I was avoiding posting about Cyclospora in hopes that the news media would do their job, but here we are. So I'm gonna break this down and it is just gonna be blunt because all the fluff confuses people. Whenever there is an outbreak of any food-borne illness it usually relates to wash water and it's cleanliness. Almost all the time it has to do with water. A lot of our produce is grown in desert conditions where water is costly so corporate farms reuse/recycle wash water. Wh

I love it when people, usually newscasters and meteorologists, say that the smoke from Canadian wildfires is bad and that everyone should stay inside. There are people who make a living outside (including but not limited to farmers), and there is nothing in place to make sure that during these type of events you can still make a paycheck and also stay inside. There are no protections, and in fact the legislature is going in the wrong direction to protect our environment and t

Now we are entering that time of the season when farmers do not have enough hours in the day to get everything done that the farm requires (even though these are some of the longest days of the year). Instead we are forced to prioritize things over other things that also need care and attention. We have a visual every moment of every day of all the items on the to do list that have not been done. They are not sitting in our minds taking up metaphorical space, they are sitting

This past week has maybe been one for the record books for us. Of course the multiple days in a row with very high temperatures, but also the very warm nights. When plants experience heat stress one of their defense mechanisms is to drop blossoms (flowers). With fruiting crops like squashes, cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, melons, etc...all the vegetables we harvest from them start as flowers. So if plants drop flowers to help them get through these crazy days, then w

We are ready to start the next week of the share and were hoping that the rain would stop. And it looks like it will this week! Accompanied by a week full of 90 degree weather. What a ride! Yes there has been too much rain, like way too much rain. Some crops located in certain areas of thee field have suffered or just died from all the rain (not to mention the wind storms we've had, too). So some crops are looking quite battered, but with less rain potentially we can try and

Tomorrow (Sunday the 21st) is not only Father's Day, it is also the Summer Solstice! It is the longest day of the year. Though it only changes by a couple minutes-ish as we move to the 'backside' of 2026, it still is a reminder to cherish these (hopefully) warm, sunny days! Sometimes I get so tired during the Summer months that I go to bed before the sun even sets :) But it means that Summer crops are on their way. If it would stop pouring down rain for more than a couple day

I always try to point out when the seasons actually change. It is important to remember that even in a hot stretch the last frost we had was May 11th...about a month ago. So Summer crops that can't handle frost and need a minimum of 60 days to mature are at least 2 months out from May 11th. So even though it's warm now the tomatoes are only starting to make tiny green tomatoes, and the melons and eggplant aren't even flowering yet to then eventually make fruit! The official f

The Summer Share is finally starting! Woohoo!! It's really what alllllll the planning we do is for. We've emailed all our 2026 members reminder emails about the share. Look in your inboxes or even spam folders! As for us we are nearing the end of 'Planting Season', which is a really big push to get all our long season crops into the ground before it is literally too late. But finally the greenhouses are looking pretty empty and now it's time for actually caring for the crops

The farm is taking this week to catch up on/keep up with the farm planting schedule. This time of year is pivotal to farms in our climate and we are trying to make sure our crops are on schedule and help them along as much as possible. Yes there has been entirely too much rain, but we are looking forward to the forecasted sunny days ahead. The Summer Share is starting the week of June 9th and 11th. Everyone in the share has been emailed an update for the start. If you need to

I can't believe it is Memorial Day weekend already! This Spring has been bonkers, and now we have Memorial Day on the earliest day it can be. At this point we are just rolling with it all. That being said, we've also reached Planting Season. Which means us farmers will take the next few weeks off from distributing vegetable shares in order to 'Plant like crazy' so-to-speak. If the weather allows we have literal acres to both transplant and seed into in order to have enough ti

This week marks the final week of the Spring Share! It's always short, but full of sweet vegetables! It's been a great start to the season, and with the bland weather it's been a real bright spot. With warmer (and hopefully slightly drier) weather we are being thrown into Planting Season. It's an intense time of year for us because we have a strict schedule to follow in order to get certain crops in the ground in time to harvest them before the season is up! We will be taking

Entering Mother's Day weekend and we have yet to really dry out with all this rain. It can be demoralizing this time of year when we are full of energy and optimism! But as I warned in last week's blog, we are now starting to fall behind in our field schedule due to the soggy Spring we have been having. It's not worrying, but it does put pressure on the future to get more done in less time. But we are all over all the inside work we need to do. The tunnel tomatoes are already

Hopefully we are past the worst of the rain! We've made it to May, so we are looking forward to more sun filled days! We aren't getting behind by all this rain yet. But if it continues with all this rain we will be behind after this week. The fields that our onions rotate through have standing water in them :( I think we are somewhere around 300% more precipitation than average since the beginning of the year. The Spring crops are doing just fine because we grow most of them

The Spring Share is starting this week! Sooooo very exciting to be harvesting large amounts of food again. This Spring season has proven to be quite odd. I've been joking that there are no more sunny 50 degree days anymore. It's either dreary and below 40 (or even below freezing), or sunny and above 60. But even though it's been a wet Spring, we grow the majority of our Spring Share vegetables inside the High Tunnels, or Growing Tunnels, where they are protected from the elem

Well, we are getting our fair share of April Showers, coupled with some crazy winds and very high or very low temperatures. Seems like nothing about the weather is moderate anymore. I'd appreciate a 50 degree sunny April day. That's fine...but I'm not sure we've had one yet. Anyway, I'm jumping on here to remind everyone that has a Spring Share (which is not the Summer Share), that the Spring Share is starting the last week of the month. That is Tuesday the 28th and Thursday

We are looking for a couple new people to help fill out our crew for the 2026 season! No experience necessary, we will train ;) BUUUTTT...our crew members need to have a positive outlook, team spirit, a willingness to be open to learning new tasks and skills, and love the outdoors (since that's our 'office'). We are looking to fill both a part time and a full time position. Please check out the "Jobs" tab under the About menu on the website in order to read more about it.

It's time for all our 2026 share members to make their March 1st payments if you signed up for the payment plan. We sent an email out to everyone regarding payments, and even if you've paid in full for the season you should be receiving an email, too. All the info you need to make a payment is in the email. If you did not receive an email but think you should've please email us and let us know. As for us, we just seeded the first seeds of the season!! It is 20 degrees outside

Woohoo! We are FULL for our 2026 CSA season!! Everyone who has sent in their Sign Up Form and Payment has been sent a confirmation email. If you have not sent in your payment then you have not secured a share for the season (and also have not received a confirmation email). If you have sent in a form without a payment please send us your payment ASAP. The link in the invitation email to the sign up form doesn't work anymore because we are full. If you received an invitation t

Well this past week brought loads of snow and absolutely frigid temperatures. The dogs were getting a little coo-coo without being able to be outside as long as they are used to (which caused the farmers to get a little coo-coo, too). We also started signing up new members from our waitlist for the upcoming Spring and Summer CSA season! We've only emailed Wait List Groups A and B so far, so if you are in a later group you will be receiving emails shortly. Remember you have to

And that's a wrap! Our final Winter Shares were distributed during quite a week full of weather, but at least the vegetables and choices were plentiful! Thanks to everyone who supported this small business over the course of 2025. We already have the seeds ready to go for 2026, but we have a lot more planning to do and a lot more projects and updates to complete before we can turn our attention to growing food for everyone again. The crazy weather is making it difficult to re