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Farm Happenings at Pleasant Hill Produce
Farm Happening
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving this year! With Covid, we cancelled our orginal plans and had Thanksgiving with just our family of four for the first time. It was actually very nice to have a 'slower-paced' day than we are used to having during holidays, but did miss seeing family. There is a lot1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 18, 2020
Greetings from the Farm! This is the first week of the extended season are we are very excited to keep providing you local food during the cold months. We have a few new items on the menu this week including local potatoes and celery! Celery takes a very long time to grow. We planted seeds in March1 read more »
Last week of Main Season
Wow, the weather had been beautiful this week! Nice to have a last burst of warm sunlight before winter settles in. This is the last week of the Main Season CSA. Thank you very much for supporting us with your membership. We trust you have enjoyed your experience with us over the past 25 weeks and1 read more »
First Frost
We had our first frost on Friday. To get ready for this, we harvested all of the warm season crops including peppers and eggplant. The fall/winter crops actually benefit from a frost and become sweeter in flavor! We also drained our irrigation lines and pumps. This week we are removing tomato stake1 read more »
First Frost
We had our first frost on Friday. To get ready for this, we harvested all of the warm season crops including peppers and eggplant. The fall/winter crops actually benefit from a frost and become sweeter in flavor! We also drained our irrigation lines and pumps. This week we are removing tomato stake1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 31, 2020
Greetings from the Farm!
It's garlic planting time at the NEW farm. We are working to get the 2021 garlic crop planted this week. Each clove of a bulb is used as the 'seed' that will grow into a garlic plant. We hand plant them into a plastic mulch late fall, they sprout, and then go dormant during1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 28, 2020
Greetings from the Farm!
It's garlic planting time at the NEW farm. We are working to get the 2021 garlic crop planted this week. Each clove of a bulb is used as the 'seed' that will grow into a garlic plant. We hand plant them into a plastic mulch late fall, they sprout, and then go dormant during1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 24, 2020
It’s hard to believe, but the main farming season is almost over. The last days of the main season are Nov. 11th (Wed.) or Nov. 14th (Sat.). Not to worry, the EXTENDED SEASON will keep you going and starts the week after the main season on Nov. 18th or 21st. Your support means the world to us1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 14, 2020
We are very grateful for the RAIN!!! This years drought has been the worst we have had since we started farming 7 years ago. It not only effects growth of the crops, but causes other issues such as not being able to work soil. This soaking rain will allow us to till the soil at the new farm and get1 read more »