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Slowly easing into the season over here ☺️ It's been almost a month since our last update but we're getting stuff done! Plants are going in the ground, we dug a trench for the electrical cable to the high tunnel, our hedgerows are getting tidied up, our grafted tomatoes went to hell and barely came back alive 😂, we lost power twice and internet for 2 days at which point we realized we needed a power failure alarm (took us a while to think of that one), and we're starting to build out our new compost station! Can we start getting more warm sunny days now? Oh and we are looking for one more part time person to join our crew! If you know anyone who might be interested, details are on our website ✨
冬の間硬くなった体が少しづつ動き始めてます…😅春は体がいつもだるくて農業できるかなと焦ります、笑　暖かい天気の良い日が来たら、きっと仕事も楽になる！💪
#spring #peas #snapdragon #organicfarming #marketgarden #😺

Slowly easing into the season over here ☺️ It's been almost a month since our last update but we're getting stuff done! Plants are going in the ground, we dug a trench for the electrical cable to the high tunnel, our hedgerows are getting tidied up, our grafted tomatoes went to hell and barely came back alive 😂, we lost power twice and internet for 2 days at which point we realized we needed a power failure alarm (took us a while to think of that one), and we're starting to build out our new compost station! Can we start getting more warm sunny days now? Oh and we are looking for one more part time person to join our crew! If you know anyone who might be interested, details are on our website ✨
冬の間硬くなった体が少しづつ動き始めてます…😅春は体がいつもだるくて農業できるかなと焦ります、笑　暖かい天気の良い日が来たら、きっと仕事も楽になる！💪
#spring #peas #snapdragon #organicfarming #marketgarden #😺

The second week in March is when we go from just a few trays to suddenly half the propagation space is filled with trays and tiny seedlings! Our garlic is just starting to peak out of the ground but because of the unusually cold winter, there was a little bit of garlic heaving.. 🧄 We pushed them back in the ground and hope they do ok! 🤞We also found this fuzzy creature emerging out of the ground 😹
３月の２週間目は数個のトレイから一気にハウスの半分が苗になります✨ニンニクは寒い冬のせいで、土からポロッと出てしまってるニンニクが少しあったので、再度埋めました🧄頑張れニンニク〜！ニンニク以外にも畑から出てきました😹
#happyspring #seeding #greenhouse #garlic #😹

The second week in March is when we go from just a few trays to suddenly half the propagation space is filled with trays and tiny seedlings! Our garlic is just starting to peak out of the ground but because of the unusually cold winter, there was a little bit of garlic heaving.. 🧄 We pushed them back in the ground and hope they do ok! 🤞We also found this fuzzy creature emerging out of the ground 😹
３月の２週間目は数個のトレイから一気にハウスの半分が苗になります✨ニンニクは寒い冬のせいで、土からポロッと出てしまってるニンニクが少しあったので、再度埋めました🧄頑張れニンニク〜！ニンニク以外にも畑から出てきました😹
#happyspring #seeding #greenhouse #garlic #😹

Back in January I started working with rust prints combined with indigo and other tannin dyes and I'm in love! 🧡💙 The combination of colors and unpredictable shapes are so beautiful ✨ The rust prints I used are from rusty tools from around our farm and @botlfarm (recognize those sod staples anyone??). I'll be spending this month sewing these up into cushion covers, placemats, and more 😁
１月にサビを使った染め物のワークショップを受けて、たくさんのゴージャスなテキスタイルを作ってます✨錆と藍色の絶妙なバランスと錆びた農業道具から得られる模様はハマりますね😁
@maiwaschooloftextiles #tanninsoxidesandindigo #naturaldye #rustdyeing #indigo #nofilter

Back in January I started working with rust prints combined with indigo and other tannin dyes and I'm in love! 🧡💙 The combination of colors and unpredictable shapes are so beautiful ✨ The rust prints I used are from rusty tools from around our farm and @botlfarm (recognize those sod staples anyone??). I'll be spending this month sewing these up into cushion covers, placemats, and more 😁
１月にサビを使った染め物のワークショップを受けて、たくさんのゴージャスなテキスタイルを作ってます✨錆と藍色の絶妙なバランスと錆びた農業道具から得られる模様はハマりますね😁
@maiwaschooloftextiles #tanninsoxidesandindigo #naturaldye #rustdyeing #indigo #nofilter

The first veggie seeds are sown!! 🍅🌞✨ 2025 here we gooo!! Also, note to our plant sale customers, pre-orders are filling up much faster than usual so we'll likely reach our limit sooner than past years, just fyi. But even if you miss it, you'll find all of the plants and more at our first plant sale of the season on May 17th!! 💚🌱🪴
最初の野�菜の種が蒔かれましたー！８年目のシーズンが始まりました🌞苗のプレオーダーもかなり入ってきていて、今年は早めに終了する予定です🌱今年の最初の苗セールは5/17(土)です、予定に入れておいてください☺️

