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Sign up for 2015! + Holiday Harvest order reminder

Monday morning farm news for all you fine folks: Have you signed up for our 2015 CSA yet? I’ve got a fun new development in this area: You can now sign up on our website! Pop over to this form … Continue reading

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Thanks for a fabulous 2014!

It’s here!!!!! This is the final week of our 2014 Vegetable CSA season. We still have two more opportunities for you to stock up on delicious seasonal veggies for your holiday events and winter eating (see “Holiday Harvest” info below), … Continue reading

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2015 season details!

Phew! What a weekend! I spent a lot of time on the computer, organizing and working through details for our 2015 season. Casey and I spent many hours in [often interrupted] conversation last week hammering out how exactly we’re going … Continue reading

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Change in the air

Saturday morning, we flipped to the next month on our calendar and then turned to build the season’s first fire (the latest we can remember!). Without a doubt, November puts us in the second half of fall and at the … Continue reading

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Finding fall

Ah, after a beautiful (and at times maddeningly) warm and dry early October, fall made its presence known on the farm this last week. Last Wednesday was the wettest day of the year with two inches of precipitation falling here. … Continue reading

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How to avoid GM foods now

In our upcoming mid-term election, citizens here in Oregon are being asked to vote on Measure 92, which if passed would require the labeling of genetically modified foods sold here in Oregon. A similar measure is on the ballot in … Continue reading

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Picking corn & other news

In spite of the return of our morning mists, this week mostly just felt like a post-script from summer. Oh, the dry and the warmth have continued! Casey keeps telling me about summer crops in the field that are putting … Continue reading

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Calling all cooks!

Dearest Oakhill CSA members, both past and present — If you haven’t read the news on our blog yet, 2015 is our tenth season as a CSA farm here in Yamhill County! Where does the time go? To celebrate, I … Continue reading

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Hot October

Most weeks, I sit down to write our newsletter with a head full of ideas. This week, I mostly just feel hot, which feels like a big fogginess instead of clarity in that place where my ideas come from. What … Continue reading

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Sweeping our floor

Ours is a dirty house. Sweep as many times as I may, it’s never enough. Not with two doors that lead directly to the outside, where an entire farm rises up, full of adventure, food and dirt. Toddler and preschooler … Continue reading

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