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Farm Happenings at Rare Earth Farm
Farm Happenings for August 20, 2020
Tomato harvest is on the rise. The cherry tomatoes are ripening and we've been picking steady. The slicing tomatoes are starting to blush but it's most likely going to be a couple more weeks before picking those begin. Also this week we harvested garlic. It's going to be another week or two to dry1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 13, 2020
This week we began harvesting the first of our onions. All the different onion varieties seeded back in March are now telling us its time to get them out of the field and into our drying building. There's still a considerable amount of work left to collect, bring them inside, clean them up, and the1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 6, 2020
It's August and tomatoes are finally starting to ripen. At the time of authoring this edition of Happenings we just made our first sweep through the field for gold cherry tomatoes. Not getting quite as much as we'll need for the week we'll scour through the field again in a few days. So1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 30, 2020
Our garlic will be harvested soon but first removing the curly seed stem shown in this weeks feature image helps to size up the bulb that's still underground. This part of the garlic plant which is typically removed is called the "scape". While we're waiting to harvest the bulb the scape can be use1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 23, 2020
Weeds galore! One of the hardest tasks on the farm is weeding. It seems most people have a hard time putting themselves into the right state of mind enabling them to endure through this arduous but essential undertaking. What cultivating with our machinery can't catch the rest has to be done by han1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 16, 2020
Planting mid season peppers in greenhouse read more »
Farm Happenings for July 9, 2020
This weeks feature photo was taken during the spreading of straw mulch over a bed of young pickling cucumbers. Where and whenever possible mulch is spread over planted areas to control weeds, hold moisture, and to preserve and maintain a healthy population of microbial life in the soil. Simple trut1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 2, 2020
Hope you enjoyed the Fava beans. We're putting more in this week. Caught this bumble bee on a Fava bean flower. Thanks to these great pollinators we have plenty of fava beans. Bumble bees globally are in decline and are threatened to extinction by agricultural pesticides, climate change, disease, a1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 25, 2020
Wow! What an incredible time of the year! Long daylight hours, warm temperatures, and loaded with plenty of fresh food to eat. Something we can only dream about during some of the darkest and coldest times of the year. Let's all immerse and indulge ourselves right now in the variety of fresh foods1 read more »
About the farm
20 acre vegetable farm located in northern Ozaukee county serving local community members through our CSA program, online webstore, and to local area restaurants. Although our farm is not "certified organic" all techniques and the materials we use are in compliance with USDA's NOP (National Organic Program).
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