The first veggie seeds are sown!! 🍅🌞✨ 2025 here we gooo!! Also, note to our plant sale customers, pre-orders are filling up much faster than usual so we'll likely reach our limit sooner than past years, just fyi. But even if you miss it, you'll find all of the plants and more at our first plant sale of the season on May 17th!! 💚🌱🪴
最初の野菜の種が蒔かれましたー！８年目のシーズンが始まりました🌞苗のプレオーダーもかなり入ってきていて、今年は早めに終了する予定です🌱今年の最初の苗セールは5/17(土)です、予定に入れておいてください☺️

The past year has been so illuminating as to just how good we have it as small-scale, diversified farmers in the U.S. We had a few international farmers visit us last season and recently spent time with our dear friends @yokotafarm in Japan, and talking with them really paints a stark contrast between the reality of farming in the U.S. versus abroad. In many circumstances, it really does seem like the odds are stacked against farmers in many other countries, especially beginning and young farmers. A lot of the programs, incentives, and subsidies that we take for granted are pipe dreams for our international friends (such as tax exemptions for farm purchases, the vast array of State and Federal grants and subsidies we have access to, and marketing avenues and prices that make it possible to make a living doing what we do). Overall, the support we get as farmers here is much more robust than anywhere else we're aware of. We don't mean to negatively portray other countries but at the end of the day, when we ask ourselves, is it appealing to become a new farmer in these other countries? I'm afraid our personal opinion is a no for now. We are endlessly impressed and inspired by the farming community here. Not to say it isn't this way in other countries but it feels like we are truly valued and supported, relatively speaking. Sadly, this may be starting to change, and quite abruptly. The farming community is strong and resilient, but we know many of us farmers rely on a functioning, dependable, science-based government. We just hope we can protect at least some of this support system us farmers (and by extension the general public) have greatly benefited from and see the unthinkable crisis that is unfolding before us.
On a separate note, farming in Japan is facing a crisis of its own, especially in the next 5 years, but that discussion is for another time... Getting much hope and peace from hanging out with @yokotafarm

The past year has been so illuminating as to just how good we have it as small-scale, diversified farmers in the U.S. We had a few international farmers visit us last season and recently spent time with our dear friends @yokotafarm in Japan, and talking with them really paints a stark contrast between the reality of farming in the U.S. versus abroad. In many circumstances, it really does seem like the odds are stacked against farmers in many other countries, especially beginning and young farmers. A lot of the programs, incentives, and subsidies that we take for granted are pipe dreams for our international friends (such as tax exemptions for farm purchases, the vast array of State and Federal grants and subsidies we have access to, and marketing avenues and prices that make it possible to make a living doing what we do). Overall, the support we get as farmers here is much more robust than anywhere else we're aware of. We don't mean to negatively portray other countries but at the end of the day, when we ask ourselves, is it appealing to become a new farmer in these other countries? I'm afraid our personal opinion is a no for now. We are endlessly impressed and inspired by the farming community here. Not to say it isn't this way in other countries but it feels like we are truly valued and supported, relatively speaking. Sadly, this may be starting to change, and quite abruptly. The farming community is strong and resilient, but we know many of us farmers rely on a functioning, dependable, science-based government. We just hope we can protect at least some of this support system us farmers (and by extension the general public) have greatly benefited from and see the unthinkable crisis that is unfolding before us.
On a separate note, farming in Japan is facing a crisis of its own, especially in the next 5 years, but that discussion is for another time... Getting much hope and peace from hanging out with @yokotafarm

It's been a while posting here because we've been quite busy! We'll post later about what Alex has been up to (which is also the reason why he couldn't join me) but I've (Yoko) spent the past few weeks in Japan to catch up with friends and family, but most importantly to see my grandparents, in very snowy Niigata! Of course spending time with them is always heartwarming but one of my favorite things to do there is unearthing old photos and other gems ✨ Maybe some of you already know, I have some badass great grandmas and I've talked about my paternal great grandma before but here's a photo of my great grandma, Mie Suzuki, on my mom's side. She was a school teacher for most of her life but she took up Sashiko after she retired. She eventually taught and even published a short book on a particular type of Sashiko from the Yamagata region. I already had a few pieces of her work but we discovered so many more! 😍 I purchased a few new Sashiko books and will be engaging in our monthly Sashiko Club mending sessions with renewed vigor! Our next club date is March 2, if anyone wants to join 🪡💙 The baby in the pictures circa 1987 with mom, grandma and grandpa is me in Venezuela, where I was born! 🌞
皆さまご無沙汰しております〜😅ここ３週間ほど日本に行ってました！ハイライトはひいおばあちゃんの刺し子の作品をもっと見つけたことです✨これからの刺し子に気合いが入ります！！😤赤ちゃんは私です😁おじいちゃんおばあちゃんが当時住んでいたベネズエラに遊びに来た頃の写真
#sashiko #visiblemending #刺し子

