When the CSA is nearly ready
At the beginning of each new season we find ourselves eager with anticipation for the coming harvest and searching for patience as we wait. We started our first fall transplants at the end of July lacking fields ready to plant. By September we had amended our fields with six tons of lime and twenty six tons of compost, tilled, set up irrigation, and formed our planting beds. With prepped fields we planted our transplants, and seeded row after row in greens, root crops, broccoli, cauliflower, onions, leeks, and cabbage. The big challenge on the farm right now is that we have done all that we can do, and now we must simply wait for the harvest. Anxiety can be hard to overcome during this time. We know that this feeling comes before every season, but every season the harvest comes and we forget that we were ever impatient in the first place. We are excited that seemingly endless hours of harvesting are right around the corner!
Four day old transplants
Transplants at different stages of growth
Our tilled field, not yet prepared for planting.
Greens of kale and chard, mulched and growing.
And then we wait!
First harvest coming October 30th and 31st!
Keep this up Jessica. I love seeing pictures and reading these kind of stories. Way better than reading the so called MSM News.
We are sooooo ready. Good luck and see you soon, J&J
C&R
It is wonderful to feel in touch with what is going on at the farm and tell my children about the progress. We are all excited to be a part of Red Moon Farm CSA. Thank you!
Love the updates and connecting to the hard work you guys do to bring food to our tables!
Excited for the first harvest!
Great post! Thank you for taking the time. We will wait.
No!! I can’t wait!! lol just kidding, looking foward to seeing the harvest!
The crops look gorgeous and I am so excited about the first harvest. We’re new to doing this and I’m hoping to bring my kids by one day to see all that you do. Thanks