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Farm Happenings at Hawkins Family Farm
Farm Happenings for November 9, 2023
Okay, so winter took a bit of a shot at us this week.
Following a week of warm fall bliss, good old Indiana weather turned around with a gesture that was met with a lot of mixed approval. Snow! Snow in October! You’ve heard about farm chores in the rain, residual wildfire smoke, and ext1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 2, 2023
It’s still spook-tober!!
I mean, have you seen the pie pumpkins that are available? Nothing says Spooky-Fall-Tober like purchasing a pumpkin from a farm share that you plan on eating! Fresh thyme and rosemary. Sweet potatoes and shallots. Apples, garlic, and all sorts of squash (not a bad com1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 26, 2023
Anyone else feeling the fall spooks?
It’s fall-tober, folks. Few of us can deny it. The rate of leaves changing is steadily picking up pace. Rainy days have gone from sweet moments of temporary relief to long stretches of dodging puddles at the risk of turning fresh warm socks into soggy wet1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 19, 2023
We’re actually doing it!
It’s all Octobered out out here. Leaves are dipping into their choice of color. Barns are sprinkled along the side of State Road 114, looking good amongst the shift of old corn stalks and trimmed soybeans. Brown, yellow, green, and a big block of red benea1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 12, 2023
It was a warm breeze with orange autumn skies this week.
We experienced weather that did a good job of knocking words like “better” or “best” right out of my system, because who can predict higher temperatures like the mid-80s when October should be steadily bringing d1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 5, 2023
Hello, and good morning!
Rolling up to Hawkins Farm this week has been a real treat. The final stretch of September has been nothing but fair from a weather standpoint, with days marked with morning fog, gentle winds, dew drops that wet your boots straight away, and a temperature tempting you to sw1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 28, 2023
There’s still a lot of it!
The second half of the main CSA season is well underway. Aside from overwintering crops like garlic and onions, and a few more successions of greens, we have all of this year's seed in the ground. September is calm and cool, providing the best weather we’ve ha1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 21, 2023
Things just keep on moving around over here at Hawkins Farm!
We’ve been at it for what feels like quite a while this season! It’s great to have been working alongside such a tiny crew of farmers all the while, because we really know what to expect from each other as the season continues1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 14, 2023
Hi all! Farmer Jeff here with a report from the pastures of Hawkins Farm. Our flock of Thanksgiving turkeys is here!
When the weather changes so that it feels unmistakably like autumn, Hawkins Family Farm starts getting orders for Thanksgiving turkeys. In past years, to get a Hawkins Farm tu1 read more »
About the farm
Hawkins Family Farm is a fourth-generation farm in Wabash County, Indiana. We raise grains, livestock, and vegetables in rotation, using the health and wholeness of soils, waters, plants, animals, and people as our standard—whole farm agriculture at the confluence of nature and culture.
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