Fullers Farm

Spring 2010 !!

Officially it’s spring -  temps down to 15 degrees the last couple nights…. but up in the 60′s the week before ! The mud is beginning to dry up, the garlic is up in the garden……. and hopefully the temperatures will warm up for good soon.  It sure gets warm enough in the greenhouse – easily hits the 90′s if we forget to open up the door !!! Still below freezing in there at night though.

Peppers and eggplant are up and enjoying the sun in the window….. tomatoes will be planted in the next couple of days.  The experimental kale and swiss chard overwintered in our unheated greenhouse- maybe next year we’ll have more.  Spinach is coming along in the greenhouse too, but slowly.  We’ve started some more kale and a few lettuces inside – with the hopes of transplanting soon out in the greenhouse or cold frames.  Just might make this a 6 month growing season.

Onions, leeks, potatoes have all been ordered.  Checking a few more catalogs to fill in what we still need.  We are going to grow several new varieties of patty pan squash and round zuchini, some Italian zuchini , some different kinds of cucumbers and some different winter squash and pumpkins too!!  We’re also going to try to get brussel sprouts this year, both red and the regular green.  We’ll be getting all of the cole crops going for the early spring crops later in April.

We have been going to meetings – and more meetings – for the markets , for the “business” , for CSAs , for North Country Grown Cooperative and for using fresh veggies in the schools.  Organizational meetings are scheduled for the early spring  before growers get busy in the fields…. so we’ve been pretty busy. Lots of “stuff” to think about and lots of planning going on.

The fields have been getting dry, so we’ll be out on sunny days getting things started – peas will go in first and maybe some greens in the raised beds a little later. 

Our CSA sales are picking up – we still have some space for new members so if you’re interested let us know! We are sending out quite a few brochures and applications each week.  We’re excited about the CSAs and are looking forward to a great 2010 growing season!!

Enjoy the spring weather !  It’s been a long winter !!

CSA is an acronym for Community Supported Agriculture.  As a CSA member, you pick up your freshly harvested produce each week.  It’s like hiring your own personal farmer! 

Community-supported agriculture

(CSA) is a socio-economic model of agriculture and food distribution. A CSA consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farm operation so that the farmland becomes the community’s farm, with the growers and consumers providing mutual support and sharing the risks and benefits of food production. CSA’s focus is usually on a system of weekly delivery or pick-up of vegetables and fruit, sometimes dairy products and meat. The term CSA is mostly used in the USA, but a variety of similar production and economic sub-systems are in use worldwide.