After quite a cool spring we are beginning to have enough greens(lettuce mix, mizuna, baby kales) to keep a few bags in the grey refrigerator along with an abundant supply of eggs.  We should have carrot and kohlrabi in a couple weeks.

WWOLF, that stands for Willing Workers on Organic Farms.  We’re having a WWOLF party here on Saturday from 9:00am to 6:00pm.  For the builders in the group we’ll be putting up an insulated vegetable storage shed,  for those who want to get their hands in the dirt we’ll clean the raspberry patch, mulch and transplant.  The kids will be in charge of socializing our new baby chicks and getting our ducks to swim in the pond.  There will be snacks and drinks throughout the day and we’ll be preparing dinner with as many ingredient from the farm as we have right now.  Please come by for any amount of time during the day.  Let us know if you would like to join us for dinner at about 5:00.

What an awesome group of potato planters we had on Saturday.  They popped in 12 rows in about 45 minutes and had Jim sprinting down the rows making trenches to keep ahead.  That left plenty of time for the kids to gather on the lawn to teach our new ducks how to eat grass.We followed that activity with making big salads with lots of trimmings. Thank you so much to all who participated.
There is a slide-show of the activities on the website, take a look at http://fieldsfarm.org/slideshows

Even with a very chilly spring the lettuce mix and arugula have been steadily growing.  Bags of Lettuce Mix and Arugula will be in the grey refrigerator for sale after 3:00 today for $4 per bag.

Jim is busy digging furrows to plant potatoes and I’m heading out to harvest our first spring greens for lunch.  Come on by 10:00 for potato planting and noon for lunch.

Would you like to get your hands in the dirt, see the workings of the farm or just eat a good salad?  Fields Farm is having a potato planting and salad potluck.  We’ll provide the greens, you bring one item you like in a salad or a dressing.  We’ll have the plates and utensils.  We’ll plant taters in the morning and after lunch look the farm over.
Day: Saturday, May 7th
10:00 Potato Planting
12:00 Salad Potluck
Bring your family or friends.  Come for any part of the day.
Jim, Debbie and Felicia

Spring is just around the corner with the equinox in just two days.  Winter brought us some needed rest and a couple of ferocious wind storms.  We will be working on yet more creative ways to keep our greenhouses intact.  The sunspace attached to our house went from spacious and roomy to completely full of starts in a 9 day period.  We have lettuce mix, spinach, arugula, chard, kales, leeks, kohlrabi all poking their heads up looking for sun.  Next Monday the first greens will be moved to the cold frames and as ever optimistic farmers we hope our nighttime low temperatures will be above 30 degrees.  There are eggs, shallots and wild rice for sale on the farm.  CSA shares and Farm Bucks are also available.

After a welcome winter rest our seeds arrived yesterday, officially starting the 2011 season.  Seeding will begin in the greenhouse the last week of February.  CSA sign ups are now open.  A  share in the CSA will begin with a bag of veggies weekly starting the last week in May through the last week in October with a final bag the week before Thanksgiving.   The cost of a share is $620.00.  Pick ups will be in our beautiful new harvest shed here on the farm.  Any questions drop us an email or give us a call at 541-382-8059.

The Lundy’s are planning to butcher 1 or 2 beef in February.  If you are interested in a 1/4, 1/2 or whole please give them a call at 541-548-6949.  For more specifics see their listing on our website under LocalMeats.  Someone called them earlier but they lost your number, please call again.

Jim and I want to wish all of you a very happy new year.  2010 even with it’s cold spring was a good year and we appreciate all of you who have participated in the farm whether buying vegetables, volunteering, field trips or sharing a good story.  We look forward to 2011 and all the challenges working with the natural world brings.  Eggs and wild rice will be available through out the winter.