We bought this planting/weeding machine from a fabricator in Vermont. We are really looking forward to putting it to work next year. Who said laying down on the job is a bad thing?

 The snow makes it really fun to try to find and dig parsnips

Cozy chickens.

You may have noticed the lack of salad greens in your CSA shares. Sorry about this. We have still been so busy harvesting and dealing with the cold weather that we didn't get the greenhouses pulled over the newly planted greens. I think we need to figure something else out for next year. I'm not sure they would have grown anyway with the early onset we had of cold weather and basically no sunny days for the past 2 months.

 Film crew at the farm this past week to shoot video about biosafety in harvesting vegetables

We moved the chickens back onto the vegetable field this week. Hopefully they have a while yet to be out on pasture before the snow gets too deep.


This week's expected options:
small share choose 8, large share choose 10 

celeriac 
fennel
daikon radish
pumpkin
watermelon radish
Brussels sprouts
parsnips
ginger
butternut squash
eggplant
shallots
garlic
leeks 
sweet onions
tomatoes
ripe peppers 
cherry tomatoes
Potatoes
Carrots
Cabbage
kale
chard
salad mix

 Transplanting fall/winter salad greens with our paperpot transplanter. The tunnel downhill will soon be pulled over these beds.

 The last of the True Red Cranberry beans we grew for Fedco Seeds.

We could not keep our goats inside a fence any longer and we ended up having to find them a new home. This is a photo of them meeting the goats at the goat dairy where they live now.




This week's expected options:
small share choose 8, large share choose 10 

celeriac 
pumpkin
watermelon radish
Brussels sprouts
parsnips
ginger
hubbard squash
eggplant
shallots
garlic
leeks 
sweet onions
tomatoes
green peppers
ripe peppers 
cherry tomatoes
Potatoes
Carrots
Cabbage
kale
chard
salad mix

 Some of our fall and winter greens and onions still yet to be transplanted

 Swallowtail caterpillar on carrot leaves

Removing husk cherry plants to make way for winter greens. The hightunnel downhill will be pulled over the greens after transplanting.



This week's expected options:
small share choose 8, large share choose 10 

celeriac 
pumpkin
watermelon radish
Brussels sprouts
parsnips
ginger
hubbard squash
eggplant
shallots
garlic
leeks 
sweet onions
tomatoes
green peppers
ripe peppers 
cherry tomatoes
Potatoes
Carrots
Cabbage
kale
chard
salad mix
flower bouquets (in elmira only)
flour (all purpose and whole wheat all purpose)

 Whew! We harvested almost 60 lbs. of ginger on Friday.

Some of the squash harvest that you will be seeing in your shares over the next few weeks.


This week's expected options:
small share choose 8, large share choose 10 
 
watermelon radish
Brussels sprouts
parsnips
ginger
green acorn squash
eggplant
shallots
garlic
leeks 
sweet onions
tomatoes
green peppers
ripe peppers 
cherry tomatoes
Potatoes
Carrots
Cabbage
kale
chard
salad mix
flower bouquets (in elmira only)
flour (all purpose and whole wheat all purpose)

 Hot pepper medley

 In the leek forest

 These are the beds where garlic was growing this year. Now it is full of a crazy mix of cover crops.

Just a reminder, the CSA ends at the end of October. Details will follow soon about our fall/winter CSA which will start beginning of November.

This week's expected options:
small share choose 8, large share choose 10 
ginger
acorn/carnival squash
eggplant
basil
shallots
Garlic
baby chard
leeks 
sweet onions
tomatoes
green peppers
ripe peppers 
cherry tomatoes
Potatoes
Carrots
Cabbage
Green beans
kale
chard
salad mix
flower bouquets (in elmira only)
flour (all purpose and whole wheat all purpose)

 

The Muddy Fingers farmers got away for a short beach vacation in New Jersey with family. We had a great relaxing time despite the rain on Saturday.

Yes it is ginger harvest-time!

And habanadas too! Find these sweet, no-heat habaneros at market!

We have one lonely chick that was hatched on the farm recently. We hope it makes it...there are many factors working against this little chick from playful dogs to hungry wildlife to oncoming colder weather.
 
