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Week #12 – 2022 CSA Season

2022 Newsletter, CSA Box, CSA Shares, NewsletterBy Kyle ThomAugust 8, 2022

Hello CSA Members! The tomatoes are really pouring in after that last heat wave so we’ve been harvesting them almost endlessly lately. This week will likely be a peak one for tomatoes so prepare to make some sauces, salsas, bloody mary mix, or maybe just BLT’s or tomato sandwiches or thick slices of tomatoes for…

Week #11 – 2022 CSA Season

2022 Newsletter, CSA Box, NewsletterBy Kyle ThomAugust 1, 2022

Hello Members! Week eleven is here and we are in our peak tomato season here at the farm! We have been picking them daily to keep them in the best condition we can. We never refrigerate our tomatoes and i would suggest also not doing that unless they are cut open or overripe as it…

Week #10 – 2022 CSA Season

2022 Newsletter, CSA Box, NewsletterBy Kyle ThomJuly 25, 2022

Hey there CSA members!  We are officially passing mid season this week! The tomatoes are pouring in and so many perfect cherry tomatoes coming out of the high tunnel we can barely pick them as fast as they ripen now. Tomatoes are my absolute favorite crop and we spend a lot of hours maintaining them…

Week #9 – 2022 CSA Season

2022 Newsletter, CSA Box, CSA Shares, NewsletterBy Kyle ThomJuly 19, 2022

Hello CSA Members! Week nine marks the middle of the CSA season for all of us. This last week we harvested all our garlic. We also removed spent beds from the fields including trellising, mulch, and drip lines. Tomorrow we will put fabric down between out pepper beds which are looking very busy and productive…

Week #8 – 2022 CSA Season

2022 Newsletter, CSA Box, CSA Shares, NewsletterBy Kyle ThomJuly 11, 2022

Welcome to week eight everyone! We are almost at the seasons mid point this week and we are awaiting our tomato crop which is a little later than last year but looking amazing. Some cherry tomatoes have started ripening but it will be another week before the large ones even start this year so i’m…

Week #7 – 2022 CSA Season

2022 Newsletter, CSA Box, CSA Shares, NewsletterBy Kyle ThomJuly 4, 2022

Welcome to week #7 everyone! I am taking some time to relax with my kids for the holiday and have some family time. I hope everyone is having a good holiday weekend. Some early summer crops are starting to come in that we worked hard on this spring to have ready by July like cucumbers…

Week #6 – 2022 CSA Season

2022 Newsletter, CSA Box, CSA Shares, NewsletterBy Kyle ThomJune 26, 2022

Hello CSA Members! It was so hot out this last week but we were lucky we got some rain this at the end of it but we could use some more soon. I’m glad its not as dry as last season was so far. This week we harvested a lot of beets and other early…

Week #5 – 2022 CSA Season

2022 Newsletter, CSA Box, CSA Shares, NewsletterBy Kyle ThomJune 20, 2022

Hello CSA members,  Week five is on the way with above average temps that will be roasting us in the fields in Southeastern Wisconsin. We will plant all our sweet peppers and quite a few spicy ones this week after I got all the pepper beds shaped last Monday. This year there will be 8…

Week #4 – 2022 CSA Season

2022 Newsletter, CSA Box, CSA SharesBy Kyle ThomJune 13, 2022

Hello CSA Members!  June and summer is officially here with some real hot weather coming in. We’ve got a great crop mix this week for you this week regardless. Between all the harvesting and washing of crops coming in we have spent all our time picking strawberries! They have been ripening fast in the heat…

Week #3 – 2022 CSA Season

2022 Newsletter, CSA Box, CSA Shares, NewsletterBy Kyle ThomJune 6, 2022

Hello CSA members! This week on the farm we are preparing to plant peppers, put in cucumbers, weeding all the garlic, putting down weed barrier fabric, making micro trays, and pruning and trellising tomatoes. Not to mention harvesting washing and packing your vegetables! School is also coming to a close so a much needed break…

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