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Farm Happenings at Millsap Farms
Farm Happenings for November 12, 2021
Hi! We are busy taking care of the time fall offers us this week! We are strip-harvesting storage crops, planting overwintering onions (lots of them!) and re-skinning the High Tunnel. Diakons and turnips are crops we can harvest and store in the cooler for many months without deminshing1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 5, 2021
Hi CSA Friends! We are preparing for the first killing frost this week! We've harvested some veggies to store in the coolers and covered other plants with row cover to keep them extra protected from the freeze. We have a couple days of cooling down - which is what we like to see as farm1 read more »
Welcome to fall extended CSA shares 2021
Welcome to the Millsap Farms Fall CSA share. If you're new to the CSA, welcome, and thanks for joining us this fall for some fabulous fall bounty. If you're continuing from the summer share, there's a couple of key differences you need to be aware of.
1. All on-farm pickups1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 19, 2021
Welcome to the final week of the main season CSA. If you are not signed up for the extended season share, this will be your final delivery of 2021. If you are signed up for the extended season, your share will continue on Friday the 29th, and Saturday the 30th.
As we wind d1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 12, 2021
We use a lot of compost on the farm; for the past several of years we have used something in the realm of 500 cubic yards/year!!! We use it to improve the texture and condition of our soil, which allows it to hold water and nutrients better, providing a better environment for our plants. Addi1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 5, 2021
Welcome to week 22 of the 2021 Main Season Share. This means that including this week, there are only three deliveries left in the main season, and then we transition to the extended fall season. If you haven't received an auto-renew email, then you are not signed up for a fall share.&n1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 1, 2021
Important; We had to postpone the auto-renew until Thursday, due to several technical issues. We currently plan to autorenew on Thursday, with charges being finalized on Monday. Sorry for any difficulty this may cause you, it was not what I had planned, but that's technology for y1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 28, 2021
Important; We had to postpone the auto-renew until Monday, due to several technical issues. We currently plan to autorenew on Monday, with charges being finalized on Thursday. Sorry for any difficulty this may cause you, it was not what I had planned, but that's technology for you1 read more »
About the farm
Millsap Farms is a first generation family farm, located just 4 miles north of Springfield Missouri. Curtis and Sarah Millsap, along with their 10 children, farm manager Kimby, and a few interns, apprentices, and volunteers, grow 2 acres of vegetables year-round on their 20 acre farm. They grow a wide variety of vegetables, using organic techniques, never using synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers, and focussing on the health of the soil. The Millsaps have been farming full-time for 17 years, and have a serious long-term commitment to their community to provide high quality produce and a welcoming farm.
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