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Farm Happenings at Springdale Farm
Farm Happenings for November 15, 2019
WRAPPING UP THE SEASON
The season now comes to an end; thanks for sharing it with us! (Actually the Thanksgiving and Storage shares are still forthcoming!)
Try our salsa and pickled beets, or the (frozen) cider pressed from Dave Bohnhoff's unique mix of apples, all available from the o1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 13, 2019
Last week's lettuce mix prior to picking (from greenhouse)
EARLY E-MAIL THIS TIME!
Wanting to spend the weekend in New Orleans celebrating our son Jim's marriage to Hilary Kane, we are sending you this week's e-mail several days earlier than usual. For those of you who know Jim, you ca1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 8, 2019
FINAL OUTDOOR PLANTING
Here we are planting garlic (that will eventually be harvested in 2020); usually we can do it without having to shovel the snow off the field first! But the garlic has to be planted in the fall, since spring planted garlic does not result in decent-sized bulbs in Wiscon1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 6, 2019
FINAL OUTDOOR PLANTING
Here we are planting garlic (that will eventually be harvested in 2020); usually we can do it without having to shovel the snow off the field first! But the garlic has to be planted in the fall, since spring planted garlic does not result in decent-sized bulbs in Wiscon1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 31/November 1, 2019
Picking potatoes before the next rain.
NON-STOP HARVESTING
We use these last days of October to get as much out of the ground and fields as we can! Potatoes is the crop that we have the most acreage in, but also plenty of beets, and some carrots, and turnips, and leeks, and some br1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 30, 2019
Picking potatoes before the next rain.
NON-STOP HARVESTING
We use these last days of October to get as much out of the ground and fields as we can! Potatoes is the crop that we have the most acreage in, but also plenty of beets, and some carrots, and turnips, and leeks, and some brusse1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 25, 2019
Picking kale at the Farm Day.
REMAINING SCHEDULE
This is a reminder that there are four deliveries left for the season -- the weeks of October 21st, October 28th, November 4th, and November 11th. (Of course, for every-other-week shares you will be picking up on two of those weeks.1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 23, 2019
Picking kale at the Farm Day.
REMAINING SCHEDULE
This is a reminder that there are four deliveries left for the season -- the weeks of October 21st, October 28th, November 4th, and November 11th. (Of course, for every-other-week shares you will be picking up on two of those weeks.1 read more »
Farm happenings for October 18th
Here we are transplanting some greens into a hoophouse (that recently had tomatoes in it). This spinach and lettuce will hopefully be ready in 5-6 weeks, in time perhaps for one of the last deliveries of the season. We like to transplant them because they get off to a faster start than1 read more »
About the farm
Springdale Farm started out as a CSA in 1988, and now supplies approximately 1200 CSA members, spanning several counties in southeast Wisconsin, with its organic produce. The farm is able to extend its short Wisconsin growing season with the help of over an acre of greenhouses.
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