2012 Season in Review
2012 Year in Review from farmer Scott
what to expect in your CSA share this week
what will be in the share this week (Monday 6/4) fennel head lettuce swiss chard radishes turnips summer squash coming soon but probably not Monday — basil and garlic scapes
Lessons from Sunflower Seeds and Shelling Peas
reposted from out sister blog — On the Lettuce Edge There is so much happening on the farm now, it is hard to find time to write about it. We are already into our fourth week of the CSA season, … Continued
Jug Bay CSA Has Room for You
Some people have been asking so I wanted to post here that we have space in the CSA. please come sign up here. And for more posts from the farm you can jump over to Tanya’s blog at www.thelettuceedge.com. This … Continued
Rain and Flooding Update
Finally, we are getting a chance to dry out after the flooding rains soaked our basement, flooded some of our fields and even toppled a few of our young apple trees whose roots had nothing firm to hold. Our problems … Continued
rain and flood update
As you know, we are in extremely wet and saturated conditions but we are not in the part of Upper Marlboro that is under water! So far, we are not seeing standing water in our fields but wer haven’t been … Continued
Eggplant, Basil and News
The eggplant really started to come in this week and we were happy to pick each pretty one. Besides them, we harvested basil, tomatoes, peppers and potatoes from our farm this week. The shares were topped off with a cucumber, … Continued
tomato time
We try to eat at least somewhat seasonally in our house, switching from fresh vegetables to frozen in the winter and following the fruit that is coming from Florida rather than further afield. Most of the year I skip over … Continued
farm update: lots of cucumbers
Well it was cucumber week for the CSA. Your shares included brown Poona Kheera Cucumbers which are named for a town in India, Armenian serpent cucumbers and regular green slicers. We grew the serpents and poonas on a small sandy, … Continued