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| 2 varieties of blueberries from Trachte's Berry Farm in Pittsville |
We are really excited about box 3 this year! One of our unique specialties to how we highlight other local farms in our CSA box. This helps us (like this year with our very wet spring that we are recovering from) and it helps them to get the word and produce out . In this box, you can experience garlic and chard from
Sunny Sky Farm (Amherst2), delicious blueberries from Trachte's Berry Farm (Pittsville) and fresh potatoes from
Malek's Berry Ranch (Nekoosa). It is always a special treat to go berry picking at Trachte's. It is best to go hungry and time your picking with the mosquito schedule and bring the whole family!
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| Craig filling boxes for the Nekoosa summer schoo2l lunch and backpack program |
Last weekend we were hit by a pretty crazy storm. There was plenty of lightening and a massive amount of wind that took down a few very large spruce trees on our property causing a fair amount of structural damage (3 stall garage, 2 trailers, RV, greenhouse and external wood furnace) and again, flooding our fields. Luckily the chickens and most of the crops withstood the flurry and we have a big jump start on our wood gathering for winter fuel collection. My grandpa always said, and my dad always says and now my husband too says that the lightening adds nitrogen to the equation which boosts crop growth so we should have a bumper crop of all that survived.
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| Arlo loves his new hangout... |
So we are feeling that we are getting back on track here given the weather situations that have been ongoing. Round 2 of chickens are growing really well in the field and our new shelter design has been tested well by the last storm and we are very happy with those results. If you haven't picked up your chickens, give us a call or watch your email for more pick up times.
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| what is blossoming here at VG |
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| carrot hunters (solar array, asparagus and flashy trout back lettuce photo bomb) |