It's been a while posting here because we've been quite busy! We'll post later about what Alex has been up to (which is also the reason why he couldn't join me) but I've (Yoko) spent the past few weeks in Japan to catch up with friends and family, but most importantly to see my grandparents, in very snowy Niigata! Of course spending time with them is always heartwarming but one of my favorite things to do there is unearthing old photos and other gems ✨ Maybe some of you already know, I have some badass great grandmas and I've talked about my paternal great grandma before but here's a photo of my great grandma, Mie Suzuki, on my mom's side. She was a school teacher for most of her life but she took up Sashiko after she retired. She eventually taught and even published a short book on a particular type of Sashiko from the Yamagata region. I already had a few pieces of her work but we discovered so many more! 😍 I purchased a few new Sashiko books and will be engaging in our monthly Sashiko Club mending sessions with renewed vigor! Our next club date is March 2, if anyone wants to join 🪡💙 The baby in the pictures circa 1987 with mom, grandma and grandpa is me in Venezuela, where I was born! 🌞
皆さまご無沙汰しております〜😅ここ３週間ほど日本に行ってました！ハイライトはひいおばあちゃんの刺し子の作品をもっと見つけたことです✨これからの刺し子に気合いが入ります！！😤赤ちゃんは私です😁おじいちゃんおばあちゃんが当時住んでいたベネズエラに遊びに来た頃の写真
#sashiko #visiblemending #刺し子

Better late than never!! Happy New Year everyone!! 🎊 We're enjoying these slower months so much so that we've been avoiding Instagram 😅 But we've taken a moment to reflect on how truly amazing 2024 was ✨ Some highlights - learning Katazome indigo dyeing in Japan, teaching my first indigo class!, saying goodbye to our Suzukini 🚗, building our first high tunnel!, growing lots of great things in said high tunnel 🌷, starting our monthly Sashiko Club!, big family visit in July, harvesting tons and tons of beautiful veggies with a beautiful crew!, dyeing with summer flowers, spinning my first skein of yarn, watching a bronze pour 🗿, holding our very last Holiday Market!, eating lots of good food and of course cuddling with fuzzy four legged creatures 🐱 We hope everyone had a fantastic holiday and welcomed the new year with joy and excitement for what's to come in 2025! 💙
とーても遅れましたが、明けましておめでとうございます😊今年もよろしくお願いします🙇‍♀️インスタの投稿って意外とかなり時間がかかるのでぶっちゃけ避けてました😅でも2024年を振り返るとなんて素晴らしい年だったんだろう！！新しいビニールハウスを建てたり、刺し子クラブを始めたり…そしてたーくさん美味しい野菜を育て、収穫し、食べました！😀また今年も農園にとって、皆さんにとって、とても良い年でありますように！🙏

Better late than never!! Happy New Year everyone!! 🎊 We're enjoying these slower months so much so that we've been avoiding Instagram 😅 But we've taken a moment to reflect on how truly amazing 2024 was ✨ Some highlights - learning Katazome indigo dyeing in Japan, teaching my first indigo class!, saying goodbye to our Suzukini 🚗, building our first high tunnel!, growing lots of great things in said high tunnel 🌷, starting our monthly Sashiko Club!, big family visit in July, harvesting tons and tons of beautiful veggies with a beautiful crew!, dyeing with summer flowers, spinning my first skein of yarn, watching a bronze pour 🗿, holding our very last Holiday Market!, eating lots of good food and of course cuddling with fuzzy four legged creatures 🐱 We hope everyone had a fantastic holiday and welcomed the new year with joy and excitement for what's to come in 2025! 💙
とーても遅れましたが、明けましておめでとうございます😊今年もよろしくお願いします🙇‍♀️インスタの投稿って意外とかなり時間がかかるのでぶっちゃけ避けてました😅でも2024年を振り返るとなんて素晴らしい年だったんだろう！！新しいビニールハウスを建てたり、刺し子クラブを始めたり…そしてたーくさん美味しい野菜を育て、収穫し、食べました！😀また今年も農園にとって、皆さんにとって、とても良い年でありますように！🙏

Happy solstice! The shortest day of the year ✨ We don't typically harvest this late in the season but there was too much good stuff left in the tunnels that we got them harvested for our awesome friends @deadhorsehill 🎠 before the forecasted 4F/-15C night tomorrow! This past week, I (Yoko) went to the NEVF conference for the first time in a long time and was pleasantly surprised by how much better it's gotten! (=more organic/no-till/flower/small-scale content than 9 years ago) and it was awesome to meet in person fellow inspirational growers that we've been following for a long time @edibleuprisingfarm @rootsfamilyfarm @lovinmamafarm (if you're not already, you should give them a follow 💛). I forgot to take photos at the conference but I do have some slides.. and the last photo is for people who've missed our fuzzy monster Zumi 😸
冬至✨1年で1番短い日🌌普段この時期には収穫しないけど今年はまだまだ野菜が残ってたので友達のレストラン、@deadhorsehill のために雪の中、収穫を…！私は今週久しぶりにニューイングランドで一番大きい農業カンファレンスへ。9年前と比べてかなりトピックが増えててたくさん学べました。インスタで長い間フォローしあってる農家さん達にもたくさん会えて楽しかった！💛

