Spring it still is, even though today marks the start of our “summer” farmer’s market, the McMinnville Farmer’s Market. Farmer’s growing in hoop houses or on black plastic can nudge the season ahead a bit, but with the long lasting springs we have been having last year and this, even our friends who use these [...]
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This Week at Market: The Flavors of Spring
Posted in community, farm, farmer's market, local, local food, mcminnville, rapini, salad mix, seasonal eating, spring, swiss chard, weather, tagged farmer's market, seasons, spring on May 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Spring love matures (and so do the weeds)
Posted in bees, broccoli, challenges, flowers, pests, soil, soil improvement, spring, summer, swiss chard, weeds on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As much as I knew it would come, being here at the end of the giddy stage of spring, when our farm (where landscaping has taken a second seat to things growing for the business) abruptly turns green after that splash of color, is still something like walking on uneven ground, that bumpy step a [...]


