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May Farm Tour Photos / Farm Work Day Info
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The Almond Festival occupied the Capay Valley last weekend. Every year the big question revolves around what the weather will be like for the event. The best Almond Festival celebrations occur when the festival corresponds to one of nature’s early spring day gifts. With the grass green, the almond blossoms brilliant, blue sky and sun-shine, it is easy to find a reason to take a trip to the Capay Valley. This year, the day before the Almond Festival (Saturday) was warm and clear - but Sunday was met with clouds and water.
The weather never stops the festivities - it just slows them down a bit. The Esparto High School FFA (Future Farmers of America) Club puts on an omelet and pancake breakfast in the school gym that we always attend. This year was no different - it is fun to see the locals and chat with them about what everyone is up to and how the farm is doing. Our family hosted a small get together at the farm for some friends, we had BBQ and made a fire to keep warm.
One side of me was sad the rain came to slow done the festival but the farmer in me was relieved to know that our little plants are getting something to drink and the seeds that Ricardo put in the ground just before the end of the week are getting the shot of water they need to initiate their life. The next question is to wonder about how much rain we will get.
Last week was a gift of sunshine and dry soil. We got the John Deere 4500 tractor back from the shop just in time to put the mower on in and put it to work mowing the grapes and citrus orchards. The first tomato planting ground was disked, ripped and put into beds last week. They are now awaiting the first tomato transplants that will come in the middle of March. The rain is getting the weeds a chance to start growing which is great because we will be able to cultivate them in just before we transplant the tomatoes into the ground.
The farm moves on, the seasons change and our lives adjust to the activity of the day.
Enjoy your box this week. - Thaddeus |
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Customer Work Day Update
Please check back for updated information about the next Work Day on the farm. You can also email and let us know you'd like to be put on the list for the next one.
Plant some trees!
Pull some weeds!
Get dirty & sweaty, & feel GOOD!
Please email: noah@farmfreshtoyou.com to
reserve space for you, family and friends.
Plan on
arriving at the farm early in the morning, as close to 8am
as possible, and bringing a lunch
to enjoy out in the orchard.
We'll plan on wrapping things up around noon due to the heat,
and you'll be free to relax in the shade of the trees and
have lunch afterward.
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April 9, 2008
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The Canal Season |
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Spring Overload |
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The Science of Farming |
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Generation Two |
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January 16, 2008
Winter Pruning |
January 9, 2008
The Storm of the Winter |
January 2, 2008
The Farming Year |
December 19, 2007
Auction Season |
December 12, 2007
Winter Winds |
December 2, 2007
Herb Garden in the Making |
November 28, 2007
Fall Colors |
November 27, 2007
Thanks for the Soil |
November 14, 2007
Green Festival |
November 7, 2007
Fish Pile |
October 31, 2007
Fall Changes |
October 22, 2007
Married in France |
September 26, 2007
The Perfect Tomato |
September 19, 2007
Fall Is Falling |
September 3, 2007
The Blue Wasp |
August 29 , 2007
The Chard Challenge |
August 22 , 2007
Fall Planting |
August 15 , 2007
Ideas for Fall and Winter Crops |
August 8 , 2007
A Lesson in Transplants |
August 1 , 2007
Mini Quail |
July 25, 2007
Middle of Summer |
July 4, 2007
Jersey Girl vs. Mr. Rattlesnake |
June 27,2007
Already Thinking of Fall-Thaddeus |
June 20, 2007
A Week of Benchmarks -Thaddeus |
Jun 6, 2007
Goslings in the Creek -Thaddeus |
May 30, 2007
Tomatoes -Thaddeus |
May 23, 2007
Summer Smells -Thaddeus |
May 9, 2007
Muddy in May -Thaddeus |
May 2, 2007
What a Busy Week-Thaddeus |
April 11, 2007
An Early Start - Freeman |
April 4, 2007
Gopher Food - Thaddeus |
March 28, 2007
Spring Silence - Thaddeus |
March 21,2007
Spring Buds and Worm Food - Thaddeus |
March 12, 2007
Spring Gobbles - Thaddeus |
March 7, 2007
Spring Time - Thaddeus |
February 26, 2007
Summer Food Please - Thaddeus |
February 19, 2007
Peach Blossoms and Arundo Burning - Thaddeus
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February 12, 2007
Chris Leaves - Thaddeus |
January 31, 2007
Heart Attack- Thaddeus |
January 24, 2007
Turkeys Can Fly- Thaddeus |
January 10, 2007
Live the Seasons- Freeman |
January 1, 2007
Happy New Year Thaddeus |
Nov 29, 2006
Organic? - Thaddeus
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Nov 15, 2006
Winter Preparation - Thaddeus |
Nov 1, 2006
Canal Dries Up - Thaddeus |
Oct 25, 2006
Beets - Thaddeus |
Oct 18,2006
New Database - Thaddeus |
Oct 11,2006
Rain, Sweet Rain - Thaddeus |
Oct 4, 2006
Organic Fertilizers- Thaddeus |
Sept 27, 2006
Windy Days - Thaddeus |
Sept 20, 2006
Clean Produce - Thaddeus |
Sept. 13, 2006
Cools Coming - Thaddeus |
Sept 6 , 2006
War of the Worms - Thaddeus |
Aug 30, 2006
Fall Falling - Thaddeus |
Aug 23, 2006
Farm Tour - Thaddeus |
Aug 16 , 2006
Hopping Roadblock - Thaddeus |
Aug 9 , 2006
Tomato Storys - Thaddeus |
Aug 2 , 2006
Slow Food- Thaddeus |
July 26, 2006
Blah Blah- Thaddeus |
July 19, 2006
Golden Hills - Thaddeus |
July 12, 2006
Heirlooms and Heat - Thaddeus |
July 5, 2006
Algorithms - Thaddeus |
June 28, 2006
It's Getting Hot Out Here - Thaddeus |
June 21, 2006
Cherry Tomatoes - Thaddeus |
June 14, 2006
Bear and Deer Meet- Thaddeus |
June 7, 2006
Poults in the Green Beans- Thaddeus |
May 31, 2006
A Wedding in the Garden - Thaddeus |
May 24, 2006
The Wedding Brigade - Thaddeus |
May 17, 2006
Irrigate!!! - Thaddeus |
May 10, 2006
Trading Weather for Carrots - Thaddeus |
May 3, 2006
Honoring Immigrants - Thaddeus |
April 26, 2006
Radishes with Aioli - Thaddeus |
April 19, 2006
Can we cultivate yet?! - Noah |
April 5, 2006
Migratory Birds and this Crazy Rain - Thaddeus |
March 29, 2006
Getting Tractors in the Field, Ready or Not - Thaddeus |
March 15, 2006
Warm in the Greenhouse, Frost Outside - Thaddeus |
March 8, 2006
Bear Learns to Chase Rabbits - Thaddeus
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March 1, 2006
Dependent on the Weather - Thaddeus |
February 22, 2006
Almond Festival - Thaddeus
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February 15, 2006
Feels Like Summer, Sort Of - Thaddeus |
February 8, 2006
Spring & SuperBowl Sunday - Thaddeus |
February 1, 2006
Back from Asilomar - Thaddeus |
January 25, 2006
Wind & More Wind - Thaddeus |
January 18, 2006
Figs in the Greenhouse - Moyra
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January 11, 2006
Toms & Jakes - Thaddeus |
January 4, 2006
Rain, Roadblocks & Mud - Thaddeus |
December 12, 2005
Wrapping Things Up For Winter - Thaddeus |
December 5, 2005
Au Revoir, Automnal - Noah |
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