Archive for January, 2012
CSA News 90: Teaching Soldiers to Farm
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012It's February and even if the nights are still cold, the sun is shining brighter each day. This is good news for growing certain vegetables and herbs. Many seeds sprout better in the soil when it warms up. We are in full swing of transplanting many greens ...
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CSA News 89: Personal Growth Through Growing Food
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012Greetings CSA family and friends,
When the warm rays of the sun embrace us and the garden for a few days in a row, the plants respond quickly with increased growth. Even when the nights dip into the twenties the natural world is thinking spring. The unfortunate effect ...
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CSA News 88: A Fork in the Road for Slow Food
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012The greens are coming in. With the help of a little sunshine the last few weeks and some adjusted growing methods we have caught up and are able to harvest a bigger variety of greens again. Every week we will introduce some new varieties when we can. ...
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CSA News 87: Voting with Our Farms and Forks
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012In the articles listed below you'll find encouraging ideas and real facts. Growing vegetables in the middle of winter, where temperatures last week reach 75 degrees with clear skies and sunshine during the day and 18 degrees in the early morning hours, requires lots of adjusting ...
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CSA News 86: Happy New Years From Avalon Gardens
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012It is a New Year 2012 and a new season with new ideas, ideals, hopes, visions, many surprises and opportunities. We are planning to grow more variety this year, and many different kinds of vegetables. The supermarkets and even health food stores don't give you much variety. ...
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