Happy solstice! The shortest day of the year ✨ We don't typically harvest this late in the season but there was too much good stuff left in the tunnels that we got them harvested for our awesome friends @deadhorsehill 🎠 before the forecasted 4F/-15C night tomorrow! This past week, I (Yoko) went to the NEVF conference for the first time in a long time and was pleasantly surprised by how much better it's gotten! (=more organic/no-till/flower/small-scale content than 9 years ago) and it was awesome to meet in person fellow inspirational growers that we've been following for a long time @edibleuprisingfarm @rootsfamilyfarm @lovinmamafarm (if you're not already, you should give them a follow 💛). I forgot to take photos at the conference but I do have some slides.. and the last photo is for people who've missed our fuzzy monster Zumi 😸
冬至✨1年で1番短い日🌌普段この時期には収穫しないけど今年はまだまだ野菜が残ってたので友達のレストラン、@deadhorsehill のために雪の中、収穫を…！私は今週久しぶりにニューイングランドで一番大きい農業カンファレンスへ。9年前と比べてかなりトピックが増えててたくさん学べました。インスタで長い間フォローしあってる農家さん達にもたくさん会えて楽しかった！💛

This is what local flavors, colors, talent and creations look like ✨ We so enjoyed having these amazing vendor friends and their STUNNING displays at our 3rd Holiday Market! This will be the last time we hold the holiday market on our farm but we hope you keep supporting vibrant local small businesses like these for your holiday shopping/eating and beyond ❤️ Thank you to everyone who came out and shout out to Eric @farmoutlandish and Kason for managing the parking!
今年で最後になりますが、この３年間ホリデーマーケットに来て頂いた方々、ありがとうございました！このようにローカルで作られた食べ物や作品は最高です✨スモールビジネスをこれからもサポートお願いします❤️
#holidaymarket #localart #localfood #smallbusiness #shopsmallbusiness

This is what local flavors, colors, talent and creations look like ✨ We so enjoyed having these amazing vendor friends and their STUNNING displays at our 3rd Holiday Market! This will be the last time we hold the holiday market on our farm but we hope you keep supporting vibrant local small businesses like these for your holiday shopping/eating and beyond ❤️ Thank you to everyone who came out and shout out to Eric @farmoutlandish and Kason for managing the parking!
今年で最後になりますが、この３年間ホリデーマーケットに来て頂いた方々、ありがとうございました！このようにローカルで作られた食べ物や作品は最高です✨スモールビジネスをこれからもサポートお願いします❤️
#holidaymarket #localart #localfood #smallbusiness #shopsmallbusiness

We made a thing - again! We call it "The Elixir" and it has elderberries, aronia berries and wild grapes! Maybe the world's first?? Both your palette and body will thank you 💜 Alex has also made a bunch of these hot pepper chains which are perfect gifts, but come to think of it, wouldn't it look great as an ornament too? 🌲 Zumi approves 😋 These and veggies, meat, ceramics, paintings, candles, cider products, yarn, bread, pastries, wreaths, jewelry and much more will be available at the Holiday Market this Saturday, 11-3pm ✨✨✨
今年のアレックス作のシロップ💜アロニアベリーとワイルドグレープが加わり、かなりパワーアップしました！鷹の爪唐辛子チェーンもたくさん作りました✨オーナメントにちょうど良いかも？？土曜日のホリデーマーケットにて！
#elderberrysyrup #elderberry #aronia #wildgrapes #takanotsume

We made a thing - again! We call it "The Elixir" and it has elderberries, aronia berries and wild grapes! Maybe the world's first?? Both your palette and body will thank you 💜 Alex has also made a bunch of these hot pepper chains which are perfect gifts, but come to think of it, wouldn't it look great as an ornament too? 🌲 Zumi approves 😋 These and veggies, meat, ceramics, paintings, candles, cider products, yarn, bread, pastries, wreaths, jewelry and much more will be available at the Holiday Market this Saturday, 11-3pm ✨✨✨
今年のアレックス作のシロップ💜アロニアベリーとワイルドグレープが加わり、かなりパワーアップしました！鷹の爪唐辛子チェーンもたくさん作りました✨オーナメントにちょうど良いかも？？土曜日のホリデーマーケットにて！
#elderberrysyrup #elderberry #aronia #wildgrapes #takanotsume

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃✨ The timing of Thanksgiving could not be more perfect - when we're just about wrapping up the season and there are so many things to be thankful for! (not to mention the surge in demand for local produce to finish the season strong! 😊) Well, we are very relieved we made it through another season (feels like there are more bullets to dodge every year...) but we couldn't have done it without our fantastic crew - Aichan, Taylor and Ellen - who brought a lot of positive energy and laughter to what often are long, tiring days! We are so thankful for their commitment and hard work 💪 and our customers and the wider community for supporting us and eating local!
ハッピーサンクスギビング！🦃
#farmcrew #womenwhofarm #womenfarmers #🐱

