Hello everybody! Swifty here to give you a mini update on the goings on at the farm.

We've been up to our belly buttons in water for a while. Lydia's been hoping to get on the tractor, but every time we think we're almost dry enough to brave the big wheels on the field, it rains... again... and we have to take a "rain check". We've planted a lot in the last few weeks and hopefully the ridiculous downpours we've had haven't washed them away. The following is a list of the seeds we've started-either in flats to be transplanted or direct seeded:

shell peas   
carrots   
cabbage         
kohlrabi               
onions   
Brussels sprouts
shallots    
broccoli  
pink radishes 
purple radishes   
fennel     
cauliflower
arugula       
cress      
red Russian kale
golden frill mustard
homi z mustard
lettuce

Hopefully you can anticipate all these delicious veggies in your bags in the near future. Some of these crops i.e. radishes and kale.. are 20 day crops, but some taken a little longer to mature. We've also almost run out of room in the main garden and are going to be expanding into some new fields very soon!

BAG PICK-UP POLICY REMINDER

Because of the number of members we have, and the innumerable variables and possibilities for error and confusion as a result of our numbers, we wanted to remind everyone of the bag pick up policy. If you are not able to pick up your bag on your designated pick up day/location, we will keep your bag in the refrigerators at the farm for 24 hours following your pick up. After that time, your bag may be assimilated back into the farm machine to make up another bag for the next pick up.

COMPOST CONTRIBUTIONS

Although we already have a lot of fun things to compost with at the farm, I thought you all might be interested in putting your household's compost to use back at the farm (that is if you're not composting for your own garden). We will be accepting compost donations at the market pickups and at the farm. I will also keep you abreast of our composting techniques and inform you of any radical, world changing, organic composting techniques we decide to adopt. Putting deliciousness back into the earth we garden from is one of the most important aspects of sustainable farming and we are learning as much as we can about a variety of composting techniques.

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WE APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE FARM'S ADVENTURES!!