tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12790219537718015542011-12-09T11:07:34.598-05:00Our Farm is a growing CSA located in Transylvania County, nestled in the mountains of Western North Carolina. We offer a weekly share of freshly harvested organic produce. Please join us in the healthy harvest! Sign up for one of our "Community Shares" today!katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934795939546498893noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279021953771801554.post-29500359928044667542010-07-21T18:23:00.003-04:002011-12-09T11:07:34.613-05:00

We're now in the heat of the summer and man is it a hot one! It's consistently been in the 90's for weeks and definately gotten over 100 degrees several times. Just this morning I saw that it was 80 degrees at 9am!! For a while we were getting those fantastic afternoon thunderstorms that cooled everything down and rehydrated the ground, but the rain has tapered off. With this kind of

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14021088127051830866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279021953771801554.post-14944147858211849262010-06-13T22:41:00.002-04:002010-06-13T22:59:35.215-04:00

It's mid June and the garden is kicking! It's amazing to see things start as tiny seeds and now see them growing strong. We are still battling massive amounts of weeds, especially in the newly broken ground. Nonetheless, the produce is producing. I think I planted too much lettuce. I can't seem to sell enough of it. So much of it is bolting (starting to grow tall to produce a flower and

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14021088127051830866noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279021953771801554.post-78903443853207155722010-05-22T17:05:00.002-04:002010-05-22T17:21:40.466-04:00

so let me see, I haven't posted in a while but I'll try to catch everyone up on the farm. It's been very busy. I finally got internet at the house so I should be a little more regular with posting. The weather has been AMAZING. It rains a reasonable amount every 4 or 5 days so I've only had to irrigate occasionally, mostly just to keep the seedlings moist. We've gotten almost everything in

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14021088127051830866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279021953771801554.post-66465727101465878192010-04-15T14:15:00.002-04:002010-04-15T14:25:05.934-04:00

Don't know if it's possible, I'm afraid to say it, am I really caught up? Maybe for today anyway. My fellow farmers and I have been planting like mad. Breaking new ground is NOT easy. There is this terrible fescue grass that grows in enormous clumps that I swear weigh as much as I do. Tractors and tillers do not break them up, so the only thing to do is dig them up by hand and physically remove

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14021088127051830866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279021953771801554.post-10729726895604649162010-04-02T11:13:00.002-04:002010-04-02T11:26:09.783-04:00

Just as I suspected, the cold weather seemed to disappear overnight. Suddenly, it's spring and I'm getting sunburned again. There's so much to sow it's hard to keep up, but the garden is looking great. The garlic plants that we planted last October look fantastic; the cabbage plants are growing fast; spinach and carrot seeds are starting to come up, leek seeds in my basement are coming up, and

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14021088127051830866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279021953771801554.post-88406127391360188452010-03-23T17:36:00.002-04:002010-03-23T17:40:03.362-04:00

Spring is FINALLY here! As usual, the weather in the mountains is unpredictable though. It snowed yesterday, and is like 65 degrees today! go figure. The farming is already underway, no thanks to the excessive amounts of precipitation. There's already some cabbage, spinach, carrots, and shallots planted! If the field will dry out, we'll be able to get it plowed and ready to plant

Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14021088127051830866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279021953771801554.post-2646219048860500362009-02-27T14:25:00.001-05:002009-02-27T14:25:29.177-05:00

"Community Shares"

katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934795939546498893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279021953771801554.post-58590444364807323932009-02-27T14:13:00.007-05:002009-02-27T14:24:56.503-05:00

"Community Shares"The seeds have arrived. Brevard High School has graciously offered to share greenhouse space with us. BHS students will be handling and growing starts as an educational project. We hope to invite students on a field trip at the farm this spring to get more hands on experience at the farm. We are happy to be receiving registration forms in the mail as the plants begin to grow

katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934795939546498893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279021953771801554.post-33780301564595898532009-01-02T18:25:00.002-05:002009-01-02T18:34:14.297-05:00

"Community Shares"Shelley Heath, Suzy Matthey, and I have been meeting every Wednesday crunching numbers, exchanging ideas, asking for input, on how to bring the Richland Creek CSA back to life. We have been in the process of creating a long-term, sustainable plan to develop the farm into a thriving community. This season we plan to offer fifty full shares at $600 a share, $325 a half share.

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