Back to farm profile
Farm Happenings at Bayfield Foods
Farm Happenings for August 17, 2022
We will now post our Weekly Newsletter as the Farm Happening
You can read past and present newsletters on our website: https://www.bayfieldfoods.org/newsletter.html
Please click on the image to download the pdf
read more »
7.16.22 Farm Happenings
Wow, it's the middle of July already - how does that happen so fast? We've been focused on a lot of cultivating this week, and our efforts are paying off. The field crops, while late due to the droughty conditions, are looking pretty good. We've been really on top of cultivating t1 read more »
7.8.22 Farm Happenings
FINALLY, some decent rain! Here at the farm we got an inch of rain last weekend, and the field crops are absolutely loving life again. To put that in context, we only got 1.6 inches of rain for the entire month of June. Most veggie crops like to see 1 inch of rain per week, and on1 read more »
7.1.22 Farm Happenings
Hello, July, and welcome to week 6 of the summer CSA season! Here at Great Oak Farm, we've been doing a lot of cultivation in on our field crops as we wait for rain. The weeds don't seem to really mind the droughty conditions and grow just fine, but we're keeping them in check with time1 read more »
6.24.22 Farm Happenings
Wow, week 5 was a HOT one. Harvesting in the hoophouses for your CSA boxes on Monday with outside temps pushing 100 degrees was quite the start of the week. Inside the hoophouses, the temps were well into the 100teens+, but somehow we managed not to evaporate. The good news is tha1 read more »
6.17.22 Farm Happenings
Welcome to week 4 of the summer CSA season! Four weeks already - wow, where does the time go?! The rains this week were well appreciated. All told we got 0.8 inches, which is less than we need each week, but was enough to really get our transplants and direct seeded crops a nice dr1 read more »
6.10.22 Farm Happenings
This last week of hot weather has really gotten the crops growing! We cranked out lots of field work, too - plowing; making beds; seeding our third round of carrots, second round of beans and sweet corn, and more broccoli every week for a steady supply all summer and fall. Grab your boo1 read more »
6.2.22 Farm Happenings
Happy June, friends! Even though the long range forecast is looking to be colder than normal for the first few weeks of June, it is starting to feel like summer has finally arrived. Remember last year, when we had temps in the 90's in early June? This morning I was out on the trac1 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. ... more +
Go to farm profile