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Farm Happenings at Mad Radish Farm
Onion Harvest and Tomato Season Update
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The new customization windows will be as follows, as we've been delayed sending the farm notes out each time.
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY -- CSA email goes out Saturday evening OR Sunday morning, customization ends on Monday at 12 noon.
SATURDAY -- CSA email goes out Wednesday1 read more »
Onion Harvest and Tomato Season Update
We're writing with some unfortunate news today - we will see an early end to our tomato crop due to early blight which we suspect is due to lack of rain and stressed plants. If you're looking to put tomatoes away for the winter, this is the time! I like freezing them whole in bags and processi1 read more »
The Summer Slump
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**Note for late week....due to my very delayed email sending, I'm extending the customization window to Thursday at 11:59 am. You'll receive a reminder email four hours before the window closes. **
Summer has a way of humbling me every season. The ambition is high in March; we1 read more »
The Summer Slump
Summer has a way of humbling me every season. The ambition is high in March; we have big plans to grow ALL OF THE THINGS. (I'm definitely blaming seed catalogs here.) But now, as August rolls in, spring's excitement has long worn off, we're hot and exhausted, and there's still a huge list of things1 read more »
Preserving the harvest
It's the point in the season that I'm always itching to get some of summer's bounty in the freezer. Canning isn't a real option for us from a time commitment perspective; I feel fortunate when I get a few bags of tomatoes and peppers in the freezer for winter chili.
But if you're able to make a lit1 read more »
Summer's here now!
Summer is definitely here now! As all the heat-loving produce starts to roll in, we're hot and tired while prepping and planting for fall plants...but this is what we've worked all spring for, so it's full steam ahead now. I always remind myself that we can sleep in December when it's dark for most1 read more »
Rain, we need you!
As I write this, rain is coming down steadily, but it doesn't look like it'll be enough to really soak our bone dry soil. The field is SO dry right now that pretty much everything is desperate for a drink. We're irrigating constantly but our system can't keep up with the water demands of everything1 read more »
C'mon tomatoes...
We've had lots of questions about when tomatoes will show up in CSA shares / at market. The cold spring delayed most every crop in the field, and tomatoes were no exception. We would expect to be harvesting cherry tomatoes by now, but they're just now beginning to ripen. We expect to finally be pic1 read more »
Welcome William!
This holiday weekend we're celebrating the arrival of our second son, William Oliver Reardon! He came fast and furious into the world at 6:38 pm on Friday 7/1 after not quite 4 hours of labor. We're over the moon about this sweet addition to our family!
We also want to thank you in advance for your1 read more »
About the farm
Mad Radish is a small diversified farm in Dover PA. We raise organically-grown produce for our CSA, markets and farm store. Our mission is to grow nutritious food for our community while managing the land for soil health, plant vitality, and species diversity. To support this mission, we also raise pastured eggs and chicken. We plan to expand to lamb and beef in coming years.
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