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Farm Happenings at Dickinson College Farm
Farm Happenings for November 8, 2024
Happy November!
While production slows down, we are still running full steam ahead on some exciting projects. This week, we are mostly working on a shelf in the back of our equipment shed to help expand storage in there. Normally we have to rely on our shop to store things for the winter. Hopefully1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 5, 2024
Happy Friday!
I hope everyone had a great Halloween.
We are seizing the beautiful weather this week and tackling building projects on the farm. We are mostly working on a shelf in the back of our equipment shed to help expand storage in there. Normally we have to rely on our shop to store things fo1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 1, 2024
Good morning all,
This is the final pick up for the 24-week members. Please double check to see if you are signed up for deliveries after this one. For those finishing up, it has been a pleasure serving yall produce. We hope you'll be back next year for more!
Last week, we cut down and tilled in th1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 29, 2024
Happy Friday all,
The fall colors have been beautiful here on the farm. Coupled with comets, full moons, and migratory birds passing though it is a really fun time to live on a farm.
Our big missions this week have been pulling in root crops (turnips, radishes, carrots), putting fields into cover c1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 25, 2024
Happy Monday,
Last week was a frosty but very productive week on the farm. We planted about 22,000 cloves of garlic. Each of those should yield a large, healthy bulb to harvest next July. We also pulled in about half of our fall carrot crop. Despite getting washed out by 5" of rain a week after ger1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 22, 2024
Happy Friday all,
It's been a frosty but very productive week on the farm. By the end of the day today, we will have planted about 22,000 cloves of garlic. Each of those should yield a large, healthy bulb to harvest next July. We've also pulled in about half of our fall carrot crop. Despite getting1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 18, 2024
Happy Monday all,
We have another busy week ahead here at the farm. It's garlic planting week. Over the past few months, we have carefully processed all of the garlic harvested back in July. We isolated the biggest, best bulbs and cracked them down to cloves. Those cloves are the seed for our next1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 15, 2024
Happy first frost day,
It wasn't an expansive one and didn't hit any crop; but it was all over the marginal ground on the farm. Not much changes for us but it is still a waypoint of the year.
A lot of our staff has been out sick this week. It has been a very busy week for us to harvest and pa1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 11, 2024
Good morning all,
This past weekend the farm played host to "Life Waste: A Biogas Musical." Our farmer Matt starred in the show featuring catchy tunes about methane capture, sustainability, and an homage to Farm Legend "Biogas Bob." A number of student farmers and other Dickinson Colleg1 read more »
About the farm
The Dickinson College Farm is an eighty-acre, USDA-certified organic farm and a living laboratory where students can gain distinctive, hands-on learning experiences. Student employees, graduate apprentices and volunteers are involved in all aspects of food production and research. The farm serves as a venue for the Dickinson community and its neighbors to experience a holistic approach to land stewardship rooted in management practices that work to sustain the natural environment.
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