Dear Friends and shareholders,
Looks likes SPRING might really be coming… A warm weekend sounds wonderful! 
That should bring the new Asparagus up, and the fruit blossoms out! 
We have cut hard from the greenhouse for the last 3 weeks…  So we are going to give the greenhouse a rest
this weekend, so no distribution this Saturday the 27th. We watered the greenhouse and
with a sunny warm weekend we should have good regrowth by next weekend. Potatoes, onions, and leaks are here and ready to plant as soon as the muddy fields dry up. I ordered our first round of plants yesterday at Mensch greenhouse in Avon: 640 Broccoli, 320 Cabbage, 320 Cauliflower, 320 Kohlrabi, 160 Celery, 160 Brussel  Sprouts. We will mechanically transplant them with the  4 row lister as soon as Potatoes, Onions, and Leeks are in. So, busy spring planting is just around the corner! Even though we are a little late planting I am so thankful we have good topsoil moisture to get everything started. Help is always welcome if you want to play in the dirt or just need a farm break. We are just about to our goal of shareholders, Thank you to each of you for your support! I am optimistic about our large production plans and our new Friends this year.
See you Next weekend

Sincerely, Sam and Heidi
Heikes

Dear Friends and shareholders,
Last week’s 1st distribution went very well. We had many new
shareholders out to the farm for the first time, nice to have you here! 
Winter just doesn’t seem to want to let go. Last year we had new potatoes
and onions coming up about this time of year! New emerging asparagus is stalled
out due to the cold, lots of good moisture but no heat to bring it up! Regrow on
the greens in the high tunnel is also slow due to the continued cold nights. We
delivered commercial shares to Sioux Falls today, roads were really bad coming
home, but we made it. Sounds like on Saturday we will have some nice greens and
maybe some radishes.


See you Saturday,
10-2pm


Sincerely, Sam and
Heidi

CSA members, just a reminder we will have distribution of Salad
greens, on Saturday from 10-2pm here at the farm
Thanks, see you then, if you can't make it call  to
rearrange another day to pick up

                                                                                                                       DdDear 

Dear friends and shareholders,          
Big week at the Heikes Family farm, grass began to green, worms came up,
and the robins are happy, pheasants are on the strut, after the 3rd
100 degree day in the greenhouse the lettuce, arugula and kale are ready for
first pick of “farmer Sam’s fresh salad greens.” The certified organic garlic
broke ground yesterday and the asparagus will break ground tomorrow. With a good
watering and tilling we might have a nice 1st cut next week after the
rain. Tomorrow we go to Minnesota to pick up certified seed potatoes: Norland, Yukon Gold’s, and Fingerlings.
The onions and leeks are on the way up from Texas, and the Sweet Potato plants
will be shipped from Tennessee when it warms further. My old 4 row JD lister
will be ready to plant potatoes and onions next week after we spread manure and
till it in. Soil compaction tests and electrical conductivities indicated the
need for some further soil amendments later in the season. Hopefully the pea mix
cover crop that we will plant later will continue to improve our good soils. 
We’re entering the final stage of our membership drive with a strong
spring advertising campaign. Our goal is 75 personal shares, and 20 commercial
shares. We’re shooting for April 13th which is Next Saturday
as our first farm CSA distribution with greenhouse production. And some Asparagus 
Please Continue to pray for rain as we are now entering a new growing
season with very little subsoil moisture 8-10” below normal. April showers bring May flowers.
See you next week
Sincerely in Spring,

Sam and Heidi