after a chilly 40 degree start. Our customers are ordering a lot of cabbage, winter squash, and pumpkins, so our crew is hustling right along picking, washing, and packing their produce, and yours. You will [...]
October 14th, 2013 - Posted by admin
Hello Community Garden members, Normal seasonal changes are happening, hastened in some cases by this sudden and record breaking September rainfall. In normal circumstances we have not had work on wet days, but we have adjusted and are digging onions since the ground will never dry out now that it is so wet. We will [...]
October 14th, 2013 - Posted by admin
Good afternoon fellow farmers, Another hot day, but we have most things picked now, so most of our employees can be packing inside for the rest of the day. One item that we have started picking over the last 10 days is pickling cucumbers. Some have gotten theirs, but most have not. If you want [...]
June 26th, 2013 - Posted by admin
We have been accumulating some operational notes to pass on to all of you. “All of you” is over 100 families, for the first time ever! With these increasing number of members, we want to make sure everyone is on the same page so that we can make everything run smooth for all of you, [...]
June 12th, 2013 - Posted by admin
You still have until July 1 to join our CSA. Former members are signing up, but we have space for a few new members. We will have about 25 kinds of veggies with over 100 varieties, plus 3 kinds of cane berries with 8 varieties, so there will be plenty of diversity for you each [...]
June 12th, 2013 - Posted by admin
Be patient when you call to let us know when you want to work. Our St. Paul phone company had their voice mail server go down last Thursday night. They found another system but it is not functioning properly. Your calls are to go to voice mail after 4 rings, but it takes 10 rings [...]
February 23rd, 2013 - Posted by admin
Just a quick spring update from your farm. The CSA info is on the website now. The Community Garden info will go up in April, which is typically when most people start thinking about gardening. For you winter members, we still have 2 winter squashes, red potatoes, yellow onions, red savoy cabbage, and 3 kinds of [...]
November 20th, 2012 - Posted by admin
Hello winter CG members, We have been thinking that we should check in with all of you, especially since we have a few new members for the winter. Many of you have been out getting produce and know the routine, but others may not. Some may even have a few hours of work to do [...]
October 23rd, 2012 - Posted by admin
Good morning Community Garden members, Here are some things to consider as you come into the final week of the summer season, which ends on October 31. Your time needs to be completed by then and that is the last day to get produce. As for work, the wet weather has changed our focus some, [...]
October 3rd, 2012 - Posted by admin
Good morning Community Garden members, Time for a quick update on produce preserving items. CORN: We have another planting of corn coming on this week so we should be able to get corn by the end of the week for anyone who still needs some. We have a couple of you on the corn list, [...]
September 10th, 2012 - Posted by admin
Hello CG members, A quick follow up to last week’s email. I wanted to clarify the canning tomatoes procedure. We have put everyone on a list in the order that you responded. The emails with the amount of boxes you want has been a big help. We are contacting everyone as we get boxes, which [...]
September 6th, 2012 - Posted by admin
Hello Community Garden members, It is time to check in with everyone as we shift into the fall season. You have been doing a great job with your work on the farm this year. It seems that most of you have been working regularly on getting your hours in, because the number of people working [...]
June 13th, 2012 - Posted by admin
Hello Community Gardeners, It looks like we will have more dry weather now, so there is work to be done on your farm. It has been hit and miss on work until now, with the off and on rain, which has made the weeds grow. You can work any daylight hours Monday through Saturday. Here [...]
May 11th, 2012 - Posted by admin
Hello gardeners! What a great change in the weather! We are going from March like to August like weather in a span of 10 days. We have gotten the first transplants in this week. They are the onions along with the first plantings of lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower. We hope to get the first [...]
April 4th, 2012 - Posted by admin
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you gardeners! It has been good to see some of you from time to time when you come get your produce. We hope you are enjoying some new winter squashes. The number of varieties is dwindling some, but there are still many choices. Do you know that the large [...]
April 4th, 2012 - Posted by admin
Hello winter Community Garden members! We want to wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving. Aren’t we glad that our country has set aside a holiday to thank God for his goodness this past year? Even if some things have been tough at times, we do have our lives, family, good organic food to eat, [...]
September 21st, 2011 - Posted by Farmer Brown
Community Garden canning items: We wanted to clarify the canning items news that we sent a week or so ago. Please give us some specifics on what you want, like how much and when. We have started lists for each item and will call you when they are available, but it helps to know how [...]
