HappyDay CSA Newsletter Week 22 October 29th

HappyDay CSA Newsletter Week 22 October 29th

CSA 2018 week 22 CSA October 29th       Knocking on November, my the season has flown by!  Garlic is done except for a couple of new varieties that will be going into smaller plots.  Cover crop is sown under the vast majority of the farm; odds and ends remain as the...
HappyDay CSA Week 21 October 22nd

HappyDay CSA Week 21 October 22nd

CSA 2018 week 21 CSA October 22nd      Yesterday we drove to San Rafael for a panel on diversified, regenerative farming practices at the Bioneers Conference; there was a direct focus on cannabis as part of the conversation.  It was a powerful experience to see the...
HappyDay CSA Week 20 October 15th

HappyDay CSA Week 20 October 15th

CSA 2018 week 20 October 15th        We’re hoping to get garlic planted this week, and we’ve been sowing cover crop like mad.  As harvest has gone along we’ve been breaking down cages and pulling the stumps from the beds.  Replanting of cover crop and brassica ensures...
HappyDay CSA Newsletter Week 17 Sept 24th

HappyDay CSA Newsletter Week 17 Sept 24th

CSA 2018 week 17 Sept 24th        Yesterday marked 36 years since the day of my birth.  It was the fall Equinox, which Ma says also occurred on the day I was born.  It is the first time that I remember by birthday falling on the day of the Equinox, which added an...
HappyDay CSA Newsletter, October 1st

HappyDay CSA Newsletter, October 1st

CSA 2018 week 18 October 1st        Fall has arrived, and the garden transition is underway.  We are sowing a winter cover crop mix of oats, vetch, field peas and fava beans, inoculated with nitrogen-fixing bacteria that will help to enrich the soil while preventing...