This Week
The sun is shining more every day, and we had a great harvest week! The lettuce this week is so beautiful, and we have some of the best bok choy we have ever grown. I think the baby kale crop has been really delicious, plus the braising greens mix will be really diverse this week. I added a few mini napa cabbages to the delivery too. There's plenty of free-range eggs. microgreens, kale and a lot more in our inventory! If you haven't placed a farm stand order this growing season, this is a great week to do so!
Farm Update
At the beginning of every week, we spend Monday and Tuesday focusing on field work like preparing rows, transplanting, and weeding. With our new tractor implements, we can make our no-till techniques a lot more efficient. We expanded our farm again by another 20%, with plans for two more field blocks that will nearly double our current growing capacity and allow us to diversfy our vegetable selection by adding personal watermelons, more peas, garlic, strawberries, corn, and Fall storage butternut squash.
I really appreciate all of you so much for being members of our Harvie farm stand! I hope that you have benefited from this service we offer, but I also hope that you see it as an investment in the future of Current Farms. We started our farm with the subscription service as the business model, and we are now entering our fourth year of farming full time. As far as this particular style of no-till market gardening, I am entirely self-taught through books, YouTube University, and my observations based on home-gardening experience. I haven't been to farmer trainings, or worked on another farm, and unfortunately there aren't a lot of local mentors, or experts that have helped us navigate starting a farm. We started with a blank pasture and have worked hard to master certain crops and build consistency through each season of the year. I think that we are facing the 2023 growing seasons with a renewed sense of confidence. You support has helped us purchase equipment that not only makes our work easier but gives us extra time to learn new growing skills and diversify our vegetable selections.
