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Farm Happenings at Kilt Farm
The turning of a season
In the farming world, the doorway to fall is not the kids going back to school and the leaves changing. It's the harvest of melons, winter squash and red bell peppers. This week we started harvesting the melons and winter squash with the red peppers hopefully right around the corner. Parts of the f1 read more »
Late August Magic
Here we find ourselves in late August and the farm is producing like gangbusters. We are running at full steam ahead to keep up with the work of the farm. On any day of the week we are harvesting, washing, packing, weeding, seeding and looking forward to the next thing.
It has been an amazing1 read more »
Moving into a new phase of the year.
Each week brings new challenges, new learning and new experiences on a farm. Farming in Boulder County brings some unique challenges such as trying to staff a farm in an area with such a high cost of living. Farms are not naturally places where living wages are the norm but in Boulder County Colora1 read more »
Melons and Garlic, oh my!
It is August on the farm and we are in full flow mode. Sometimes we are running as fast as we can to get the food out of the field, cleaned and ready to go. Other times we are planning and triaging the long to-do list. The one thing's for sure; we are always moving.
This week we are excited t1 read more »
The flow of summer crops is upon us.
Hello and welcome to August. This is an exciting time on the farm as all of our hard work of the season starts to bear fruit, literally. Our fields are full of carbon sequestering plants that are heavy with fruit. This runs the gamut from summer squashes to watermelons, peppers, eggplants and winte1 read more »
The big Harvests are coming in
Here at the end of July we are bringing in the big harvests.
We have brought in our hard neck garlics, soft neck garlics and shallots. This week we are also getting into our next succession of carrots with the bolero and the deep purple. Before you know it we will be knee deep in cucum1 read more »
Here come the summer crops.
Holy hot days here in Boulder County. I hope you have been able to stay cool through all of this heat. We have been starting at sunrise this week to be able to harvest our crops and do our work before the heat becomes almost unbearable and unsafe in the fields. The picture above is Adrienne, our ha1 read more »
Organic Cherries in the house!
Beautiful Organic Cherries
Happy Sunday. I hope your weekend has been wonderful and restful.
Just a quick reminder that we have Ela Family Farms Organic Cherries available to add to your share this week. 1.5 pounds of sweet cherries for $9.
Please go to Purchase Extras to add any o1 read more »
Fruit and Farm Events, Oh My!
Here we are at the middle of July. Isn't Colorado down right stunning right now? We have been reveling in the sun, storms, beautiful blue skies, green hills and fields full of delicious food. Being surrounded by ever growing abundance is like wind under our wings. There has been so much work put in1 read more »
About the farm
Kilt Farm is a certified organic farm on 48 acres of Boulder County Open Space growing over 60 different varieties of nutrient dense vegetables. We pride ourselves in building holistic soil health to grow vibrant plants and produce for our community.
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