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HEY HEY HEY! Its our long overdue edition of "Meet the Farmer's Favorite Tools" day! Which tool do you think we used to loosen 100 feet of three rows of carrots in 10 minutes, not counting setup????
And YES! THE FARMERS MARKET OF CARBONDALE is open for at least FOUR more Saturdays! Including tomorrow!

Welcome to SPRING and our first 2025 Tour ‘de Farm! We are thrilled to once again have the privilege to grow for The Farmer's Market of Carbondale and Neighborhood Co-op Grocery. This year, we will strive to update the path our crops take before they reach your shopping bag.

The photos and captions herein are meant to give a glimpse of Mother Nature’s potent power to transform Winter’s dormancy to Spring’s vibrancy.

Great press on LEAF Food Hub debut distribution of local food to local eaters! Starts right around the seven minute mark! A big heads up to all who have worked to reach the food desert areas of our region!

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All this rain has made the SUGAR SNAP PEAS produce buckets of flavor and crunch! Come get yours at the market or the coop to stir fry with our sliced green onions, garlic scapes, spinach, kale and parsley, Planted or Picked by our trusty crew of three years, who are moving on to become a DO, a PA, a PT, a PhD, a lawyer and a professional runner. (Stay tuned to Meet the quick study newbies who are straddling the puddles to fill their boots!) Come see us at the Farmers Market of Carbondale every Saturday, 8 to noon! https://www.facebook.com/farmersmarketcarbondale?mibextid=LQQJ4d

So many things happening at the farm and so little time to post all the amazing pictures! Come see us at the farmers market for MAY days! So many awesome greens, lettuces, Bruce’s carrots, radishes, herbs, Ben’s Mystic Muffins, Maryannes Organics skin care items, and awesome Flowers and bouquets! Here the all are in their glory in the fields…

So many things happening at the farm and so little time to post all the amazing pictures! Come see us at the farmers market for MAY days! So many awesome greens, lettuces, Bruce’s carrots, radishes, herbs, Ben’s Mystic Muffins, Maryannes Organics skin care items, and awesome Flowers and bouquets! From their glory in the fields… to the prep stages to get them in your hands and to your table!

Another lovely day in the soil. Bruce scooped buckets full of Green Ridge Landscaping composted soil just delivered for what we expected would be many times by its new owner, Bryan, just over two weeks ago. It is surreal to see this soil as both the first and the final salute to him and the joy he exuded in our two meetups. Indeed, we are resolved to also emanate his joie de vivre as we grow Food and flowers, friends and family in this circle we call life.

In fact, that resolve to find calm and balance gave us a stellar start to the season as Danielle and Sarah shoveled and wheeled countless barrows to cover the paper they had laid. They then cut openings that they popped plants into, each seeded by Danielle and nurtured inside the house sunspace thru some tough cold snaps by bruce. Ben helped Complete the planting and watering at days end of this first crop of lettuce. Bruce reeled in the hose and packed up supplies, just in case the Weather Gods indeed send a tad of rain our way tonight—- not even an inch recorded in all of February! We are glad to welcome the plants to root, in what we are calling Bryan’s Soil, despite the foreboding “March into A Scorched Spring” soundtrack of the weather forecasts.