This week's expected options:
small share choose 8, large share choose 10 
ginger
butternuts
eggplant
basil
shallots
Garlic
baby chard
leeks 
sweet onions
tomatoes
green peppers
ripe peppers 
cherry tomatoes
red fingerling Potatoes
Carrots
Cabbage
Green beans
kale
chard
salad mix
flower bouquets (in elmira only)
flour (all purpose and whole wheat all purpose)

 Beautiful pepper medley

 garden orb spider egg sac

 carrots and leeks

 some of the beans we are growing for Fruition Seeds



Join us Friday September 14th for a CSA potluck!  Bring a dish-to-pass if you can and join us for an evening meal on the farm. (If possible, please bring your own plate and utensils). Take a tour, pet the goats, look in the pond and eat good food right where its grown!  6-9 PM

This week's expected options:
small share choose 8, large share choose 10 
eggplant
basil
shallots
Garlic
husk cherries
baby chard
leeks 
sweet onions
red onions
tomatoes
green peppers
ripe peppers 
cherry tomatoes
red fingerling Potatoes
Carrots
Cabbage
Green beans
Cucumbers
Zucchini/squash 
kale
chard
salad mix
flower bouquets (in elmira only)
flour (all purpose and whole wheat all purpose)

Join us Friday September 14th for a CSA potluck!  Bring a dish-to-pass if you can and join us for an evening meal on the farm. (If possible, please bring your own plate and utensils). Take a tour, pet the goats, look in the pond and eat good food right where its grown!  6-9 PM

This week's expected options:
small share choose 8, large share choose 10 
delicata
basil
shallots
Garlic
husk cherries
baby chard
leeks 
sweet onions
red onions
tomatoes
green peppers
ripe peppers 
cherry tomatoes
New Potatoes
Carrots
Beets
Cabbage
Green beans
Cucumbers
Scallions
Zucchini/squash 
kale
chard
salad mix
flower bouquets (in elmira only)
flour (all purpose and whole wheat all purpose)

 Well, in case you haven't seen them here are some of the flood photos from Muddy Fingers Farm. These are the beds of newly planted radishes and turnips that got washed out. We plan to fill in the gullies made in these beds with, probably, wood chips, manure and compost but we won't get around to that until later this year.

 On Tuesday morning from about 2 or 3 AM through 8 AM we received almost 9 1/2 inches of rain. This is our road just downhill from our house.

 And here it is a little farther down. Crews worked for 3 days and now the road is open but it is still a mess.

 Sad radish seedlings.

 And now for some happier photos...Wati eating edamame leaves and Gemini eating carrots. Ebony (goat) and Luna in background.

 Yeah tomatoes!

 Daikon radishes hanging on the edge of the cliff

 This clump of tomatoes was so heavy it fell off while we were pruning and trellising them.

Onions before harvesting. A pretty good crop this year. We just hope they don't all rot in storage from being too wet!!

And finally, an invitation to the farm!  Join us Friday September 14th for a CSA potluck!  Bring a dish-to-pass if you can and join us for an evening meal on the farm. (If possible, please bring your own plate and utensils). Take a tour, pet the goats, look in the pond and eat good food right where its grown!  6-9 PM

This week's expected options:
small share choose 8, large share choose 10 
edamame (for limited time only) 
basil
shallots
Garlic
husk cherries
baby chard
leeks 
sweet onions
red onions
tomatoes
green peppers
ripe peppers 
cherry tomatoes
New Potatoes
Carrots
Beets
Cabbage
Green beans
Cucumbers
Scallions
Zucchini/squash 
kale
chard
salad mix
flower bouquets (in elmira only)
flour (all purpose and whole wheat all purpose)

 In the tomato jungle

 Luna on patrol in the carrot beds. One of our jobs this week was to get all 9 beds weeded and thinned. Luna was not very helpful at that job.

This week's expected options:
small share choose 8, large share choose 10 
edamame (for limited time only) 
basil
shallots
Garlic
husk cherries
baby chard
leeks 
sweet onions
red onions
tomatoes
green peppers
ripe peppers 
cherry tomatoes
New Potatoes
Carrots
Beets
Cabbage
Green beans
Cucumbers
Scallions
Zucchini/squash 
kale
chard
salad mix
flower bouquets (in elmira only)
flour (all purpose and whole wheat all purpose)

 Its not a race, but here we are cultivating our storage carrots

 A sea of green (winter squash)

Carmen peppers not yet ripe.



This week's expected options:
small share choose 8, large share choose 10 
shallots
Garlic
husk cherries
baby chard
perpetual spinach
baby leeks 
sweet onions
red onions
tomatoes
peppers
cherry tomatoes
New Potatoes
Carrots
Beets
Cabbage
Green beans
Cucumbers
Scallions
Zucchini/squash 
kale
chard
salad mix
flower bouquets
flour (all purpose and whole wheat all purpose)