Farm Tasks

There are several critical tasks that happens on our farm at different times in the season that are necessary to stay on top of to ensure we have a large variety of produce to offer our customers at our year round markets.

January-March:

• Prune fruit trees
• Order Seeds
• Plant seed in Hoop houses–radish, spinach, arugula, turnips
• Propagate plant starts in germination house

April-June:

• Thin fruit trees
• Plough, disk ground
• Plant seed–Beets, Melons, Squash, Cucumbers, Beans, Corn
• Put plant starts in ground
• Plant onions and potatoes
• Host school field trips

July-September:

• Continue planting seeds and plant starts
• Summer harvesting apples, peaches, pears, melons and hazelnuts
• Harvest storage crops–onions, potatoes and winter squash

October-December

• Get farm ready for winter dormancy
• Plant cover crop
• Harvest last of the apples
• Harvest and dry popcorn and grinding corn for polenta, grits, cornmeal
• Host school field trips