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Farm Happenings at Zilnicki Farms
Farm Happenings for July 23, 2024
Another week of real deal summer is in the books. The heat is fine, but the humidity is no joke and glad it has come down a little, as it takes a toll after so many days. The world continues to get weirder and the sad part is, I have the feeling we haven't seen anything yet. 1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 16, 2024
Another solid week on the farm full of irrigation, fixing old equipment, and lots of sweating. But don't worry, the heat and humidity help us knock off those winter LBS we put on. Reminder to all my gardeners, yes your plants need lots of water during these hot summer days, but they als1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 9, 2024
I hope you had a great 4th of July. I defiantly thought yesterday was Monday and was all jammed up realizing I didn't send you the CSA inventory for this coming Tuesday! We are so happy to be in summer vegetable season as sweet corn and vegetables start to show off their true summer flavors. 1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 2, 2024
The end of June is here and 4th of July is almost here! Make sure you load up on the essentials this week like fresh veggies, and ground beef for burgers and grilling! This week on the farm has been filled with wrapping up the hay crop, watering the potatoes and a lot of fixing of equip1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 25, 2024
Well Summer came in with some authority this week. I absolutely love this time of the year when the days are long, and the never-ending chore list keeps growing.
But, if your looking for something to do this Saturday, our neighbor farmers at 1760 Homestead Farm is hosting a dinner. 1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 18, 2024
Sorry I didn't get this email to you last night but I didn't come in off the fields until after 7, trying to beat the rain. What a perfect, timely rain for us as we go into a 10 day dry spell. We can't thank GOD enough for rains like this in peak growing season. In eastern Idaho t1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 11, 2024
Another week is in the books on the farm and what an absolute beautiful week. The front end of the week consisted of lots of hay and straw work and cultivation of our potatoes. This was followed up with a perfect rain yesterday that was greatly appreciated. Follow that up with war1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 4, 2024
June is here and it feels like summer! We've been getting some timely rains on the farm, but it is now time for sunny weather. The potatoes thrive in these growing conditions and most of the fields look great. We have been busy cutting hay and straw, and even though the rain messe1 read more »
Farm Happenings for May 28, 2024
Can you believe it is Memorial Day Weekend already? We picked u a few inches of rain this week from those morning thunderstorms, which delayed our hay production. But, with a day of 80 degrees the plants are thriving and the hay and straw is drying out nicely.
Side note, Farmer Jackie'1 read more »