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Farm Happenings at Potomac Vegetable Farms
Autumn Week 8: November is So Predictable
While October was record-setting in its warmth and beauty, November arrived as it always does: cool and damp and dreary. It changes the mood instantly. Working outside is not nearly as fun. It is so good that we got all the sweet potatoes out of the ground before it got cold and we got almost all t1 read more »
Autumn Week 7: The Dwindling To-Do List
Farm Notes is online! Communities and families and businesses and countries all have rituals and traditions, routines and systems--that’s what helps to form our identity as a group and what helps us to get the work done without making up new methods each time. Our farm has many work-related r1 read more »
Autumn Week 6: Crispy Weather At Last!
This is the final week of flower shares! Enjoy the last of those beautiful blooms!
Often, this is when we expect the first frost. A full moon, clear skies, cool days, chilly nights... it could come at any time. Now that there are weather apps that give you detailed predictions for every little thi1 read more »
Autumn Week 5: Planting Next Year's Alliums
Farm Notes is online! In addition to our regular CSA customers and farmers market patrons and the folks who shop at our stands, we have many ways to get our vegetables into nearby communities that don’t have access to fresh produce. We are glad there are so many volunteers out there, wil1 read more »
Autumn Week 4: Storing Vegetables
Just as you have the challenge of fitting all your vegetables into your refrigerator, or finding the right container to stash your garlic and onions, we have the same challenges on a bigger scale. When we first harvested the onions, we dried them in front of fans and then we stacked them (with the1 read more »
Autumn Week 3: Get Ready for A Steady Diet of Sweet Potatoes!
A new Farm Notes is online! Welcome to the abundance of autumn!
We told you last week about the first bed of sweet potatoes that we dug on September 13. We were testing to see if they were ready, and how many there were. They looked great, and there were lots. Just yesterday we dug up the 12t1 read more »
Autumn Week 2: Farewell to Tomatoes, Welcome Back Greens!
If we don't go and look at the fields every day, the greens grow big when we aren't looking. Just today we saw that the seeds that went into the ground about three weeks ago have now turned into Wasabi mustard greens and purple radishes and pretty soon there will be flowers on the tops of the Chine1 read more »
Autumn Week 1: Fall Arrives, Right on Time
Farm Notes is online! This week we're talking about the animals on the farm.
Welcome to the Autumn CSA! To all of you--whether continuing on from summer or starting new this fall--thank you for joining us! We are so happy to have you!
Here are some of the early signs of fall on the farm:We dug the1 read more »
Week 16 -- The Last Week of Summer Shares
This is the last week of your summer shares! If you have joined the autumn season, it starts next week without pause. If you are ending your season with us now, THANK YOU! We are so pleased with how smoothly the season went and hope that you enjoyed it as much as we did! If you are not sure if you1 read more »
About the farm
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Our farm has been in operation since 1962 and is owned and managed by three women farmers (with lots of help). We have two farms in Northern Virginia -- the hub is in Fairfax County and the larger production farm is in Loudoun County. We grow our vegetables ecoganically (focusing on soil health, human health and long term sustainability) and sell them at seven farmers markets, our two roadside stands, and through the CSA.
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Our farm has been in operation since 1962 and is owned and managed by three women farmers (with lots of help). We have two farms in Northern Virginia -- the hub is in Fairfax County and the larger production farm is in Loudoun County. We grow our vegetables ecoganically (focusing on soil health, human health and long term sustainability) and sell them at seven farmers markets, our two roadside stands, and through the CSA.