
2014 Spring share #1
Here’s your vegetable line-up this week! We hope you have some culinary adventures with a few familiar and some new veggies. Lettuce—Mottistone (speckled) and/or Oscarde (dark oakleaf. large shares only) Radish—Easter Egg Mustard Mix—A wide variety of Asian greens like…

A taste of what’s to come!
We’re gearing up for the spring CSA season which is right around the corner. Tonight we’re bracing ourselves for a late (record breaking!) frost that’s headed our way. This afternoon before the temperature began to drop we snapped some lovely…

Cover Crops
Some of you may have heard of farmers using cover crops in their fields and you might be wondering, what’s that all about? Cover crops are used for a wide variety of reasons, and different crops can provide different benefits…

Texas’ absurd weather
Our early spring crops have nearly all been planted in the past 6 weeks in preparation for the start of the Spring CSA season. All have been growing steadily with the surprisingly warm weather we’ve had throughout February. We’ve been…

Final CSA Share Fall 2013 season
Welcome to your final fall/winter share from the farm. We are simply overjoyed to be able to end in abundance with an out of the ordinary late January harvest! And you have a wild surprise in this week’s box… Broccoli—These…
Spring 2014 CSA Sign Up
The Spring CSA season soon approaching and now is the time to GO SIGN UP! Don’t miss out on receiving our fresh, organic produce on a weekly basis, all spring long. If you are new to Red Moon Farm’s CSA,…

Onion Planting
We received our order of several thousand onion starts this week from a great Texas farm: Dixondale Farms. All day today Justin and I will be spreading cow manure and amendments, tilling the beds, and digging furrows, all in preparation…

Spring Seeds
Justin and I spent the last few weeks pouring over seed catalogs and websites, picking out the perfect mix of tried and true crops and some new editions to our vegetable line-up. The pictures are always so beautiful, the descriptions…

Approaching Winter, Building for Spring
It’s mid December and tomorrow is the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice. This is a time rich with symbolism and heavy with anticipation. Everything is dim and cold and in a state of semi-rest. The plants that…

2013 Fall CSA Share #5
Here’s this week’s CSA share! See what your box holds this week. Lots of root veggies this week! Most root crops should be stored without their tops, and sealed in the fridge so they stay crisp. Wash them just before…
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