I can't believe we're in the 6th week (oh my god half way!?) through our first CSA period! Coinciding with our first real growing season at our new farm site in Kurri Kurri, the stability that the program has given us has been so valuable for us to hit the ground running (or growing) these last 6 weeks.
Here's a bit of an update of what's been happening at the farm this week:
I've been meaning to do weekly update newsletters for our members for a while now! (But better starting late than never!)
The past few weeks have been very busy for us at the farm! We've been making new veggie beds, harvesting sunflowers for seeds and stalks (to make nifty bean trellises) and innovating our seed raising mix recipe.
The very wet summer we've had has been an interesting challenge - lots of fungal and drainage challenges, but has been great for establishing some of our thirsty plants and for the resident farm frogs! We've seen and identified 3 species so far!!
This week we're looking toward autumn plantings of turnips, broccoli, radish and carrots and doing maintenance on our summer crops to get the most out of them as the days start getting cooler.
In the next week or so I plan on scheduling a Worm Farming and Vermicomposting workshop at the farm. Tickets for this event will be free for our CSA members so keep an eye out for that if it's a topic that interests you!
That's all for now! Thank you wonderful people!
Matt
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