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Farm Happenings at Bayfield Foods
8.13.21 Farm Happenings
Happy Friday the 13th weekend - and welcome to week 12 of the summer CSA season!
Last week on Friday after I had written the newsletter, I worked until dark to finish prepping the fields we were planning to seed into fall cover crops. I would have rather called it a day at 5 on Fr1 read more »
8.6.21 Farm Happenings
The end of last week, we mowed down our early plantings of broccoli which had been harvested already. And right on schedule, the next plantings are ready to pick and looking incredible. Be sure to add some to your veggie box this week, and if you have a favorite broccoli recipe, send it1 read more »
7.30.21 Farm Happenings
Storms and tomatoes, that's what it seems this week was all about. Thankfully, we were spared any hail damage from the 2 big storms that rolled through earlier this week, and we were able to put the sprinkler away as we received a total of just over 3" of rain. I heard reports of some d1 read more »
7.23.21 Farm Happenings
This week marks the 9th CSA delivery of the 2021 summer season - can you believe it?! Our efforts here at Great Oak Farm have turned mostly into cultivating/weeding and harvesting now that the crops are all well established. On the whole, the heat this week has been welcomed by the crop1 read more »
7.16.21 Farm Happenings
There used to be a time here at the farm when, by mid July, the weeds were pretty embarrassing. Sure, we still got lots of produce out of the fields, but those pesky weeds were always a thorn in our sides. Sometimes quite literally, with thistle plants poking us when we would come harve1 read more »
7.9.21 Farm Happenings
What a roller coaster of a weather week! We went from 95 degrees this weekend (with lows of 75 at night) to lows just over 40 degrees the last few nights. We heard the low in Ashland was 38 degrees on Thursday morning. THRITY EIGHT! That's danger-zone, frost-possible c1 read more »
7.1.21 Farm Happenings
Winter Share Information
It may be 90 degrees outside but at Bayfield Foods we are already planning for the winter season. Right now we are planting extra vegetables so we can expand our line of frozen vegetables this winter. This fall we will also be expanding our fall green1 read more »
6.24.21 Farm Happenings
Quick logistical note first: Please return you egg cartons! Travis at Heritage Farm would love to have them back to be reused.
Tomato season has begun! The trifecta of tastiness - tomatoes, basil, and cucumbers - is now completely in season. And it's not even July.&nb1 read more »
About the farm
The Bayfield Regional Food Producers Cooperative (Bayfield Foods) was formed in June of 2010 by farmers and food producers in the Chequamegon Bay region of northern Wisconsin. Our mission is to provide customers with high quality, nutritious, and sustainably-grown foods produced in Ashland and Bayfield Counties in Wisconsin.
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