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 was HOT!!! Without being too dramatic, we went into survival mode this week: how to keep ourselves and

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 truly “summer” vegetables arrive. You can tell we are on the brink of the turn in vegetable season. There are baby

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 more that spend months on the farm. We start them as seeds, transplant them after they spend a month or

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 is to stay on top of the weeding! Often this means weeding when you can't even see weeds. At the

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 ... special. We have been planting and nurturing crops in the hoops and the 2-acre garden since March for the

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 couldn't be happier with how everything is going. The foundation of our Winter CSA are roots we harvested last fall,

It's all about preparation right now. Wow things have been busy at the Farm! March has been all about projects and preparation. We are about a month out from when our next crew of Rogue Farm Corp interns arrive in early May, and in April and May we start to shepherd all our starts into their homes

March CSA pickup: Tomorrow, 3/4! It is feeling mighty spring like around Rainshadow Organics at the moment. We got a little dusting of snow last week, but then the sun popped out and the snow melted and suddenly folks were seeding in their t-shirts in the 4-season greenhouse with the doors open. While there are 3 more CSA pickups left

The days are getting longer and we are seeding for the summer! February has come and gone in a blur. While it is the shortest month and we had a serious cold snap and a delightful amount of snow, the days are starting to get longer and the hoop houses

The Significance of Supporting Local Businesses A recent study conducted in Central Oregon found that when a dollar was spent on a local food item, $0.76 remains in our local economy. Comparatively, each dollar spent on food from outside the region resulted in only $0.28 remaining in the local economy. Keeping these dollars