August 2021
Noah shows us the good side of weeds
Noah shows us the good side of weeds Meet your farmer It is with pleasure that I introduce myself to the individuals and families that create a need for our special work
Natalie Talks Seed Saving
If you forgot to bring your crates back last week, not to worry, we will still except them this week 🙂 Go put them in your car right now!!!! Meet
It’s a meat and veggie week! (2)
It’s a meat and veggie week! Reminder We are so excited that you took home all that bounty last week, but we NEED OUR CRATES BACK in order to fill
It’s a veggie only week!
It’s a veggie only week! The farming goes on forever and the weeding never ends. I wasn't kidding when I said the weeding never stops around
July 2021
7/28 – It’s a meat and veggie week!
7/28 – It’s a meat and veggie week! Can you believe it, the CSA is halfway done! I swear it was only yesterday, or maybe last week, that the summer
7/21 pickup — we survived!
7/21 pickup — we survived! Ms Amiga smiling in the cover crop. (Photo credit: Natalie Leder) We made it! I duplicate emails within
The farming season is shifting
The Farming Season is Shifting REMINDER: We are doing away with single use bags. We just couldn’t take it anymore. Make sure to bring your reusable salad and basil bags
7/12 pickup — we survived!
7/7 pickup — we survived! We made it!Woah, it is nice to be on the other side of last week. You all felt and know this, but that
June 2021
Holy Heat Wave
It is more then hot here! Last week we talked about the spring to summer transition. I’m almost sorry I mentioned it. Apparently, summer heard and decided to really make an appearance! Good gracious!
Happy Arrival of Summer
Happy arrival of summer! Too bad it has had to make such a grand entry. (Insert sweating eye rolling emoji here.) I can’t believe that the last time I sent this email we were
6/23 pickup — Summer is truly here!
But the veggies still think it is spring The season has officially changed with the Solstice on Sunday, but it will still be a few more weeks until our vegetables catch up and those
6/16 CSA Pickup: Let’s Talk About Baby Vegetables
Farming is all about taking care of babies And growing vegetables at Rainshadow is about relationships. While some of our plants are only around for a few weeks (carrots, radishes, salad turnips), we have many
6/9 pickup — veggie only: the spring green tide continues rolling in
Weeding: it's what we do to stay ahead This past week we did a lot of weed maintenance. As organic farmers, the only real way to keep weeds down to a "manageable" level
May 2021
First Summer CSA this Wednesday, 6/2!
We just finished planting the 25-acre field! Wow, what a week–wind, not quite freezing temps at night, gradually warming days, rain, sun. All the things that make Central Oregon in the spring so ...
March 2021
April CSA pick up: Thursday, 4/1
Storage roots for the win! I don't know about you, but we are blown away by how long and how well our storage crops are doing! With only May left in our 2020-2021 Winter CSA, we