Spring is farm improvement time.
Concrete pad and pallet wall. Keeping fertility on the farm. Or, as we joked when we were putting it together, this wall is to keep manure in – not to keep people out.
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Produce For Sale
Our current crop of black beans, heirloom corn, and hard red winter wheat is currently available.
Farm Photos
@earthfirstfarms organic tomatoes waiting to be processed. 2 canners isn’t enough for 100 lbs of tomatoes! 🍅 The Internet told us to expect ~3 gallons less than we ended up with. These sauce tomatoes are dense (and nutrient-dense!). #organic #organictomatoes #canning #diy #tomatoesSunflowers are already starting to hang their heads. That was fast! We know that the pollinators have been hard at work, so hopefully the seeds are forming. #organic #sunflowers #bigsciencesxperiment #oilseeds #organicfarmingApple picking win. The trees in our little orchard get hit hard by japanese beetles, but somehow this year several of them managed to make a crop anyway. #newfarmhand and #abuelo #applepicking #organic #organicapples #cortlandapples #familytraditionsWe had such a good time at the farm party on Sunday that I took almost no pictures and had to steal the one of the diggers at work from @meadowlark_organics (🌟📸). You’ll just have to trust me that it was a perfect combination of food, drinks, friends, family, sunflowers, toads, native pollinators, baseball, s’mores, and children covered in dirt. We’re already planning to do it again next year, so pencil us in for the Sunday of Labor Day weekend. . . . @cedarvalleysustainable burgers made by co-host @sam_random . . . #farmparty #organicfarming #ottawaillinois #openhouse #nosecrets #potluck #dirtykidsarehappykidsSee? They really do face east, even at sunset! Link in profile has all the info for our farm party today. It’s open house style so feel free to come and stay or just drop in to check out the🌻. You are welcome! . . . #sunflowers #organic #organicfarming #organicsunflowers #oilseeds #localfood @chicagobreadclub #ottawaillinoisSunflowers, it turns out, are not heliotropes. Or at least the flowers aren’t - they face east! See for yourself on Sunday. (Link in profile.) . . . #sunflowers #organic #organicfarming #goldenhour #sunset #clouds #grainbins #oilseeds @chicagobreadclubCleaning up for our farm party Sunday (you’re invited!), finally made a little display of the artifacts we’ve uncovered on the farm in the last 10 years. . . . . . Link in profile to the FB party details. #oldstuff #farmtools #artifacts #cleanupThe first sunflower is showing her face! #organicfarming #sunflower #bigscienceexperiment #oilseeds #goldenhourNews Briefs
Events
Our annual Farm Tour & Tea is cancelled for 2019 due to an extremely wet planting season (we expect that some things might not be planted by the last week in June). We hope to host a potluck party on the farm later in the season instead. As soon as we have set a date, we’ll let you know here and via social media.
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