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃✨ The timing of Thanksgiving could not be more perfect - when we're just about wrapping up the season and there are so many things to be thankful for! (not to mention the surge in demand for local produce to finish the season strong! 😊) Well, we are very relieved we made it through another season (feels like there are more bullets to dodge every year...) but we couldn't have done it without our fantastic crew - Aichan, Taylor and Ellen - who brought a lot of positive energy and laughter to what often are long, tiring days! We are so thankful for their commitment and hard work 💪 and our customers and the wider community for supporting us and eating local!
ハッピーサンクスギビング！🦃
#farmcrew #womenwhofarm #womenfarmers #🐱

Tomorrow is our last farmstand of the season! 🥳 We've set aside a good amount of our red carrots and we harvested a lot of everything - spinach, arugula, lettuce heads, lettuce mix, radicchio, herbs etc. - most of which will last at least a few weeks in your fridge ✨ Plus root crops that'll last you through the winter! Hope to see you tomorrow~ 🙌 (I had to include my nephew's Japanese homework that talks about visiting our farm and eating tons of delicious tomatoes, which melts my heart 🥰🍅)
明日がファームスタンド最終日でーす！よーく考えたら葉物も入れて、ほとんどのものが数週間は冷蔵庫でもちます✨なのでサンクスギビングはもちろんですがそれ以降の分の野菜もまとめ買いできちゃいます！😊
#supportlocal #locallygrown #organicveggies #smallfarm #農園 #野菜 #金時人参

Tomorrow is our last farmstand of the season! 🥳 We've set aside a good amount of our red carrots and we harvested a lot of everything - spinach, arugula, lettuce heads, lettuce mix, radicchio, herbs etc. - most of which will last at least a few weeks in your fridge ✨ Plus root crops that'll last you through the winter! Hope to see you tomorrow~ 🙌 (I had to include my nephew's Japanese homework that talks about visiting our farm and eating tons of delicious tomatoes, which melts my heart 🥰🍅)
明日がファームスタンド最終日でーす！よーく考えたら葉物も入れて、ほとんどのものが数週間は冷蔵庫でもちます✨なのでサンクスギビングはもちろんですがそれ以降の分の野菜もまとめ買いできちゃいます！😊
#supportlocal #locallygrown #organicveggies #smallfarm #農園 #野菜 #金時人参

I know we desperately need rain after months of dry weather but.... does it really have to be tomorrow at our last @brooklinefarmersmarket with 18mph winds? 😅 Well, Alex, Yukiko and I will be there rain or shine with the freshest veggies! 🥬 One thing the dry weather has been good for is the best head lettuce we've grown for our last outdoor planting! Our lettuce mix is well known for lasting weeks in the fridge but here's a secret.. our lettuce heads last even longer ✨ So bring an umbrella and come on out to get your locally grown ingredients for your Thanksgiving table! 🦃
干ばつがずーと続いてて凄く雨が必要なんだけど…明日(マーケット最終日)降るの？！雨でも晴れでもアレックス、由貴子さんと私でたくさん野菜を持っていきまーす！ほうれん草も(めちゃくちゃ時間かかるけど)たくさん収穫しましたよ✨では明日会いましょう〜！！
#escarole #marketgarden #notill #farmer #spinach #エスカロール #ほうれん草 #不耕起栽培 #有機農業

I know we desperately need rain after months of dry weather but.... does it really have to be tomorrow at our last @brooklinefarmersmarket with 18mph winds? 😅 Well, Alex, Yukiko and I will be there rain or shine with the freshest veggies! 🥬 One thing the dry weather has been good for is the best head lettuce we've grown for our last outdoor planting! Our lettuce mix is well known for lasting weeks in the fridge but here's a secret.. our lettuce heads last even longer ✨ So bring an umbrella and come on out to get your locally grown ingredients for your Thanksgiving table! 🦃
干ばつがずーと続いてて凄く雨が必要なんだけど…明日(マーケット最終日)降るの？！雨でも晴れでもアレックス、由貴子さんと私でたくさん野菜を持っていきまーす！ほうれん草も(めちゃくちゃ時間かかるけど)たくさん収穫しましたよ✨では明日会いましょう〜！！
#escarole #marketgarden #notill #farmer #spinach #エスカロール #ほうれん草 #不耕起栽培 #有機農業

2 more weeks of markets left! ✨ We still have tons of amazing veggies - all sweetened by frost ❄️
マーケットも残り２週間だけです！！野菜たちは霜で甘〜くなってますよ✨
#vegetables #organic #frostsweetened #supportlocal #eatlocal #有機野菜 #オーガニック

2 more weeks of markets left! ✨ We still have tons of amazing veggies - all sweetened by frost ❄️
マーケットも残り２週間だけです！！野菜たちは霜で甘〜くなってますよ✨
#vegetables #organic #frostsweetened #supportlocal #eatlocal #有機野菜 #オーガニック

A beautiful, calm week on the farm 🌱 Still harvesting a ton of stuff! And it's officially, sit-by-the-fire-and-knit season 🧶💓
まだ暖かい秋の収穫🌱薪ストーブの隣で編み物する季節になって幸せ〜💓
#marketgarden #lettucefordays #knitting #knit

A beautiful, calm week on the farm 🌱 Still harvesting a ton of stuff! And it's officially, sit-by-the-fire-and-knit season 🧶💓
まだ暖かい秋の収穫🌱薪ストーブの隣で編み物する季節になって幸せ〜💓
#marketgarden #lettucefordays #knitting #knit

