News from the Farm The month of November is the true end of our growing season. On the Monday before Thanksgiving we harvest our last crop of the year, our heritage turkeys. It is a sad, glorious, reverential day when, at the end of the day, we realize that, indeed, our growing and harvesting

Can we provide the nutrients needed to grow our crops 100% on farm? This season at the farm Simon spearheaded a project called Determining if Comfrey Fermented Plant Juice is a Viable Alternative to Traditional Purchased Fertilizers. We were able to fund this project through a grant received from SARE, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education,

This week on the FarmWow, what a season! We feel beyond grateful for so much this year: that last snow in April which allowed us to work within new "normal" water restrictions, the relatively smoke free and not too hot for too long summer, all our crop plans that we thought up

Greetings beloved Summer CSA Members, Sarahlee here.  I'm the one that the majority of you check in with at the market.  It's a warm, late summer evening here at the farm. I gathered myself a melon and a few peppers.  I am about to prepare Ashanti and myself a simple dinner

This week on the Farm It seems fitting that this week is a bit toasty, I mean in the 80s. After last week, I was all in for fall and soups and stews, but I have to admit, the warmth is nice. It is a great hiccup between a fabulous summer

We focus on the vegetables at Rainshadow Organics a lot, but did you know that we are a Full Diet farm? That means that we grow it all: grains, dairy, eggs, flowers, vegetables, and meat! In this month's newsletter we wanted to focus on our beef program, Pitchfork T beef. The perfect pairing of

Please Note, the Farm Store is transitioning to Fall Hours in October. September 25 will be the last Sunday the Farm Store is open this season. Don't worry, if you miss your Wednesday pickup, you can still come and pick up your CSA on the other days we are open:

This week on the Farm We we put in a solid effort on our winter storage harvest (finishing our potato harvest and getting another round of onions pulled, trimmed and crated), harvested for wholesale, market, and Summer and Full Diet CSA, went to market... We did all the things. And then

Today's newsletter is written by: News from the Farm Here on the farm the transition of seasons brings many changes. With September knocking at the door, farmers are pulling in crops for storage and the new seedlings and transplants are

This week on the Farm This was a momentous week on the farm: WE STARTED HARVESTING OUR FALL STORAGE CROPS! Nope, I'm not yelling at you, but shouting with excitement. Imagine all the balloons being released. The fireworks going off. Or a room full of 10 year olds with those pull