My goodness, time has flown! We've missed being in touch with you all - we just kept getting busier and busier! In any case - hi! And here's what we've been up to this season, and a bunch of cute pictures!

This has been one of our toughest growing seasons in terms of weather that we've ever experienced. It started out with a very rainy spring, which made weed management extra difficult, and incredible pest pressure, likely caused by the mild winter. Then the extreme heat set in in mid-June, followed by essentially no rain until Hurricane Debby blew through in mid August. We are able to irrigate (aka water) our crops, but we don't have nearly the amount of water that we need in order for crops to do their best during the hot weather. The weather has shifted in our favor, but we had a very tough spring and summer season, and it led to some decreased yields in our long season fall crops like winter squash. I don't mean to be "woe is us", just wanted to give you a sense of what made this year so difficult for us and all farmers in our region.

While it was a difficult year, some parts of it were also great! . I (Joanna) have been back on the farm more which has been great. Our returning and new crew members have been amazing, and getting to experience the farm more with Annie has been a true joy. Below are pictures of her helping out on the farm - she’s become especially adept at planting (with lots of supervision!)

Here’s a smattering of vegetable snaps from this summer and fall as well. It’s been so nice having potatoes again after a complete crop failure in 2023. We’ve also been experimenting with shiitake mushroom growing with some success, which we hope to expand in future years - they’re so yummy!!

We’ve also gotten to pop up at the 32nd St. Market, and will be joining again this Saturday October 12th! We’ll be back on Saturday October 26th and Saturday November 16th as well.

We’re also having another baby in February! So we have another busy winter ahead of us.