Author: joshvolk

Parsley, cucumber, green beans, lettuce, collards, summer squash, gold beets with tops. A big bunch of parsley which reminds me of my farmer friend who said it was big cooking revelation for them when they started thinking of parsley as not just an herb, but as a green (think tabbuleh, or any number of other… Continue reading Third Summer Share

Here’s what’s planned for next week and I think it’ll probably be more or less what’s actually in the shares: beans, carrots, cucumbers, lettuce, parsley, summer squash, and collards. The carrots got a bit overwhelmed with weeds so it’s tough to tell how big they’ll be and how many there actually are until we dig… Continue reading 3rd Share Predictions

Green onions, basil, green beans, new potatoes, fava beans, summer squash, kale and lettuce (not shown). Lots of green onions in the share but these are the last of them for the year and we needed the space to plant more beets. The green beans were in the original plan but I never trust that… Continue reading Second Summer Share

Here’s my best guess for next week’s share and farm stand offerings: Lettuce, kale, green onions, fava beans, summer squash, basil or parsley, and maybe some new potatoes. On the farm stand we should have collard greens, fennel, and the first of the cucumbers and green beans look very close so they could show up… Continue reading 2nd Share Predictions

We’re hiring and currently need one to two more people to join our crew. Short story is that it’s part-time, varied farm work, potentially year round. Details on the job and how to apply are in this job announcement. Check it out, let folks know – no experience required, but experience is appreciated and helpful.

For today’s first summer share we have chard, turnips, romaine, carrots, beets, summer squash, and fennel. The colors of our chard always make me happy, and the smell of the fennel while I was harvesting was making think a nice fresh fennel salad would be an excellent right now with the warm weather. The greens… Continue reading First Summer Share

This coming week is the first week of our summer CSA season. I just added four more shares for Monday so if you want one sign up now! If you know someone who still might want one let them know. Here’s my best guess at what will be in the first share: beets, carrots, fennel,… Continue reading Harvest Predictions for First Summer Share

Today is officially the longest day of the year and the start of summer – except that because of the way the weeks fell this year here on the farm we still have one more spring share to harvest tomorrow before we officially start our summer CSA season on Monday. In celebration of the solstice,… Continue reading Happy Summer Solstice!

Collards, radishes, lettuce, turnips, basil green onions and arugula. This was the final week for our A schedule spring shares, B schedule’s final week is next week and the share should be similar. Not pictured is Kohlrabi and I’m not sure if more will size up in time for next week’s shares. It’s possible we… Continue reading 6th Spring Share

This season we’re working along side two new operations: Flower Magic Farm and Vicolo Farm. Flower Magic is growing flowers on their own site and is run by CSA member Rebecca Jones. With Hoverfly scaling things back for this season, flower magic is a new option for a regular flower share with pick up available… Continue reading More Flowers and Veggies

My best guess for next week is arugula, kohlrabi, collards, lettuce, turnips and radishes. I’m not sure there’s enough kohlrabi for everyone as they were hit hard by the slugs (I think it was slugs) early in the year. Fennel is another possibility, although it’s still looking a bit small. Peas were supposed to be… Continue reading Sixth Spring Share Predictions

Lettuce, turnips, parsley, peas, radishes, and kale. Two big heads of lettuce today, butter oak and romaine. The first peas of the season, a very sweet snow pea that is totally appropriate for eating out of hand, or tossing in a stir fry. The radishes were hiding in the weeds and got huge. I’m pretty… Continue reading 5th Spring Share

Looks like we might have some snow peas for next week’s harvest, right on schedule. The lettuce is looking good, and yesterday we gave out the first of the kale, and that will be in the A week, with collards likely showing up in the B week shares. Radishes are another possibility, and more turnips… Continue reading Fifth Spring Share Predictions

Lettuces, choi, spinach, salad turnips, green onions, mild mustard greens. Lettuces will vary week to week but in the photo here are a red leaf and a romaine. The spinach is beautiful and actually right on schedule, although germination wasn’t as good as hoped so there’s not quite as much as we planned for. The… Continue reading Fourth Spring Share

We’re past the half way point for spring now, and we’re starting to get to the point where we’ve started our spring harvests for the past few years. Here’s what looks likely for the upcoming shares: lettuce, choi, salad turnips, green onions, red mustard, kale. Today’s shares were a little different than last week’s and… Continue reading Predictions for the fourth spring shares

’Tis the season for young greens and we’ve got a good selection for you this week, along with a few radishes to add some color and spice! Mustard greens, lettuces, arugula, radishes, baby collard greens, choi are all in the shares. The lettuces are starting to get a little larger and we had both green… Continue reading Third Spring Share

A few warm dry days and the plants that have been just hanging out definitely put on some quick growth! We’re still a good bit behind where I hoped we would be but here are my best predictions for the third spring share based on what I saw out there today: baby lettuce heads, cut… Continue reading Predictions for the third spring share

The B schedule shares this Thursday looked similar to the A schedule and we’ll try to keep it that way. The raab wasn’t as bountiful but we found some spinach that had overwinter in the tunnel so that went into the B schedule shares. Looking at the crops in the field and comparing that to… Continue reading Second Spring Share Predictions

Despite the dreary weather, we were able to harvest some pretty nice veggies for the first spring shares: leeks, scorzonera, thyme, parsley, and a mix of brassica raab. We’ve had scorzonera in the winter share, but it’s not a usual vegetable so I’ll say a few words about it here – it’s primarily used for… Continue reading First Spring Share

Next week is the start of our spring harvest season! My best prediction is that there’ll be leeks, a bit of raab, scorzonera and maybe small bunches of other greens and herbs. We had a productive spring break and got lots of plants and seeds in the ground, including the potatoes! We also covered most… Continue reading Predictions for the first spring shares