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Farm Happenings at Blue Moon Farm
Farm Happenings for March 27, 2021
Happy Spring!
Here is a pic of me doing some Sunday morning soil testing. We are poised to prep the fields outside, but it hasn’t dried out enough to get in today. If we drive equipment like tractors on the soil when it’s wet, we’ll cause compaction and damage it’s structure1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 13, 2021
There is so much going on at the farm. Starting tomorrow, I hope to be field prepping and cover cropping until the rain comes on Wednesday night. I checked the fields on Friday, and many of the places I want to plant seemed only two days away from being dry, so I hope I predicted well. Tomorrow we1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 13, 2021
There is so much going on at the farm. Starting tomorrow, I hope to be field prepping and cover cropping until the rain comes on Wednesday night. I checked the fields on Friday, and many of the places I want to plant seemed only two days away from being dry, so I hope I predicted well. Tomorrow we1 read more »
Farm Happenings for February 27, 2021
Here’s a pic of Cindy looking fancy in her t-shirt coat. The sleeves work well to keep the coat on during rabbit chases in and around equipment.
Woo Hoo it’s getting bright and warm out there!
We’ve got another pickup on Saturday from 9-11am at the Lincoln Square Mall. Custo1 read more »
Farm Happenings for February 13, 2021: Please Read Regarding Pickup Instructions
We have a lot of green veggies to cut this week, in spite of the very cold weather. We also have carrots and storage crops, and cheeses from Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery.
PLEASE BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR AN EMAIL ON FRIDAY ABOUT THE PICKUP TIME ON SATURDAY. IT'S GOING TO BE BELOW ZERO AND WE MIGHT1 read more »
Farm Happenings for February 6, 2021: Small Pop-up Delivery
We are doing a TINY delivery this Saturday outside of our normally scheduled deliveries, which are the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month.
We don’t have a lot to sell this week, mainly carrots and a few green things.
To try to spread out the offerings, I only made small shares available1 read more »
Farm Happenings for January 23, 2021
Here's what you can do with some Blue Moon storage veggies. Here's a salad I made with Misato watermelon radishes, carrots, and cabbage. With a tahini-honey-lemon dressing, it was tasty.
We have had very little sunshine since mid-December and the plants know it. Salad mix, bunching greens, and spin1 read more »
Farm Happenings for January 9, 2021
HAPPY NEW YEAR from all of us!
Welcome to the new season! Our high tunnels have slowed way down thanks to the beautiful winter weather that is icing and snowdusting all the trees. However, we saved some green things to be harvested for this first delivery. We also have carrots, misato radishes, and1 read more »
Farm Happenings for December 19, 2020
Here’s a pic of Cindy and the garlic field. We plant garlic (garlic seed are the cloves) in the fall, then mulch it heavily with straw to protect it during the winter. This encourages deep root growth and bigger bulbs for our July harvest. This year we increased our garlic planting to five ro1 read more »
About the farm
At Blue Moon Farm, our goal is simple: Produce the most beautiful, best tasting produce possible using only organic methods. Our 20-acre organic vegetable farm located 10 miles north of Champaign-Urbana grows quality produce for Urbana's farmer's market, grocery stores, our CSA, and local restaurants. We are committed to the collective project of implementing farming practices that promote the health and well-being of the land we grow on and the people who eat our food. Buying locally leads to more accountability between the farmer and the eater and that relationship is important to us.
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