March 2024
Month of Love and Babies
photo credit: Alison Holland Baby Peas and baby chicks as big as your hand. The month of love and...babies Something about that just does make sense, even if the timing
February 2024
February, the month of love
This month, the second month of the year, the month of love. We sit, legs dangling over the edge, looking up and out and over Central Oregon, our home, and reflect on
January 2024
Two Winters
photo credit: Melissa Harmon January, a tale of two winters Wow, January started out so pleasant, really too pleasant, as we saw you all early in
Summer is coming
It’s Official, the Summer Growing Season is Here! This time of the year is a surprisingly busy time for us. Between December and January we map out, count, and plan our next 12 months.
December 2023
January CSA pick-up this week!
photo credit: Melissa Harmon Happy New Year, farm friends. Howdy ya'll! Sarahlee here, again..... writing the email on time. What do you think of that? Now you don't have to
November 2023
Gratitude
The things we are grateful for in 2023 Our crew from last year Wow, what a winning year last year. In 2023 we started our own Apprentice Program and our first year’s Apprentices knocked
November CSA is Here
photo credit: Melissa Harmon Winter is here and so is the start of our CSA! Dang, and just like that it gets so cold that we can finally accept that winter
October 2023
The Beauty of You All
The beauty of you all! photo credit: Melissa Harmon What a weekend we had! It was the perfect culmination to an incredible summer! Over the last 2
Thanks for a great summer
This week, our newsletter is written by Sarahlee Our head honcho, farmer with the plan, owner and vision master Where are you from? I've lived on the farm my entire life. Why Rainshadow? Because
First Frosts
News from the Farm: Oh, wow, only two more CSAs left in our 2023 20-week Summer CSA. This will be the last week that we see our Meat Only CSA members and this will
September 2023
Fall is here and the options are changing
News from the Farm: Wow! Can you believe it? We are heading into our last four weeks of our Summer CSA. My goodness, but what a joy it has been so far. Mostly not
August 2023
What is the value of a CSA?
What is the value of a CSA? There is the economic value wrapped up in choosing to spend your money on a CSA share from Central Oregon. A 2017 study in Central Oregon found
Take a lesson from the pigs!
Every other week or so the farmers will write the Sunday CSA letter. This will bring a different tone and story to your inbox and come even closer to telling the full story of the
Get your pickle on
A note of gratitude Wow, this smoke is tenacious, that is for damn sure. And, what with the season, the wind, and all the things out of our control, there is no knowing how
beet-cha don’t know its time to harvest winter stores already
News from the Farm: Winter CSA harvest begins Well, it is happening! We have begun harvesting for the winter. We talked a bit a couple weeks ago about the garlic harvest, the first of