Farm Happenings at Zilnicki Farms
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Farm Happenings at Zilnicki Farms

Farm Happenings for May 2, 2023

Posted on April 28th, 2023
Can you believe May is this coming week?  We finished planting our 50 acres of potatoes tonight, just in time for some weekend rain.  Its been a grind, but we pushed through and move on to the next process with the potatoes which is clean and repair equipment, and start cultivation on the1 read more »

Farm Happenings for April 25, 2023

Posted on April 21st, 2023
Another week is in the books on the farm and we are about 3/4th of the way done with our potato planting.  I will tell you this, this is the driest April plowing I have ever done.  I know mother nature evens out but man its dry.   Sorry for the confusion last weekend about the d1 read more »

Farm Happenings for April 18, 2023

Posted on April 14th, 2023
I hope you enjoyed summer this week, it was a nice glimpse into Summer.  We started planting potatoes this week and my John Deere tractor cab doesn't have air conditioning and it felt like a sauna. We planted 5 acres of red potatoes, 3 acres of white potatoes and 3 acres of russet potatoes.&nb1 read more »

Farm Happenings for April 11, 2023

Posted on April 7th, 2023
Happy Easter to you and your families.  We have some exciting news!  Farmer Jackie and her husband Will welcomed a beautiful, healthy baby boy this week! Baby and mama are happy and healthy and now getting acclimated to the new world. We are in the process of updating the Harvie software1 read more »

Farm Happenings for April 4, 2023

Posted on March 31st, 2023
March is done and April is here!  April is the real month things start cranking on our farms as the days get warmer and longer.  Our greenhouses are also filling up with plant starts, and nice sunny days it gets up to 80 to 90 degrees, and we imagine we are in Florida.   Our kale is1 read more »

Farm Happenings for March 28, 2023

Posted on March 24th, 2023
The last week of March is upon us and we can all feel that itch that spring is right around the corner.  Farmers have started to head to the fields to do some early season prep work.  We have been busy spreading compost and manure on our fields to help build our soils back up.  We ha1 read more »

Farm Happenings for March 21, 2023

Posted on March 17th, 2023
Happy St. Patricks day to you!  My mom's mom was 100% and her grandparents were potato farmers in Ireland and settled in Calverton and continued the potato farming tradition here, so the Irish heritage is held close to the heart here.  Although my wife informed me St. Patrick may actually1 read more »

Farm Happenings for March 14, 2023

Posted on March 10th, 2023
Spring cleaning is in full effect on the farm.  Nice weather has allowed us to clean our farm yard a bit as 50 years of debris may have been accumulated.  Also, we are busy fixing tractors, old truck engines, old conveyors that may be 80 years old.  A little TLC and they are back to1 read more »

Farm Happenings for March 7, 2023

Posted on March 3rd, 2023
And we are back, woooo! (Ric Flair voice)  Boy have we missed you guys!  It has been an emotional winter for us but we need a sense of stability and our CSA is the answer for us.  We are excited to get the ball rolling and excited for the new partners this year.  The biggest ach1 read more »