We're back at the markets!

School is out, and we are back! Our first market of the year was this Thursday, and boy did we have some good looking tomato transplants. It was good to see everyone and to be back in my old space again-I'd been dropping by after work on Thursdays, and gravitating to my spot under the tree, but that's really just not the same.

We'll be bringing more transplants to the West Asheville Tailgate Market tomorrow (Tues), along with a few other items, perhaps some fresh greens - we'll see how fast they can grow after the rain this weekend.

Also, we're having a mushroom inoculation party this Wednesday, starting at 8:30. Come on out and see how it works, help us inoculate some shiitake mushroom logs, and take some small ones home!

See you soon!

-Mollie

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Spring is finally arriving.

Shoo-wee! It's been quite a while since the last blog post!

Seems like the weather is a few weeks behind this year, and so are we! I am still teaching two classes at Blue Ridge. We'll be at the Flat Rock Tailgate Market (Thursdays 3-6, opens April 22) the West Asheville Tailgate Market (Tuesdays 3:30-6:30, opens April 20), and we hope to start at the Saluda tailgate market (details TBA). Sadly, and despite tremendous effort I might add, I have not yet mastered the art of being in two places at once, so we'll be joining everyone at the markets after May 11 (last day of finals).

We are offering 5 CSA subscriptions for this year, June-Oct, possibly later. We'll have a wide variety of produce and plenty of care put in each box like many other CSAs, so what makes ours different? We are offering subscriptions that are renewable each month, which require less up-front cost and offer more flexibility. Full share: $20/week, Half-share: $10/week. So a four week month would be $80 full share, $40 half share. A five week month would be $100 full share, $50 half share. Pickup locations at any of our markets. Contact us if you are interested!

In other news...We really need some help at the farm! We have an internship position available at 6hr/wk, $7.25/hr. Need to be able to work in most weather conditions and lift 30-40lbs on occasion. Come learn all I know about transitioning to organic production for vegetables, mushrooms, and some small fruits for tailgates and CSAs. Immediate work available (NOW) through October, possibly longer. If you can't make the six hours every week, but are still interested in volunteering, learning, or just helping on a farm, let us know, we can work out vegetables-for-trade. We are also members of CRAFT (Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training) through the Organic Growers School, so you would be invited to the monthly farm tours/potlucks at member farms. We participated last year and found it very enjoyable and educational. It's hard to convey the pleasure of hanging out with other farmers in the middle of the beautiful NC mountains on a late summer Saturday afternoon over deliciously grilled food and a season of hard work.

Contact us for an appointment.

Halloween and we have pumpkins!

Here are some of the pumpkins I carved for the Flat Rock Market today. The super-happy one sold, but the other three will be haunting the Saturday Columbus tailgate market in two days!

We will have carved and not-yet carved pumpkins, pumpkins for pie, and pumpkins for painting, little, medium, and large pumpkins! So catch us at the Saturday at the Columbus farmer's market 8:00-11:30 on Halloween. If you miss us then, we'll still have some for Thanksgiving pies. Give me a holler and I'll set one (or more) aside for you.

We also still have lots of butternuts and acorn squash as well. We'll be bringing our butternut pie to the Columbus market to taste and I'll bring the recipes to share too. Discounts on orders over 20#!

Fall greens are still in season: turnips, white salad turnips, baby collards and kale, and my tasty fall salad mix. Next week (the 5th) is the last Thursday market in Flat Rock for the fall. We hope to see you there for the Market's Fall Festival that afternoon! We will be at the West Asheville Tailgate Market this Tuesday 3:30-6:30.

We will still have greens, pumpkins, and squash available for a while, so let me know if you need any. After the market ends, I would be happy to meet you for deliveries.

weeding...aggg!

Just reading about the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group conference to be held in January http://www.ssawg.org/conference-program.html

Reading up on the offerings there, including some on weeding. Finally beginning to understand...Weeding is like dieting. there's always a new technique, you promise yourself to stick with it, but somehow, you never seem to get ahead of it.