Leafy Greens Farm 2013

It is 2013 and Leafy Greens Farm is about to kick off a new year of growing delicious vegetables! We plan to continue our mission of growing great produce using organic practices and sharing our produce with friends, family, and community members. We took a brief break from farming last year in order to move, but we look forward to sharing new stories and connecting with all of you during 2013.

We have big dreams for this year and also more space to get things started. Our new home offers us enough room to grow transplants in our basement until it is warm enough to transplant them outdoors. It may only be January, but many of the vegetables we eat can take 90 to 120 days to grow. We set up two shelving units of lights and heating mats and have already planted 250+ seeds. The only thing we need more of is electrical sockets. :) Today, we have cabbages, lettuces, snap peas starting to sprout.

After two years of growing vegetables, we are considering starting our own CSA this year. If your not familiar with a CSA, it is otherwise known as Community-Supported or Community-Shared Agriculture. You can think of it like "subscription farming." You buy a subscription from a local farmer just like you buy a subscription to a magazine or Netflix. Instead of receiving a magazine or movie each week, you receive a "share" of fresh, locally grown vegetables. We are a little nervous and still need to work out all the details about starting this new venture in farming, but we have the confidence that we can keep the vegetables growing and boxes of produce filled for our customers.

More news to come soon.