September 1st, 2011 - Posted by Farmer Brown
Here is some info about crops, work, and questions we have been asked, which should be of interest to all Community Garden members. CANNING QUANTITIES: Let us know when you are ready to put up any veggies and we will let you know when they are ready and how you get them (picked or u-pick). [...]
July 15th, 2011 - Posted by Farmer Brown
Community Garden members, I got these questions from one member and know others have the same questions, so I am forwarding them on to you for your information. Farmer Brown QUESTIONS: It was nice to meet you last weekend. My husband and I enjoyed our time at the farm! Since this is our first [...]
March 25th, 2011 - Posted by Farmer Brown
All of you winter gardeners should know that we have started picking the over wintering cauliflower this week. There are small heads in a box on the shelf in the cooler. Of course there is still green cabbage along with red and yellow onions in the cooler also. There should be collards and kale in [...]
February 28th, 2011 - Posted by Farmer Brown
Ever wondered if that food you’re about to buy at the supermarket is real? This handy flow chart will help you determine that! Click on the thumbnail below for a larger image. (http://summertomato.com/how-to-find-real-food-at-the-supermarket-flowchart/) .
February 24th, 2011 - Posted by admin
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February 1st, 2011 - Posted by Farmer Brown
Hello gardeners, Are you thinking about gardening in the middle of winter? I’ve been thinking for a month about updating all of you that are part of the winter Community Garden season. It is good to see some of you from time to time as you are getting your produce. If you have not been [...]
October 29th, 2010 - Posted by Farmer Brown
Here we are at the end of the summer season for the Community Garden program. This is the last week to get produce for those that have signed up only for the summer. For those that only signed up for the winter, you can start getting produce next week. For the summer only members you [...]
September 2nd, 2010 - Posted by Farmer Brown
Here we are in September already. We all have been enjoying more produce as new crops have come online. You can check the blackboards in the packing shed for what is available and where it is. Several have been asking about canning quantities. Let us know what you want and you can either pick that [...]
August 9th, 2010 - Posted by Farmer Brown
Hello gardeners, We have been appreciating all the good work many of you have been doing. There are at least a couple families that have hustled and got their time completed already. Most of you are just working on a regular schedule which is the way to do it. Your calls to our office number [...]
February 17th, 2010 - Posted by Farmer Brown
Greetings to all you winter Community Garden members on this beautiful spring day! .It has been good to see some of you from time to time as you have come to get produce. Here are some updates for you: 1.Produce – there is still potatoes, onions, and cabbages in the cooler. We have just moved [...]
September 8th, 2009 - Posted by Farmer Brown
Fall has fallen, for a time anyway, with this nice rain this weekend. There was 1.1” of rain at your farm, which has refreshed all the crops. On the other hand, it has made the ground quite wet, so we will not be able to get back to hoeing any weeds until late in the [...]
July 30th, 2009 - Posted by Farmer Brown
Here we are in the middle of the summer and a heat wave is coming. All the crops are doing well this year, so we will keep the water going steadily on them especially this next week. Thanks for all of your work on the crops. We hope you are not seeing onions in your [...]
April 28th, 2009 - Posted by Farmer Brown
A big thank you to everyone for your patience as you awaited the 2009 Community Garden information. We have worked on it in spurts as we have been doing our spring seeding and now transplanting. The first plantings of lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower are in the ground as of yesterday. Onions, the crop many [...]
March 20th, 2009 - Posted by Farmer Brown
Spring greetings from Mustard Seed Farms. We want to let you know about a new produce option we are offering again this year, after a 6 year break. We are sending this to all of you who were in the Community Garden in 2008 to let you know about another option for you. If you, [...]
November 25th, 2008 - Posted by Farmer Brown
We want to thank all of you for your interest in the Community Garden this year. We had the highest number of families participating in many years. This shows the enthusiasm of you who have been members in the past and have shared that with others. If you are a numbers person like I am, [...]
September 30th, 2008 - Posted by Farmer Brown
Greetings Community Garden members, Pumpkin selling: those that want to help with pumpkin sales please reply with the times you would like to work. The work schedule is attached for your information. This Saturday has extra time on it because there is a lot of work to get things set up, especially in the morning. [...]
