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CSA season begins Tuesday!

The 2009 CSA season begins this upcoming Tuesday, February 3! Pick-up will be back at the YCAP food bank from 3:30-6:30. If you haven’t sent in your first payment, NOW is the time to do so! Check the packet of … Continue reading

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Big news! Hiring an intern in 2009!

Hey all you out there in Internet land — we’ve got big news! We’re branching out and hiring our first paid employee ever this year. We’re just beginning the process of hiring an intern. Exciting, scary, thrilling, etc. You can … Continue reading

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Updated website

I just updated the farm website for 2009. It includes current information about our CSA, the farm, etc. as well as a brand new gallery of 33 photos from 2008 (including many I never got around to sharing on the … Continue reading

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The mysterious case of the cock in the nighttime

Last night a really weird thing happened. We’re not sure what caused it — if anyone has any ideas, please let us know … I woke up around 1 am to loud bird sounds outside in the rain. At first … Continue reading

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A river runs through it …

… our field, that is. As you all probably know, here in the north Willamette Valley, we recently received record snowfall, followed immediately by record rainfall. What’s the result? Flooding, of course! We’ve been watching the river rise in person … Continue reading

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“Holiday” Harvest #2 is on!

Happy thaw! After a two-week wait, we can finally see the vegetables again in the field. So, we’re going to go ahead and plan for the last “Holiday” Harvest of 2008, even though it will be more limited in scope … Continue reading

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The post-snowpocalyptic farmscape

After some rain and warm wind, the snow is finally melting off of our fields. This morning Casey wandered out to assess the damage so we could plan our final Holiday Harvest (see next post) and start thinking about 2009. … Continue reading

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Snow, snow, snow!!!! (x 1,000,000,000)

Snow has come. Snow is leaving. Hoorah hoorah hoorah! I will update with the status of the farm shortly, but first I thought I’d upload a bunch of really pretty photos of our farm over the last two weeks. I … Continue reading

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Snowpocalypse????

Ok, so it’s not that bad. For us. But as you know, the weather has taken a turn for the worse since my last post. When I wrote last, I thought we were nearing the end. And, then another eight … Continue reading

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Winter weather continued

Just a quick update on the winter weather and how it’s affecting things out here … First of all, we made it safely to and from our last CSA pick-up. Tuesday turned out to be the mildest day of the … Continue reading

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