On my way to the farm today, I thought, “I don’t really feel like doing this today.” But then I realized I have had that same thought on other days when going to the farm, but once I get there, there is always work to be done that keeps my busy and I always end [...]

Time and time again I hear people complaining about the problems they think backyard chickens will bring if allowed into the backyards of their city. Some of the more common complaints that I hear are noise, smell, rodents, disease, and property values. I would like to address each and every one of these complaints one by one.

What does one family do with several heads of lettuce a week? There’s no way to save lettuce for the winter months (while I suppose I could try to dehydrate it I don’t think the results would be edible). Luckily I eat a lot of salad. I’m trying to get my kids to enjoy it [...]

From Guest Blogger Gina Sampaio, a Community Supported Agriculture Member.
I showed up at the farm last Saturday morning ready to get my three hours for the week in. Another newbie showed up at the same time and we decided to work together in the greenhouse transplanting seedlings. I had brought my iPod and headphones but [...]

Every week when I go to the farm, I learn something new.  Sometimes it’s something essential, like where the bathroom is (phew!) or how to turn the lights on so that I can see inside the walk-in cooler where each week’s vegetables are stored until pick-up. Other times it’s more practical information on how the [...]

I brought my daughter with me to the farm last Saturday. Just us two: an eight-year-old girl and her mom on a date to work on the farm. She brought her gardening gloves, her camera, her book, and a snack. I brought my gardening gloves, a water bottle and an apple. I opted to not [...]

A day in the life of a CSA share holder  . . . by guest blogger Gina Sampaio:
Once I decided that our family needed to buy a share in a local CSA, I needed to decide where. There were two local ones that I knew of offhand: one that a few of my husband’s siblings [...]