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It here! 🚨🚨🚨 The thing we get asked about throughout the season and possibly our farm's most iconic, famous vegetable ❤️ Alex wrote a great piece about them in this week's newsletter so I'm going to paste it here ➡️ For the uninitiated, we grow an heirloom variety of red carrots from Japan known as Kintoki carrots and we are not being hyperbolic when we say that they are THE best carrots! They're sweeter than orange carrots with a more intense carrot flavor, a more delicate texture (perfect for raw snacking), and a gorgeous scarlet red color. Like many heirloom vegetables, they're a bit more challenging to grow (as in they will only grow in cool weather) and often are very diverse in size, but we sort and bag to keep them grouped by size for ease of cooking and processing. Customers start asking us about the red carrots starting in May and thus they are sure to go fast at the market, but we planted more than ever this season and will have them for the remaining four markets, so if you miss out this week don't fret, there will be other opportunities!!!
金時人参登場❗最後のマーケットまで販売しまーす❗
#kintoki #heirloom #金時人参 #京野菜 #人参 #🥕

It here! 🚨🚨🚨 The thing we get asked about throughout the season and possibly our farm's most iconic, famous vegetable ❤️ Alex wrote a great piece about them in this week's newsletter so I'm going to paste it here ➡️ For the uninitiated, we grow an heirloom variety of red carrots from Japan known as Kintoki carrots and we are not being hyperbolic when we say that they are THE best carrots! They're sweeter than orange carrots with a more intense carrot flavor, a more delicate texture (perfect for raw snacking), and a gorgeous scarlet red color. Like many heirloom vegetables, they're a bit more challenging to grow (as in they will only grow in cool weather) and often are very diverse in size, but we sort and bag to keep them grouped by size for ease of cooking and processing. Customers start asking us about the red carrots starting in May and thus they are sure to go fast at the market, but we planted more than ever this season and will have them for the remaining four markets, so if you miss out this week don't fret, there will be other opportunities!!!
金時人参登場❗最後のマーケットまで販売しまーす❗
#kintoki #heirloom #金時人参 #京野菜 #人参 #🥕

Last chance to get some baby ginger this week! Since our indoor space is limited, we always plant ginger on the shoulder of another crop - this season we planted them next to cucumbers and snap peas ✨ The last of them came out today! We've got some beautiful fennel as well as Treviso type radicchio and miniature radicchio 😁 The last few days have been absolutely beautiful weather in the high 70s but we're ready to tuck in all the remaining outdoor crops for a night in the 20s on Sunday!! ❄️
今週で新生姜は終わりでーす！今日最後の収穫をしました🫚ここ数日間は暖かくて気持ちよかったぁー！😆でも明日からまた寒くなるので野菜たちはたくさんカバーして守ります🌱🌱🌱
#ginger #babyginger #🫚 #新生姜 #チコリ

Last chance to get some baby ginger this week! Since our indoor space is limited, we always plant ginger on the shoulder of another crop - this season we planted them next to cucumbers and snap peas ✨ The last of them came out today! We've got some beautiful fennel as well as Treviso type radicchio and miniature radicchio 😁 The last few days have been absolutely beautiful weather in the high 70s but we're ready to tuck in all the remaining outdoor crops for a night in the 20s on Sunday!! ❄️
今週で新生姜は終わりでーす！今日最後の収穫をしました🫚ここ数日間は暖かくて気持ちよかったぁー！😆でも明日からまた寒くなるので野菜たちはたくさんカバーして守ります🌱🌱🌱
#ginger #babyginger #🫚 #新生姜 #チコリ

We cover crop throughout the season but we're pushing hard to get the last of them in the ground 🌱 Just in the past week we've seeded over 20 beds, which means we've now cover cropped well over 100 beds this season ✨ It's one of the most satisfying tasks on the farm - to know that these beds have been tucked in for the winter! Because it's been very dry (not complaining!) we are watering in every bed and we've had to reassemble some sprinkler lines that we put away last week! 🚿🚿🚿
夏野菜も終って、緑肥を今たくさん撒いてます✨ここ１週間だけで畝20本以上、今年の合計は畝105本ほど緑肥を撒きました✨
#covercrop #marketgarden #notill #notillflowerfarming #緑肥 #不耕起栽培 #農園

We cover crop throughout the season but we're pushing hard to get the last of them in the ground 🌱 Just in the past week we've seeded over 20 beds, which means we've now cover cropped well over 100 beds this season ✨ It's one of the most satisfying tasks on the farm - to know that these beds have been tucked in for the winter! Because it's been very dry (not complaining!) we are watering in every bed and we've had to reassemble some sprinkler lines that we put away last week! 🚿🚿🚿
夏野菜も終って、緑肥を今たくさん撒いてます✨ここ１週間だけで畝20本以上、今年の合計は畝105本ほど緑肥を撒きました✨
#covercrop #marketgarden #notill #notillflowerfarming #緑肥 #不耕起栽培 #農園

