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Farm Happenings at Root 5 Farm
hot hot hot!
The heat has brought on some new crops- eggplant, green peppers, and summer squash are all sizing up now and they'll make an appearance in your CSA boxes this week. These are all great vegetables for the grill, so it'll be nice to cook outside during this heat wave.
We installed a pump on our new w1 read more »
Longest Day
We’ve reached the longest day of the year with an amazing 16 hours of daylight shining down on us. The plants respond in amazing ways to this light, everything is growing quickly now, and fruits are setting readily on our tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants. With a few hot days we should see som1 read more »
Weekly Seedings
Benner will seed twelve plantings of spinach throughout our growing season- he seeds one bed every other week. Did you know that some crops (such as spinach, lettuce, arugula, herbs, bok choy, radishes, turnips, and scallions) grow relatively quickly, and we seed them over and over again? Some1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 18, 2019
Benner will seed twelve plantings of spinach throughout our growing season- he seeds one bed every other week. Did you know that some crops (such as spinach, lettuce, herbs, bok choy, radishes, turnips, and scallions) grow relatively quickly, and we seed them over and over again? Some crops (s1 read more »
Growing before our eyes
Never a dull moment around here! We planted sweet potatoes, leeks, ginger, turmeric, and watermelons, and we're getting ready to plant brussels sprouts, broccolini, and our second round of summer squash. We trellised all of our cucumbers, tomatoes, and peppers, and we got our irrigation system up a1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 4, 2019
The first week of June has arrived and so we begin our Main Season CSA Shares. Welcome to our new members! We're so excited to bring you fresh, delicious organic vegetables from our fields over the next 26 weeks. Asparagus, rhubarb, salad greens, radishes, and fresh herbs are all thriving in this c1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 4, 2019
The first week of June has arrived and so we begin our Main Season CSA Shares. Welcome to our new members! We're so excited to bring you fresh, delicious organic vegetables from our fields over the next 26 weeks. Asparagus, rhubarb, salad greens, radishes, and fresh herbs are all thriving in this c1 read more »
Salad Season!
It's that time of year when leafy greens are so fresh and abundant. Cool spring time temperatures make our greens sweet, crisp, and so delicious. At the farm, we make a big green salad with dinner almost every night during the spring! This helps us feel so healthy after a long winter eating comfort1 read more »
Planting Time!
We hope you've enjoyed your first box of vegetables! It was a real pleasure to get back into the swing of harvesting and packing shares this week. Let us know how it's going. Have you tried a new recipe or tasted something new? We'd love to hear about it! This is week we've been focused on planting1 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!