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Harvesting Mustard Greens & Seeding up a Storm

Harvesting Mustard Greens & Seeding up a Storm

Village Farm Team, We harvested the first of our mustard greens this past week. Their beautiful and swift growth over the past couple of weeks is due in large part to the overall cooling trend in the temperature. We have both Red Giant and Green Wave mustard greens growing at the moment. Red Giant is a Japanese mustard that has large, purple-hued leaves with a mild mustard flavor with hints of garlic. Green Wave has light-green frilly leaves that possess a stronger and more p

Planting Garlic & Harvesting the First Greens of the Season

Planting Garlic & Harvesting the First Greens of the Season

Village Farm Team, We had a great turnout at the Halloween farmers market this past weekend despite the unseasonably warm weather. Our vendors loved being able to pass out treats to the kiddos and we enjoyed seeing everyone vote on their favorite Farm Club scarecrow. Our winning scarecrow can be seen below, already hard at work frightening away pests from the winner’s Farm Club plot! About ten days ago we planted garlic in a couple of our raised beds and we are already starti

Seeding Trays from Start to Finish

Seeding Trays from Start to Finish

Village Farm Team, We’ve been seeding up a storm over the past couple of weeks to prepare for the transition to cool season crops! In order to take you along on the process, we have a visual step-by-step guide for you this week. It all starts with our compost-based potting mix. We aerate it a bit by hand before adding it to our seed trays. As we add the soil and level it out we make sure not to compact it too much in the process. Next comes our handy wooden dibbler that allow

A New Team Member & Harvesting Radishes

A New Team Member & Harvesting Radishes

Village Farm Team, We’re delighted to introduce our newest Farm Educator Lockey! His vast experience with agriculture has been shaped by his time spent studying at the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems in California. Before transitioning to agriculture he was a diesel mechanic in the Army which has proved to be an incredibly beneficial skill set when maintaining farm equipment like tractors. Though he has experience working on farms and ranches in the northe

Mowing Down Sunn Hemp & Cleaning Herb Boxes

Mowing Down Sunn Hemp & Cleaning Herb Boxes

Village Farm Team, The remaining sunn hemp has just about reached optimal nitrogen fixation in the soil so we’re preparing to mow it down this week. Once mowed down, we’ll allow it to remain in place to act as green manure. When the sunn hemp fully dries out, we’ll be able to prep and shape beds for winter crops. We’ve been cutting and using a small portion of the sunn hemp over in the furrows of our tulsi patch where it’s been working very well as a weed suppressant. We’ve b

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