As seems to be the case more often than not these days, this week was dominated by natural disaster. The North Bay wildfires have been at the forefront of our minds, especially with the extent to which poor air quality in San Jose has affected…
It was a momentous week on the farm, in more ways than one, but the front page news of the week is that our mower is back in action! After a long series of setbacks, I finally was able to repair it and get some mowing done yesterday for the first time since May. This means it’s go time…
After the record-breaking heat wave that hit the Bay Area over the weekend, we returned to the farm this week to much cooler weather here in San Jose, but news of natural disasters in other parts of the country and around the world. Alongside ever-worsening political upheaval…
While the week started out pretty normally, with our Tuesday harvest and some productive field work with our interns, the heat wave has definitely changed our plans for today and tomorrow. There is an excessive heat advisory, with…
This week saw more major progress in our tomatoes, as we finished installing trellis on…
Another week has come and gone and here we are in the middle of August! This week marks the halfway point in our Farm Box CSA, which runs through the end of October, so while the summer is almost over for our interns, we are still in the height of the growing season. This…
This week’s overcast mornings and cooler days were a welcome relief from the last few weeks of hot weather, and we took advantage of it to get tons of work done in the tomatoes. In just two mornings of work, we staked and trellised 5 beds of our second tomato planting, and…
After a lovely vacation last week, I came back to the farm to find everything running smoothly and our new plantings looking great. I am so grateful to Jason for managing the farm while I was away; it was a huge weight off my shoulders to know that everything was…
