by MikesGardenHarvestTeam | Oct 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hosting the general public, who are inclined to come onto the farm, does make for some unique, impromptu conversations. Perhaps no more so than last night. Pulling into the dark parking lot, there was the barely visible figure of a man standing in the middle of it....
by MikesGardenHarvestTeam | Oct 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
Simply taking this opportunity to wish each of you the happiest of Thanksgivings. May it be a peaceful day full of joy, that allows you to come together with family and/or friends to share a meal together. Here at the farm, while this season has had many challenges,...
by MikesGardenHarvestTeam | Oct 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
This has been a most interesting season, to be sure. Dancing around the rain that came from May through July played with our planting dates. I have never bought more potato seed than I did this year….and it sat in the trailer waiting for its moment to get...
by MikesGardenHarvestTeam | Sep 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
As many of you know, one of the things we do here is offer allotment plots to people who want the experience of growing their own food. It draws many types of people from all over the world and in all phases of life. As I walk through the rows looking in and seeing...
by MikesGardenHarvestTeam | Sep 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
It sure wasn’t funny at the time, but it could honestly have been a sketch for a 70’s sitcom. So, this was back ….oh geez… early days of the farm now. I was still on Greta’s land. Every CSA member was someone who called about the...
by MikesGardenHarvestTeam | Sep 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
People are funny. To listen to the media these days, you would think that we live in a world of polar opposites. They proclaim that people say things are too this….and yet other things are too that. What is often not commonly reported are those experiences where...
by MikesGardenHarvestTeam | Sep 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
So this morning…looking for inspiration for a farm happening picture, I could not have found anything better than this beautiful okra flower that has come into bloom so late into the season. We are excited about once again being able to open the farm store,...
by MikesGardenHarvestTeam | Sep 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax— Of cabbages—and kings— And why the sea is boiling hot— And whether pigs have wings.” From Lewis Carol’s the Walrus and the...
by MikesGardenHarvestTeam | Aug 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
I was feeling a bit despondent this week with the news on Wednesday morning that my favorite cousin, Brian, had suddenly passed. Then I got an email from Shaarika, who is one of our CSA members. They are going on an extended holiday back to India and are having to...
by MikesGardenHarvestTeam | Aug 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
The French called the tomato the pomme d’amour, or the Love Apple, for their belief that the exotic tomato had aphrodisiac powers. Tomatoes might not be responsible for romance in people, but eating tomatoes does seem to spark a lust for more...
