We’ve decided to spend the next year exploring what homesteading means and how we can move in that direction. It’s a big word with lots to unpack. For us, it means making more and wasting less, growing or raising what you can, and being careful with our energy use and choices. Being good stewards of the earth.
Your second CSA delivery has been dropped off! This week you’ve got turnips and turnip greens, a different variety of kale, spring onions, baby garlic, baby kale, and radishes. Hit us up with questions and comments–or pictures of your CSA dinners–here on the blog or on our Facebook page. For more recipe ideas, you can …
Here we go! Welcome to the Spring 2016 CSA. Here at Oak Hill, we love this time of year. The world has exploded in greenery and growth and we’re starting to see the results of planning and hard work that started back at the beginning of the year. Reminder: We wash your veggies each week …
We had two new litters of pigs born yesterday! Angelina Jowlie (see video, below) had a litter of 10; Kim Lardashian (not in the video) had a litter of 7. This is the second time that our piglet births have been synchronized, and mothers and babies all seem healthy and happy. We’ve been feeding our hogs …
Hi, friends! So I promised to update the blog this week since the box had a couple outliers in it. I’ve been remiss in weekly updates. Our busy season is now our wonderfully-horrifically-stupendously-insanely-busy season, and the blog has been falling off the radar. But this week, I’m back! Here you go: Our box this week …
When I take my headphones to the garden, my music is mellow. Unless I’m in a very specific mood, I don’t want pounding rhythms or blaring guitars—that’s for walking or running… or maybe chasing hogs. For garden work, think Nora Jones, Eva Cassidy, or maybe Frou Frou. This morning, with the wind wafting through the …
Can you believe we’re nearing the end of our spring CSA? One week left! We’ve opened the summer session to current members, and we’ll open unclaimed shares for the general public next Friday. We’ll start up the six-week summer session after a hiatus to let our summertime veggies mature. We’ll be in touch about dates …
The wet weather continues, though the temperatures are finally starting to rise. We never thought we’d be happy to see 80 and 90-degree afternoons, but the plants are loving it. The beets have really taken off, the spring greens are flagging, and summer goodies like Swiss Chard are starting to come on. In this week’s …
Spring CSA Week 4: Goodies, Greens, and Garlic Scapes! Read More »
Ellie here, with your CSA share list for Week 2. Things went a bit more smoothly this week than last! Thinning This week, most of our beds needed to be thinned. When we plant, we plant more seed than we think we’ll need, in case some doesn’t germinate. Then, as our veggies mature, we pull …
We had a rocky start to the day, but boxes are in are shareholders’ hands and everyone seemed happy with their shares! Every box smelled divine — green garlic and onions mingling with kale, fresh lettuces, and herbs. If you took home a box for your very own, here’s what you got: Left to right: …
