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Farm Happenings at Trumpeter Swan Farm
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Winter Season, Week 38&39, Delivery February 22 thru February 24
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Winter Season, Week 38&39, Delivery February 22 thru February 24
---- Seed Shack Planting ----
We planted green onions and radishes out in our seed shack this weekend. The green onions are normally harvested starting July until the end of the growing season. These1 read more »
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Winter Season, Week 36&37, Delivery February 8 thru February 10
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Winter Season, Week 36&37, Delivery February 8 thru February 10
---- Vacation Time ----
Ian and Angie are on a well-deserved vacation break, leaving Phil and Kathy to hold down the fort. We will do our best to get it right. Don't hesitate to point out any mistakes1 read more »
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Winter Season, Week 34&35, Delivery January 25 thru January 27
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Winter Season, Week 34&35, Delivery January 25 thru January 27
---- Indoor Activities ----
Surprise, surprise it's still cold outside. So, these last two weeks we really focused on indoor work. We did some winter organization inside our processing build: storing b1 read more »
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Winter Season, Week 32&33, Delivery January 11 thru January 13
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Winter Season, Week 32&33, Delivery January 11 thru January 13
---- Handling the Cold ----
As we keep working on being a year-round CSA, this January cold snap gives us a chance to see how we handle cold. The Chicken Barn has been doing fine. We finished insulatin1 read more »
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Winter Season, Week 30&31, Delivery December 28 thru December 30
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Winter Season, Week 30&31, Delivery December 28 thru December 30
---- Sunchokes ----
We will feature Sunchokes (Jerusalem Artichokes) this time. A member of the sunflower family, with pretty flowers, and edible tuberous roots. Wash well, no need to peel, just brea1 read more »
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Winter Season, Week 28&29, Delivery December 14 thru December 16
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Winter Season, Week 28&29, Delivery December 14 thru December 16
---- Snow on Friday ----
Well, this last Friday we got about 5 inches of snow, so not that much. But it does means that it defiantly winter. Which means it's time to work on maintenance and R&D.1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 30, 2021
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Winter Season, Week 26&27, Delivery November 30 thru December 2
---- Hydroponics ----
We harvested Bok Choi and Green Onions out of our small hydroponic table this week. It is heated in there so we are hoping to keep it producing year-round, which would be amazing1 read more »
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Winter Season, Week 24&25, Delivery November 16 thru November 18
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Winter Season, Week 24&25, Delivery November 16 thru November 18
---- Winter Squash Sorting ----
Well we did our first sweep of winter squash this season checking for bad ones. We found quite a bit so something must of gone wrong with the curing process. But in an1 read more »
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Winter Season, Week 22&23, Delivery November 2 thru November 4
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Winter Season, Week 22&23, Delivery November 2 thru November 4
---- Hard Freeze ----
We will be experiencing are first hard freeze of the season in a few days. A hard freeze is different from a frost because when the temperatures drop down to 25 degrees it pretty1 read more »
About the farm
Phil and Kathy, along with our son Ian and other employees, farm 40 acres. We raise fruits and vegetables including asparagus, strawberries, rhubarb, summer squash, cucumbers, peas and beans, tomatoes and peppers, sweet corn, and winter squash. We also have brown eggs produced by our never caged, free range chickens. And honey produced by hives on our farm.
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