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Farm Happenings at Root 5 Farm
Winter Salads
After a spate of indulgent food (especially during the holidays!), we're usually craving fresher things to eat. That's why we're super excited about this weeks selection of winter greens for your CSA boxes. We've got kohlrabi, frisee, cabbage, spinach, kale, radicchio, and lettuce mix to choose fro1 read more »
Mighty Spinach
Remember how Popeye consumed spinach and instantly developed bulging arm muscles, superhuman strength and energy? Popeye knew what he was doing. Spinach is a nutritional powerhouse rich in antioxidants, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K, magnesium, folate, iron, vitamin B2, calcium, potass1 read more »
Clean Up Time!
Mid November is clean up time around the farm. After the frost we move systematically through each field putting everything to bed for the winter. We mowed the asparagus fronds, spread compost on the beds, and then a nice thick layer of straw mulch to keep this crop weed free next season.
We1 read more »
Giving Thanks
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
It turns what we have into enough, and more.
It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.
It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
It turns problems into gifts, failures into successes, the1 read more »
Clean Up Time!
Mid November is clean up time around the farm. After the frost it's time to move systematically through each field putting everything to bed for the winter. We mowed the asparagus fronds, spread compost on the beds, and then a nice thick layer of straw mulch to keep this crop weed free next season.1 read more »
YES-vember!
We give ourselves a generous snack budget during this cold, dark month. Needing the extra fuel to keep going and stay warm. Cider donuts, cookies, or Ben's famous popovers are a welcome mid-morning treat. The coffee is flowing steadily at a rate of two pots per day for our crew. Doing our best to e1 read more »
Welcoming Winter
Frost is in the forecast so we dress in many layers, warm our hands with mugs of coffee, and hustle to harvest the last of the field greens before the ground freezes. October 31st marks the midpoint between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice, when the ancient Celts celebrated the end of the harvest1 read more »
Sunshine and Smiles
The time has come- we've reached the final week of our Summer/Fall CSA Shares! If you're joining us for Winter Shares, we’ll see you next week. But for some of you, we know this is maybe goodbye for now. We're grateful that you chose Root 5 Farm for your weekly source of fresh food. We hope y1 read more »
Putting the "root" in Root 5 Farm
It's bulk carrot harvest time on the farm! Carrots thrive in the cooler, shorter days of late fall. Every October we harvest and wash about 10,000 lbs of these orange beauties and we store them in our root cellar for Winter and Spring CSA Shares. It's a huge task, and it seems daunting at first, bu1 read more »
About the farm
Root 5 Farm is a certified organic vegetable farm located on 38 acres in Fairlee, Vermont, along the Connecticut River. The fertile river bottom soils provide a rich environment for growing over 100 different varieties of vegetables and herbs.
The farm has been certified organic by Vermont Organic Farmers (VOF) since 2006. We are dedicated to growing practices that use a holistic approach to soil fertility, pest control and plant and animal health. We build our soil through crop rotation and cover cropping. We're committed to a healthy workplace, environment, and community, and our products are infused with that attention. You’ll taste the difference!
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The farm has been certified organic by Vermont Organic Farmers (VOF) since 2006. We are dedicated to growing practices that use a holistic approach to soil fertility, pest control and plant and animal health. We build our soil through crop rotation and cover cropping. We're committed to a healthy workplace, environment, and community, and our products are infused with that attention. You’ll taste the difference!