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Farm Happenings at Springdale Farm

Farm happenings for August 20, 2021

Posted on August 17th, 2021
This week's offerings:  New vegetables this week are eggplant, and a frying pepper. Double eggs for egg-orderers: The Miller Farm has a bunch of new chickens, and so we are getting some of their pullet eggs.  Since the eggs are somewhat smaller, we are putting into your tote twice t1 read more »

Farm Happenings for August 18, 2021

Posted on August 14th, 2021
Part of the packing crew inhabiting the basement of our barn, here pint-ing up the cherry tomatoes!    This week's offerings:  New vegetables this week are eggplant, sweet banana peppers, and many will be getting the flat dragon-tongue beans as well.  There will probably be some1 read more »

Farm Happenings for 8/13/21

Posted on August 10th, 2021
Granddaughters Zoe and Reyes Handziak helping with the onion harvest This week's offerings:  New this week are some new potatoes, and the first ears of sweet corn.  The potatoes are not nearly finished growing, but it's fun to start the harvest a little early to get the new potatoes. 1 read more »

Farm Happenings for August 11, 2021

Posted on August 8th, 2021
Granddaughters Zoe and Reyes Handziak helping with the onion harvest This week's offerings:  New this week is a yellow watermelon, some new potatoes, and the first ears of sweet corn.  The potatoes are not nearly finished growing, but it's fun to start the harvest a little early to get th1 read more »

Farm Happenings for August 6, 2021

Posted on August 3rd, 2021
Bernadette checking out the bed of Chinese cabbages, just starting to form heads! This week's offerings:  Sweet corn not quite ready; should be some next week!  Thought that celery would be done, but still had some; definitely the last till fall!  Lots of cucumbers; two plantings ove1 read more »

Farm Happenings for August 4, 2021

Posted on August 1st, 2021
Bernadette checking out the bed of Chinese cabbages, just starting to form heads! This week's offerings:  Sweet corn not quite ready; should be some next week!  Thought that celery would be done, but still had some; definitely the last till fall!  Lots of cucumbers; two plantings ove1 read more »

Farm Happenings for July 30, 2021

Posted on July 27th, 2021
This week's offerings:  Hot days here again, speeding up some crops (like the cucumbers, as in picture!), though water getting to be limiting factor for others.  (Fortunately, all greenhouse crops are easily irrigated, like the tomatoes and basil!)  Lettuce and salad mix are not as d1 read more »

Farm Happenings for July 28, 2021

Posted on July 24th, 2021
Peter keeping the cukes growing straight up This week's offerings:  Hot days here again, speeding up some crops (like the cucumbers, as in picture!), though water getting to be limiting factor for others.  (Fortunately, all greenhouse crops are easily irrigated, like the tomatoes and basi1 read more »

Farm Happenings for July 23, 2021

Posted on July 20th, 2021
A crew trimming the garlic plants down to plain bulbs without roots and stem! This week's offerings: New vegetables include onions (this week white ones!), red cabbage, and carrots, (to go along with 10 other items).  As usual, what any one tote includes depends on what size share it would be1 read more »