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Farm Happenings at Earth Spring Farm CSA
Farm Happenings for April 19 & 20, 2024
Hi Everyone,
The weather is making the plants grow but we are deep in the sparse transition zone.
But here are a few things that I am adding to your choices this week:
Water Cress (1/2 lb bags), delicious and beautiful from the massive spring that is the farm's namesake. This spring is1 read more »
Farm Happenings for April 12 & 13, 2024
Hello Everyone,
The story of the week is about rain and flowers. We have had enough rain now - it's starting to look like the spring of 2018 with a stream that runs from the neighbors basement spring and a few others that typically pop up along Stought Rd and drain into our main spring by the mailb1 read more »
Farm Happenings for April 5& 6 2024
Friends
I didn't forget to open the CSA...I've been coming back from vacation (2 hours ago) and it's been a little busy to say the least.
Greenhouse greens doubled in size in 7 days and now we have beautiful tatsoi, more romaine and arugula just like the pros grow!
If you don;t have time or missed1 read more »
Farm Happenings March 29 + 30, 2024 CSA is open this week!
Hello Everyone,
CSA is open this week - I was going to put it on hold but figured out how I can do this and still go on vacation.
Remember that as far as fresh produce goes, this is the leanest part of the season as we get out of winter and into spring - it's a juggling act in the greenhouses1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 22 & 23, 2024
Friends,
Good news!... the tomato seedlings are up in the trays and I will be transplanting them to pots tomorrow and in 3 weeks they go into the ground in greenhouse 4 up on the hill behind the barn.
Cucumbers are next and the peppers and eggplants are germinating as I write this! Yaaay.
And1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 15 & 16 2024
Friends
It's snowing here now. The lettuce has never been better... And I added more chicken and pork chops to the meat choices.
Thanks,
Mike read more »
Farm Happenings for March 8 & 9, 2024
Friends
It's hard to sit here and write about farm happenings when it is clearly one of the greatest day to day reversals of weather seen in these parts.
Yesterday I came home from market with wet, slightly frozen feet and today I'm under-tanning my neck on the hill behind the barn...a la Paulie Wa1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 1 & 2, 2024
Friends,
Couple of quick things here:
Remember to bring your boxes and cleaned milk bottles back to your drop points. Here's a quick video on how to unfold your boxes so we can use them again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHJMu-o5Zdg&t=5s
CSA will be on hold the last week of March - I am tak1 read more »
Farm Happenings for February 23 & 24, 2024
Friends
Looks like we are headed to spring after this weekend. I hope you all are able to enjoy the long weekend.
This week looks like last week for produce but I've added beautiful green lettuce heads along with red tatsoi bunches and large heads of escarole.
Also adding frozen pint bags (ziplocks1 read more »
About the farm
Earth Spring Farm is a sustainable, chemical-free, Non-GMO family farm in Carlisle, PA. Our flexible and customizable CSA serves Central PA, and the D.C. region with convenient weekly pickups, and a wide variety of locally made products like pastured non-GMO eggs, bread, grassfed dairy and meat, farmstead cheese, and more. We specialize in cultivating healthy soil, growing a wide variety of fruits and vegetables naturally, and delivering the best quality produce for you and your family.
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