by MikesGardenHarvestTeam | Oct 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Ack…this didn’t save 🙁 Ugh! A happy Thanksgiving. Will write this again.
by MikesGardenHarvestTeam | Sep 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
It seems that every year, there is a crop or two that goes really well, a crop that is less than great…and then there is that one that does something that is well….unexpected. This year’s ‘Unexpected Award’ goes to the lovely row of...
by MikesGardenHarvestTeam | Sep 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
For those of you who haven’t heard it, this is typically when we gather around, and Mike tells his infamous ‘Bean Story’. It is a core story to the life of the farm because it really has dictated who we are, why we are at 436 River Road and the...
by MikesGardenHarvestTeam | Sep 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
In honor of our field team who come from Jalisco, Mexico, who are celebrating “El Grito de la Independencia,” we are showcasing our tomatilloes 🙂 The tomatillo is actually indigenous to that part of Mexico, so there was an added enthusiasm when it came...
by MikesGardenHarvestTeam | Sep 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Author of Creation is not without an element of whimsy. You only have to people-watch at an airport to notice that. The same is true in the field. It intrigues me that while each plant gets the very same start and is planted within its group at the essentially...
by MikesGardenHarvestTeam | Sep 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
When it comes to nutrition, the gals just seem to know stuff. If i am experiencing one health issue or another and do a Google search, there’s typically a diet change recommended. Sure enough, when I go to work at the airport, and I scope out all...
by MikesGardenHarvestTeam | Aug 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
So where to begin… I do know that I can’t tell you what it is….yet. But what I can tell you, if I am being totally honest with you, is that over the past 10 years, I have made a lot of farming/business mistakes. The field is a brutally honest...
by MikesGardenHarvestTeam | Aug 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
It was Geert Hofstede and other interculturalists have proposed the metaphor of an ‘onion’ to describe cultural phenomenon. No matter what color an onion is on the outside, we are not sure what is inside. Only by peeling off layer by layer can we...
by MikesGardenHarvestTeam | Aug 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
It would come as no surprise that anything with this many moving parts would experience a glitch or two. Fortunately, there is an awesome team of folk here that are leaning in and giving us their very best. It also helps to be hopelessly optimistic and to have a...
by MikesGardenHarvestTeam | Aug 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
A steady unveiling of the field through the spring, followed by a flurry of planting and weeding, and suddenly it is August! Of course, there is well over half the season left in terms of fieldwork, but in terms of planting, the end is near. What can we still grow...
