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Farm Happenings at Cedar Crate Farm
Meet our new CSA Website: GrownBy
We’re happy to announce that we’ve chosen a new website for our CSA shares called GrownBy and we think you’ll really love it. GrownBy has features very similar to Harvie and some new ones too. We’ll go over a few of the most important features today and why we chose GrownBy.1 read more »
Landscape Fabric: What, Why and How?
Landscape fabric is an essential tool on our farm. We use it on multiple, important crops and in the past few weeks we've been prepping new runs of landscape fabric for this season and seasons to come. This weeks farm update, while seemingly a bit mundane, will go into all things landscape fabric.1 read more »
Storage Vegetables Explained
We talk a lot about storage vegetables this time of year especially considering they are one of the main components of our Winter CSA Shares. Some storage vegetables we commonly grow are beets, carrots, potatoes, garlic, winter squash, cabbage, kohlrabi & onions. We thought we'd take some time1 read more »
Garlic Bed Prep Starts Now!
Did you know that Minnesota garlic is planted in the fall? Yep! We plant garlic in mid to late October because it allows the garlic to get established quicker in the spring and results in larger, better garlic bulbs. Garlic is routinely one of the first crops to pop up in the spring and we love see1 read more »
Fall spinach on the way!
Despite a small blunder our fall spinach is well underway. We planted this spinach about 2 weeks ago and we're pretty happy with the stand we have. "Stand" is an unscientific term that essentially means the number of actual plants in a row/bed/field. Having a good stand means you have the right amo1 read more »
Fall on the farm & planning for winter
Fall is probably my favorite season on the farm. I love the crisp, cool mornings, and the comfortable warmth of the afternoon. I also love the confluence of both summer, spring and winter vegetables. Spinach, radish, tomatoes, bell peppers and more all ready at once! Fall also marks the end of our1 read more »
Cover Crops and Soil Health
It's cover crop planting season here on the farm! Cover crops are all the rage in the farming world these days but you may not have heard of them or what they are. This week, I'll talk a bit about what cover crops are, how they're used, and the benefits (and challenges) they have.
Cover crops are s1 read more »
Farming, Fertilizing & Chemistry
It's common for farmers to talk about the many hats they wear. I think it's one of the reasons that farming is an attractive profession for me. Not only do I get to grow crops but I also need to know how to manage employees, prioritize tasks, fix equipment (like the walk-in cooler from last weeks f1 read more »
What to do when the walk-in cooler goes down during the middle of a heatwave?
In a word: panic. But we prepared for this. Here's the full story:
A couple weeks ago (a week before we were set to leave on vacation) we discovered our walk-in cooler had gone down. Obviously, the walk-in cooler is a critical piece of infrastructure on a produce farm and even more so during1 read more »
About the farm
Cedar Crate Farm grows a wide variety of fruits and vegetables using holistic, sustainable practices. We take a lot of pride in bringing you fresh, healthy, and sustainable produce. We love sharing our love of high quality, tasty food with our community!
We use a variety of sustainable and regenerative practices so that we can leave the land in better shape than when we found it. We utilize cover crops so that our land is covered with living plant material for as much of the season as possible. Cover crops also provide valuable habitat for insects and pollinators. We don't use synthetic chemicals on our farm and we seek to improve our land each year.
We believe that food is medicine and that the better you eat, the healthier you will be. Whole, unprocessed foods are one of the best ways to eat well and stay healthy. We don't spray our produce with synthetic chemicals so you always know exactly what you're eating.
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We use a variety of sustainable and regenerative practices so that we can leave the land in better shape than when we found it. We utilize cover crops so that our land is covered with living plant material for as much of the season as possible. Cover crops also provide valuable habitat for insects and pollinators. We don't use synthetic chemicals on our farm and we seek to improve our land each year.
We believe that food is medicine and that the better you eat, the healthier you will be. Whole, unprocessed foods are one of the best ways to eat well and stay healthy. We don't spray our produce with synthetic chemicals so you always know exactly what you're eating.