Good evening all. This summer’s temperature pattern has been interesting in that it seems like the warmest days of our very warm weeks this year have frequently been on Tuesdays. As we co-ordinate with Kim on getting your produce to the pick-up site we have had to say let’s take it in as late as…
Dear Community Garden Members, Mustard Seed Farms is working on filling your produce orders. It has gotten overwhelming for Nancy to call everyone to find out when you want the items you have requested. We now have a CG member who will be helping us fill the canning/freezing quantity orders. Janice Allen will be sending…
Greetings once again, We have been looking at what we have a good supply of this week in order to give you a delicious mix for your meals. The cantaloupes have come on in a big way so you will have another juicy melon tomorrow. They always say that broccoli is one of the healthiest…
Hello again CSA farm members, Let’s hope that this sweltering day is the last one for this summer. With the cloud cover we only got to 92 degrees today, but with the warm night it felt quite warm at 7:30 AM as we were moving irrigation pipe. With little or no wind, the rest of…
Community Garden Family Once again we will host our George Fox College (University) Class of ’65 Reunion. This year it is this coming Saturday afternoon, August 16th. Leading up to this event we hope to “spruce up the farm” and with your help, along with our employees, it can be done. There’s a variety of…
Greetings CSA members on another very hot day. It is 95 degrees as I write this, the 2nd hottest day this year. This is the 18th 90 degree day this year: 5/14, 14 days in July (basically half the month!), and now 3 out of the 4 days of August. The long range forecasts only…
Hello Community Garden members, Just a quick note on the crops. New items are corn and tomatoes, added to lettuce, zucchini, cucumbers, cauliflower, broccoli, and cabbage that have been ready for some time. Canning/freezing items: many of you indicated on your application the items you wanted to preserve. Now that some are available, let us…
Hello Community Garden members, We have had a good spring with generally good weather and with many of you helping us keep the crops weeded, so they can grow well. Today we picked the first broccoli and green cabbage, which adds to the lettuce we have had for a couple of weeks now. There are…
Hello Community Garden members, We started picking lettuce today, so when you come to work check the cooler for your fresh salad fixings. There is a limited amount of rhubarb available for those that love that crop. No berries until probably early July. If you have worked some hours you can get produce. Thanks, Farmer…
Hello again Community Garden members, The weeds have had a chance to grow so now there is work to do in the onions and berries at least, and more crops as we go through the summer. So give us a call the night before you want to work. See you soon, Farmer Brown and His…