Category Archives: Weekly CSA Newsletters

June started with a bang of a weekend here on the farm. In my mind, late May and June are the busiest months of our year. As the farm has evolved and diversified, I’m not sure this is quite as … Continue reading →

We cook. A lot. By American standards, our method of cooking is ridiculous. “From scratch” doesn’t even begin to describe it. Tonight’s dinner began with harvesting vegetables from the greenhouse. Other nights, to make meatloaf we must first grind the … Continue reading →

Here on the farm, May is a vibrant month full of work and wonder. May is one part spring and one part summer, making for a varied experience that is always beautiful and lovely. May is a time for: The … Continue reading →

Lately I have been struggling with I’m going to call “Decisionitis.” That is: feeling overwhelmed by too many decisions to make. All the time. “Decisionitis” is, of course, a side effect of responsibility. As the guiding forces in the farm … Continue reading →

In spring, we think about seeds. The first seed catalogs arrived in our mailboxes last fall, and since then they have been a mainstay in our living and dining rooms — we store them in a basket under our couch … Continue reading →

I’d been planning this newsletter all week as a way to unveil our newest Oakhill bumper stickers (see photo above — ta da!). I figured I’d wax poetic about what it means to be a “Food Adventurer” and call it … Continue reading →

As I write this on Monday evening, the gentlest rain is falling on the farm, lulling me into some majorly deep relaxation. Certainly, the sound of the rain (combined with the knowledge that we have crops in the fields) is … Continue reading →

Winter has its own beauty in bare branches and dark skies and quiet evenings. But, oh, what a miracle it is each spring to have life vibrantly return to every plant! There is a moment every year, when I reach … Continue reading →

I rejoice here regularly about the beautiful annual rhythms that shape our farming and food life here at Oakhill Organics. Oh, how I welcome each new turning in the season and the return of familiar and missed flavors to our … Continue reading →

I love to use these weekly newsletters to share specific stories and recent happenings here on the farm, but I realized that sometimes in all that specificity, folks may not always be up to date on the Big Picture of … Continue reading →