Here we Grow Again!
This is our 12th year delivering to our community supported farm members and we welcome both our long-time members as well as our new members to the 2007 harvest season. We certainly are pleased with the increase in interest in members supporting the farm, and started a new delivery location in Mahwah which is being coordinated by Joel Mosbacher, a Ramsey CSF member last year. Also thanks to Holly @ Hoboken Midtown, Jennifer & Kristen @ Hoboken West & Lynn in Jersey City for volunteering their homes for the drop-off location for the harvest season. We know the members appreciate their efforts during delivery day and throughout the year.
The interest this year has blossomed not only in Mahwah, but in Hoboken & Jersey City as well.We certainly know that the members appreciate knowing where their food is coming from. Members are welcome to visit the farm to see our small but productive fields and learn more about our sustainable practices. As you know we do NOT spray any pesticides or use any chemical fertilizers. We are not certified organic, as we dropped out the NOFA-NJ program when the federal government got involved in 2002.
We look forward to a bountiful year!
Trip to the Farm - Saturday June 9th
Projects for members include:
- Transplanting
- Mulching
We will be scheduling a few trips to the farm throughout the year where the members can visit, tour & help out with a few projects. This helps put the "community" into a community supported farm. Any help with projects is greatly appreciated. Just e-mail us that you will be able to come, so we can arrange for lunch & refreshments & give you directions.
From the Fields While we have changed our growing system over to make it more tractor friendly, Adam Hubbard a neighboring farmer was instrumental in installing a new drip irrigation system at our farm. Without the addition of that we wouldn't be able to deliver this early. We are actually ahead of previous seasons because Adam & Farmer Rich installed the irrigation before the 8" of rain that came in April. We are behind in transplanting tomatoes, peppers and eggplant but they will soon go in & hopefully some of you will join us on Saturday to help.
Weather Report: We have been under severe drought conditions during the month of May. There has been very little rain and Farmer Rich has had to irrigate, which helps, but there is nothing like a natural rain to perk up the crops. This year again we lost our first planting of peas which were washed out by the 8" rain storm in April. The crops were a little behind, as April was so cold that Farmer Rich could not plant in the fields. The Fava beans usually are planted in mid-March, but this year were not planted until the end of April. We are getting rain Sunday night so that should help tremendously.
What's Up & Growing: Our farm hand Leslie has been working 3 years at the farm now and this year has been joined by Audrey. Both are part-time but great assets to the farm with transplanting in greenhouses, planting in the fields and assisting on harvesting days. Without their help we would not be able to grow as we have.
Animal Report: Two new CSF members at the Farm! Last week Sometime Farmer Sue caught the Mom & Dad taking their babies for a puddling about!
Pick of the Week: Click on the link below (or on the right) for your drop-off location. This time of year the deliveries will be the same in pounds & variety but may include different items at each location.
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