We are so excited to announce our 3rd Annual Holiday Market at our farm on December 7th 11-3pm! 🎉 Come celebrate the end of the season with us with the best local art and food around ✨ and a sneak peak of a few of the things I've been making for the market... 💛🧡🤎
今年のホリデーマーケットは12月7日 11:00-15:00です！��🎉シーズンの終わりを祝いましょう〜！
#holidaymarket #localartisans #eatlocal #naturaldye #naturallydyed

We are so excited to announce our 3rd Annual Holiday Market at our farm on December 7th 11-3pm! 🎉 Come celebrate the end of the season with us with the best local art and food around ✨ and a sneak peak of a few of the things I've been making for the market... 💛🧡🤎
今年のホリデーマーケットは12月7日 11:00-15:00です！🎉シーズンの終わりを祝いましょう〜！
#holidaymarket #localartisans #eatlocal #naturaldye #naturallydyed

Lots of harvest going on here but I'm here to tell you one thing only... It's that time of year when we have sooo many green peppers because many of our peppers don't have enough time to turn color! 🫑🫑🫑 Starting tomorrow we'll have oodles of green peppers and bulk bags available so please help us get through our huge pile... ☺️ It's one of the few vegetables you don't need to blanch before freezing so it's really easy to preserve for eating all winter long! It is a bit wet after thawing but drain & pat to dry if you don't want the excess moisture ✨
たくさん野菜の収穫してますが今週特に注目してもらいたいものは…緑パプリカ(ピーマンとはちょっと違うかな🤔)。霜のため色がつく前に収穫しなくてはいけなかったので、たくさんあります✨お安くまとめ買いもできるので是非冷凍して冬の間も食べてください🫑🫑🫑
#fallharvest #shungiku #tatsoi #eatclean #eathealthy #eatlocal #秋 #旬の食材

Lots of harvest going on here but I'm here to tell you one thing only... It's that time of year when we have sooo many green peppers because many of our peppers don't have enough time to turn color! 🫑🫑🫑 Starting tomorrow we'll have oodles of green peppers and bulk bags available so please help us get through our huge pile... ☺️ It's one of the few vegetables you don't need to blanch before freezing so it's really easy to preserve for eating all winter long! It is a bit wet after thawing but drain & pat to dry if you don't want the excess moisture ✨
たくさん野菜の収穫してますが今週特に注目してもらいたいものは…緑パプリカ(ピーマンとはちょっと違うかな🤔)。霜のため色がつく前に収穫しなくてはいけなかったので、たくさんあります✨お安くまとめ買いもできるので是非冷凍して冬の間も食べてください🫑🫑🫑
#fallharvest #shungiku #tatsoi #eatclean #eathealthy #eatlocal #秋 #旬の食材

A new to us crop this year! Frisée (a kind of endive) and escarole ✨ There's a slight bitterness as expected with chicory but there's a lot of flavor! Also the latest cabbage planting might have been one of the most productive, 500lbs in a 100' bed...! 😳 We've also been having a relatively pest free napa cabbage year (literally everything loves napa cabbage, as growers know ..) but after celebrating our "cleanest napa ever!" planting, we started seeing an otherwise innocuous pest on them.. crickets!! Who knew! 😂
今年新しく作り始めたフリゼ(アンディーブの一種)とエスカロール、いずれもチコリの一種✨やや苦く美味しい！今週から販売始めまーす！あと今年の秋キャベツはかなり調子が良い💚でも白菜は普段害虫でもないコオロギに食べられててびっくり😂
#chicory #endive #frisée #cabbage #チコリ #アンディーブ #フリゼ #キャベツ

A new to us crop this year! Frisée (a kind of endive) and escarole ✨ There's a slight bitterness as expected with chicory but there's a lot of flavor! Also the latest cabbage planting might have been one of the most productive, 500lbs in a 100' bed...! 😳 We've also been having a relatively pest free napa cabbage year (literally everything loves napa cabbage, as growers know ..) but after celebrating our "cleanest napa ever!" planting, we started seeing an otherwise innocuous pest on them.. crickets!! Who knew! 😂
今年新しく作り始めたフリゼ(アンディーブの一種)とエスカロール、いずれもチコリの一種✨やや苦く美味しい！今週から販売始めまーす！あと今年の秋キャベツはかなり調子が良い💚でも白菜は普段害虫でもないコオロギに食べられててびっくり😂
#chicory #endive #frisée #cabbage #チコリ #アンディーブ #フリゼ #キャベツ

Well, our pollinator friends 🐝 are having a hard time accepting that we just had our first frost last night! ❄️ We're in a frost pocket so we're sometimes 10 degrees colder than the forecasted low... Though there are other flowers still in bloom! 🌸 We're fine with frost as long as A. It's not in September B. It's on a weekday when our crew is around to help harvest frost sensitive crops and C. Row covers are protecting crops that need it. 3 out of 3 this year! A friendly reminder that our markets go on til just before Thanksgiving! 🦃
蜂たちは昨夜初霜でお花たちは枯れちゃったことわかってるのかな🐝初霜のため準備万端だったので農園はまだまだ野菜がたくさん採れてます！サンクスギビングまでマーケットが続きますよ✨
#frost #frosty #marketgarden #🐝 #初霜 #❄️

