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Farm Happenings at Blue Moon Farm
Farm Happenings for July 22, 2020: It's Already Mid-July?
Alex wields mighty cucumbers.
We got so much done this week. Seeded carrots, harvested all our garlic and onions for the year, planted 14 beds of fall brassicas, mulched the final planting of tomatoes, missed a tornado and a hailstorm, and started mowing off spring fields of cabbage and broccoli. G1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 15, 2020: Fruits of Summer are Coming On
Hi all,
Above is a shot of Ender and Sam dragging out dusty row covers to lay across our unseeded carrot fields in anticipation of the storm. We are germinating weeds that can be flamed off ahead of our seeding next week. It was a brutally hot and dirty job and gave me so much gratitude for the goo1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 8, 2020: It's hot, have you noticed?
These guys are wearing masks in 90 degree heat, and not complaining! So many things to talk about. This is going to be long, but I am NOT just trying to avoid working in the heat. I promise.
1. There are Donation Boxes still. I keep donating, hoping that you guys keep buying them. We are now runni1 read more »
Farm Happenings July 1st: Sea of Salad
Here's Meredith in front of our double planting of lettuce starts. This year we are going to try an extra bed in our weekly planting of lettuce to see if we can have enough salad during the hot days of August. We plant 1500 sq ft of lettuce every week in order to fill salad demand, but in the middl1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 24, 2020: Hints of Summer
We are starting to harvest our favorite pole bean, Musica, this week. It's a tender Romano type, and as you can see we are going to need ladders. We also have some greenhouse tomatoes. We titled those "Farmer's Choice", which means for the time being we are going to choose which varieties go in you1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 17, 2020
Another lovely week passes on the farm. We planted our winter squash, some summer squash and are cultivating our hearts out while it is dry. The storm brought cooler weather which means relief from the excess heat and humidity of wearing our masks for 10 hours a day.
We have added a 3rd person to1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 10, 2020
We continue to have customers come to pick up sites thinking they have shares but instead leave empty handed. I also receive many emails asking when to pick up shares. Did you know that you can see when your next delivery is on your profile page when you log into your account? Here is where you can1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 3, 2020
I want to thank each and every one of your for your patience as we work through some issues that we became aware of last week.
Here are some notable issues that we are currently working on:
I showed up but there was no box for me! Many of these issues were from people who donated boxes earlier in t1 read more »
Farm Happenings for May 27, 2020
Welcome to the first CSA for the 2020 season!
Below this blurb I have included the email I sent on Wednesday to remind you of the instructions. I had a lot of questions on Wednesday night about pick up. Here is the run down of the questions I received.
My car doesn't have a way of popping the trunk1 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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