After last year's drought I didn't ever think I would want it to stop raining, but gee wiz we could use some sunlight this week. I am actually so grateful for the rain because it is helping to melt the huge snow banks we still have here, and it is recharging our ground water reserves. 

2017 CSA summer signup is well underway and Tuesday is just about full. We had a great season last year and I am already excited to see what this year holds. 

Here is a picture of an early July share from 2015.  This past year was a great tomato year with lots of learning how to grow more tomatoes by using varieties that have been bred to love the conditions in the High Tunnel. Shares often had 2 or 3 lbs of tomatoes in the individual share and twice that in the family share. It was so much fun seeing all that abundance of juicy fruit get gobbled up by the community. I can feel myself already salivating at the though of the first tomato which is still several months away... Ah well at least I have some frozen ones to get me by until then.  

Keep thinking SPRING! And enjoy your food! 

Lambs! Piglets! Spinach! Seedlings! 

It is all happening here, and we are off to a busy start ! With snow expected tomorrow (on my birthday!) I am scrambling around trying to make sure everything is tucked in and ready for a little cold snap.

CSA sign-ups are in full swing with just a few days left, and Tuesdays are already sold out! I am so excited to be growing food for my neighbors. We are the change we wish to see in the world. 

Wow! What a year it has been so far. I have worked so hard, learned so much, and grown so much food. There is still lots to do on the farm, but the days are getting shorter, I am getting more sleep (hooray!) and the food is getting safely packed away for winter in cold storage and in jars.  I have a little more time to enjoy a quiet moment out on the river or up on a mountain. This fall has been a generous one, with warm temperatures and the longest foliage season I can recall. I am also posting pictures on Facebook once and a while, and don't expect I will be blogging with as much regularity as I was this past spring. It turns out farming takes up pretty much all of one's waking hours. I knew it was going to be hard this year, but I am learning ever more just what it takes to start and run one's own business and a farm all at the same time. 

And I have been working like a dog.... and you bet I sure do sleep like a log! No big surprise blogging has taken a back seat to actual farming. I don't expect I will be back here for a little while more, but I thought I would share a few pictures of the season so far. Its been such a learning experience already and I am so grateful to be here doing this work. Yay!