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May30

Our recent hiatus + Little sprout #2 has arrived!

First, on our recent sprout

We grow little babies here too!  Our newest one arrived earlier this Spring!

We’re happy to report that mom & baby are healthy.

Second, on our recent hiatus

After the DROUGHT OF 2012, we found ourselves very unprepared to scale up our vegetable production (in preparation for running a full-scale CSA or Community Supported Agriculture operation).  We have a number of adjustments to make to our plan, a lot of maintenance to do on the land, and a growing list of projects to be completed, or started.  For that reason, we’ve decided to make 2013 the YEAR of PREPARATION for 2014! ;)  As a result, we will not be selling at a market this year.  In addition to Matt and Sorena working full-time and taking care of kiddos, we are trying to scale up this farm as fast as possible, which is going more slowly than we intended.  We’re not defeated … just re-grouping.

More on all of this in our next post, and details on recent projects.

-farmermatt

p.s. We are finally putting together a Kickstarter!  We’ve been bouncing around the idea for a while.  We’ll publish the details on our blog of course ;)

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Apr29

Asparagus, a rain shower and a rabbit.

Things are popping up around here on the farm. Amongst the kale, onions, peas, chard, potatoes and asian greens, we found our wild asparagus again. We didn’t have enough for a meal this time, but did have a few to chew on.

And speaking of chewing, somebunny’s  been chewing on our chard. Chewed off all the tops down to the dirt. We’re hoping they will make a fast recovery. The bunny might not be so lucky.  I love me some rabbit meat. :)

April rain showers, bring May flowers or in our case, May vegetables. We are thankful for the rain. The soil needs it badly. I love the way the garden looks after the rain.  The veggies look so clean and shiny now after their shower.

 

 

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Apr06

Playing in the dirt again – a family affair!

It’s that time again…to play in the dirt!

Here at Little Sprouts Farm we are preparing, planting and a little bit of playing. We have tilled the earth, prepared some beds and planted some seeds (onions, potatoes, and peas-just for starters).  We all pitched in and got a little dirty, even baby sprout Madalyn.

Ah, the smell of dirt! We love it!

Check back soon for more happenings on the farm.

 

 

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Mar28

New YouTube Channel

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Mar22

New addition to Little Sprouts Farm! Hint: it’s not a new plant or seed.

We are back for another season and with a new addition to the farm.

Our Little Sprout

 Introducing….Baby Madalyn Elice Maes.

 Madalyn was born on October 12, 2011 just as our season was ending. We are very happy she is here and have already introduced her to the “farm life”.  She has been strapped to Matt’s back in a backpack while he started prepping the soil for new seeds. Needless to say, she loved it and fell asleep within a few minutes. She has a little more training to do apparently, but she’ll adjust to the “farm way” quickly we think.

In light of our new addition, we have decided to take a slower approach in building up the farm. We will not start a CSA in 2012 as hoped, but have decided to remain selling at a local farmer’s market (check back later for which market).  With that said, we encourage you to come and see us and our new “little sprout” at the market this season.

Happy Eating. Good, local and fresh!

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