Its a girl!
Our first captive butterfly has hatched! We raised this monarch from a baby caterpillar. We know its a girl due to the markings. If we...
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- Sep 5, 2019
- 1 min
Fall is coming
The weather this year has been crazy! The colder than usual temperatures have slowed production. Tomatoes and peppers are still coming...
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- Sep 2, 2019
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Bunnies!
This little trio are the first group of bunnies to live at the farm. They live with the chickens in the Aviary. Not only are they cute,...
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- Sep 2, 2019
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Monarch program
This guy is our first attempt at raising monarchs in captivity. It was found at the farm last week. Within two days he transformed into...
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- Aug 20, 2019
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Harvest Dinner
The garden was truly looking its best for the 1st annual Garden Harvest Dinner this past weekend. 100 guests joined us for a 5 course...
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- Aug 12, 2019
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Good eatin'
Today we harvested some awesome veggies for our upcoming dinner. This Saturday our guests are really going to get a treat! Can't wait to...
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- Aug 10, 2019
- 1 min
UBS builds a barn
Thanks to St.Vincent De Paul, we recieved a grant to erect a brand-new, bigger, and better storage barn! This week, 3 amazing women...
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- Aug 10, 2019
- 1 min
The Bee Hotel
Pollinator insects are a necessary ingredient for any sucessful farm. They pollinate the flowers which become vegetables. Pollinator...
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- Jul 20, 2019
- 1 min
Microgreens
'Microgreens' is a broad category for small sprouting seeds. We have been growing microgreens in our greenhouse for about 4 years. They...
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- Jul 20, 2019
- 1 min
Rhubarb
Did you know that not all rhubarb turns red? Some varieties stay green. This is 16 pounds of our rhubarb. The plants were started from...
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- Jul 16, 2019
- 1 min
First big harvest
The Heat and Sun are certainly doing their job! Today we harvested two baskets of green beans, a few dozen turnips, and even a couple...
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- Jul 9, 2019
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Beans are here!
The greenbeans have exploded into production. This is only half of the harvest for this week. 32lbs of vegetables and 102 eggs so far!
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- Jul 7, 2019
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Peapods!
This weeks weather has given us a 7lb harvest of peapods. We will be saving these beauties for our August dinner. Get your tickets...
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- Jul 4, 2019
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Much needed sun and heat
We finally started seeing significant growth due to the sunny 90s the past week. Hopefully, we can still harvest enough food to feed all...
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- Jul 4, 2019
- 1 min
Flowing Forth
This Sunday we had an amazing group of people stop by for a quick project. This group created a beautiful patio out of reclaimed bricks...
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- Jun 19, 2019
- 1 min
Slow growth..
The veggies have had a rough time with the hot and cold temperatures, flooding and drought fluxuations. Seedlings are struggling, but...
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- Jun 19, 2019
- 1 min
Happy chickens
The chickens have finally settled in. They have started hand feeding and routinely laying between 4 and 5 eggs a day. 3 dozen eggs so far!
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- Jun 14, 2019
- 1 min
Dinner at the Farm
August 17th marks the 5th anniversary of the farm and our first big fundraising event. Chef Mike from Livia Restaurant has designed a...
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- Jun 14, 2019
- 1 min
Monarchs
The monarchs have arrived. This little guy is the first big step in one of our many 2019 goals to become a nationally registered...
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- Jun 11, 2019
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First harvest
Our strawberry plants were just donated last year. The fruit is already abundant! 5lbs in 1 week. These strawberries are going to be...
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