Well, our pollinator friends 🐝 are having a hard time accepting that we just had our first frost last night! ❄️ We're in a frost pocket so we're sometimes 10 degrees colder than the forecasted low... Though there are other flowers still in bloom! 🌸 We're fine with frost as long as A. It's not in September B. It's on a weekday when our crew is around to help harvest frost sensitive crops and C. Row covers are protecting crops that need it. 3 out of 3 this year! A friendly reminder that our markets go on til just before Thanksgiving! 🦃
蜂たちは昨夜初霜でお花たちは枯れちゃったことわかってるのかな🐝初霜のため準備万端だったので農園はまだまだ野菜がたくさん採れてます！サンクスギビングまでマーケットが続きますよ✨
#frost #frosty #marketgarden #🐝 #初霜 #❄️

These pictures really don't do it justice but the fall colors that surround us on the farm are stunning!! 🍂🧡🤎💛 We're preparing for our first frost tomorrow night but we feel that the veggies have been eased into it (there was ice on our lettuce this morning!) so hopefully all the cold hardy stuff will come out the other end just tasting sweeter 😍 Speaking of cold hardy, we started harvesting our fave - Sweet & Spicy Mix today (first pic)! They're a fall exclusive crop and will hopefully be around til the end! ✨ Also, last week for basil!
綺麗な紅葉に囲まれながら畑仕事〜幸せ〜🧡🤎💛明日は初霜のようなので準備モード💪
#fallcolors #fallfoliage #marketgarden #farming #notill #農園 #有機農業 #不耕起栽培 #紅葉 #🍂

These pictures really don't do it justice but the fall colors that surround us on the farm are stunning!! 🍂🧡🤎💛 We're preparing for our first frost tomorrow night but we feel that the veggies have been eased into it (there was ice on our lettuce this morning!) so hopefully all the cold hardy stuff will come out the other end just tasting sweeter 😍 Speaking of cold hardy, we started harvesting our fave - Sweet & Spicy Mix today (first pic)! They're a fall exclusive crop and will hopefully be around til the end! ✨ Also, last week for basil!
綺麗な紅葉に囲まれながら畑仕事〜幸せ〜🧡🤎💛明日は初霜のようなので準備モード💪
#fallcolors #fallfoliage #marketgarden #farming #notill #農園 #有機農業 #不耕起栽培 #紅葉 #🍂

October 6th. Taking a moment to record just how phenomenal our tomato crop is/was this year! Tomorrow these tomatoes are going to be taken out and replaced with the last of the fall greens. Also in our second year of using the Qplir trellising system + wickets, we can't say enough good things about them. One of the biggest benefits is that all of the ripe tomatoes are all at the same height, which makes harvesting SO much faster. And check out the tops of the tomato plants, they're still so thick! Normally we'd happily remove sad, diseased tomato plants at the end of the season but we might actually miss them this year... 🍅❤️
10月6日にこのトマトの姿！私達も信じられません😅オランダで発明されたQliprという支柱立て？システムを使うのは２年目ですが本当に最高です。熟したトマトが全て同じ高さで収穫できるんです✨明日、残ったトマトを全て外します😢
#tomato #trellis #greenhouse #🍅 #トマト

October 6th. Taking a moment to record just how phenomenal our tomato crop is/was this year! Tomorrow these tomatoes are going to be taken out and replaced with the last of the fall greens. Also in our second year of using the Qplir trellising system + wickets, we can't say enough good things about them. One of the biggest benefits is that all of the ripe tomatoes are all at the same height, which makes harvesting SO much faster. And check out the tops of the tomato plants, they're still so thick! Normally we'd happily remove sad, diseased tomato plants at the end of the season but we might actually miss them this year... 🍅❤️
10月6日にこのトマトの姿！私達も信じられません😅オランダで発明されたQliprという支柱立て？システムを使うのは２年目ですが本当に最高です。熟したトマトが全て同じ高さで収穫できるんです✨明日、残ったトマトを全て外します😢
#tomato #trellis #greenhouse #🍅 #トマト

We managed to fit everything in the van for the market yesterday but it sure was tight! We are absolutely enjoying these warm October days but it looks like frost might be in the forecast next week for us! 😬
昨日はなんとか野菜を全部ヴァンに詰めれました😁10月にしてはすごい暖かい天気が続いてますが来週は初霜かもしれません！🍂
#organicveggies #farmersmarket #marketgarden #有機野菜 #野菜 #不耕起栽培

We managed to fit everything in the van for the market yesterday but it sure was tight! We are absolutely enjoying these warm October days but it looks like frost might be in the forecast next week for us! 😬
昨日はなんとか野菜を全部ヴァンに詰めれました😁10月にしてはすごい暖かい天気が続いてますが来週は初霜かもしれません！🍂
#organicveggies #farmersmarket #marketgarden #有機野菜 #野菜 #不耕起栽培

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