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Today marks the beginning of autumn—my very favorite season. On the farm, the early morning chill sharpens my senses. The flowers blaze in fiery shades of red, orange and yellow, enchanting a dozen butterflies. The freshly pulled carrots release a sweet, earthy smell that reminds me of my childhood. The swollen blackberries fall heavy into [Continue Reading…]
Not everything we plant makes it to harvest. This year, squash beetles have destroyed whole rows on the farm. It’s difficult to see hard work, seeds, and water go to waste, and it’s sad to admit that we won’t be able to pass whole crops along to the families we partner with. And it’s hard [Continue Reading…]
The seed catalogues make farming look so orderly and easy: neat rows of weed- and bug-free onions and carrots. Eggplants ripe and dark with luscious foliage. Uniform-sized, unblemished green peppers. The photos never show groundhogs munching away on the cabbages, slugs taking out the green beans, or white beetles infesting the stalks of the squash [Continue Reading…]