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Farm Happenings at Boerson Farm
Shep's Pumpkin Patch
Fall is nearly upon us. Hard to believe that the scene is shifting from green to orange, but here we are already harvesting Shep's pumpkins with Halloween appearing on the horizon. This week temps are forecast to drop from the 80's to the 60's...a change that some people welcome and oth1 read more »
Full Moon Feast
I love watching the moon. It's phases, like a good mentor, offer me direction. Every month it's face gets bright and full, bringing with it an opportunity to receive fresh inspiration and new ideas. When the moon waxes full I stop in my tracks to take it in, to open myself fully t1 read more »
Back to School (Blues)
It's always hard to say goodbye to summer, especially for the younger members of our crew. Back to school means no more days in the field picking beans and removing spent beds of salad mix. No more sweating in the high tunnels harvesting cucumbers and cherry tomatoes. No more wash1 read more »
Fruits, Roots and Shoots
The melon harvest began last week and it looks like we will be rounding out the month with a nice supply of cantaloupe and watermelon. The cantaloupe are pure ambrosia, with a firm texture that melts in your mouth. Peppers are going gang busters in the high tunnels, with plants that are1 read more »
Progress!
In spite of a hectic couple of weeks and our relative inexperience with building projects, we managed to pull off getting the concrete successfully poured for the pavilion/farm store. Woot woot! Everything aligned for us to make it onto the concrete company's schedule and bring in our A1 read more »
Onions of Tomorrow
Another big season milestone has passed this week...sigh of relief...we harvested the onions! You wouldn't know it if you've never dealt with an onion crop, but there's a fair amount of preparation and heavy lifting involved. We needed several hands over the course of several days to ge1 read more »
So Many Tomatoes!
Earlier in the spring we managed to put up a third (and final) high tunnel. These are the hoop structures in which we grow many of our heat loving crops in the summer, and winter hardy crops in the fall, winter, and early spring. Extending the growing season and providing a relatively c1 read more »
Garlic Harvest
This past week we tackled the garlic harvest. Typically, this is a fairly involved process which in the past, has turned into more than one session and has lasted a few days. This year we surprised ourselves and had it knocked out in a 5 hour block. Exciting! With a committe1 read more »
Breaking Ground
Ground has been broken for this season's Big Project. We are underway on our solar pavilion, which will house a farm store and covered patio where members can come pick up their orders, visit for a bit and take in the view. What started as a desire to get the farm on renewable energy ha1 read more »