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CSA update 4.28.14

4/28/2014

Dear friends and shareholders,

Thank you for all your help with Earth (Every) day. Last week was intense but very rewarding. We had over 150 people at our farm event last Friday afternoon; Moms, dads, kids dogs, lambs, good food and live music… all with beautiful weather. Then Saturday we had our second distribution with nearly 50 shareholders, and many were new folks… We now have only 12 shares left to sell. The fresh Asparagus was a big hit!! On Saturday I prepared 9 new strips for fruit trees in the area directly to the North of our house. The current plan is for 3 rows of Lavender and 1 row of pie cherries. That leaves 5 rows… What kind of new Dwarf fruit trees would you like? Vote now with your email response. For those who missed distribution on Saturday we will have a Wednesday pm distribution from 4-7pm… But the sweet winter parsnips are gone now, and the Arugula in the greenhouse is bolting (flowering) with pretty strong flavor!

Sam and Heidi

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CSA update 4/14/14

4/14/2014

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Dear CSA members and friends, what a great start to our CSA year on Saturday! The weather was beautiful, and was great to see everyone back, and those of you who are new it was great to meet you. If you missed Saturday CSA pickup, come Wednesday from 4-6pm… With the heat Saturday we now have some of the 1st of our asparagus up. We had our 1st taste of the new asparagus tonight and it was delicious! We will be closed after Wednesday for the Easter weekend.
Wishing you and your family a special Easter

Sincerely, Sam and Heidi

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CSA update 4/10/14

4/10/2014

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Dear friends and shareholders,

Farm field work is now underway at the Heikes family farm; we have been busy in the field the last 2 days burning, chiseling, disking and field cultivating to prepare for our new seeding’s. We will start with potatoes next week. I saw my first garter snake yesterday and my 1st Quail today. We have been busy working on the asparagus building and the pergola for our first distribution this Saturday from 10am-2pm. We will have lots of nice spring greens: Lettuce, Spinach, Arugula, and Radishes from the greenhouse. Lots of real good winter parsnips, maple syrup and will have Hutterite eggs and chickens to buy. We will also will have Minnesota Norland seed potatoes. We have had a steady flow of new shareholders, and renewals. We only had 23 shares left to sell for 2014, so invite your friends and co-workers to come on Saturday, or give them a brochure.

See you Saturday Heidi and Sam

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CSA update 4.3.14

4/3/2014

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Dear friends and shareholders,

March went out like a wimp and April came blowing in like a small MSU Bobcat! The moisture today is needed, but I would rather have rain. I am tired of winter and cold! Last Sunday afternoon we had a BIG controlled burn in our 11 acre of Native Warm season CRP north of the grove… perfect day with a nice south wind for a good burn. We kept the burn exactly where we wanted, thanks the new fire chief at the vermillion fire department, and our neighbors big tractor and disk. I dragged the black remains over the last 2 days. We plan to plant pollinator friendly flowers for our raw local honey production this summer.

Our fresh garden greens from the greenhouse are ready to start picking, but we are going to wait until next Saturday (4/12) to have our 1st 2014 distribution of lettuce, spinach, arugula, and radishes. Also we will have Hutterite chickens, eggs and turkey from the lake view colony at Lake Andes for you to purchase from Joe. If you like their poultry produce we will take orders for the next week and beyond.

The last couple of weeks have been busy with CSA shareholder renewals and a number of new shareholders, many from pay pal on our updated website. I think we can still handle about 30-40 new shareholders this year with our extended plan of 10 acres of fresh local produce. Last week we pruned 80 of our new fruit trees that will be in their 3rd year in 2014. Good Lord willing with good spring weather we can expect a significant increase in fruit production this year. We will see you next Saturday April, 12th!

Sincerely, Sam and Heidi

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