Paraphernalia for submitting tomato leaf tests. This helps us know which nutrients to amend the soil or plants with to keep them growing well throughout the summer.

 Planting a tropical crop on a not-so-tropical day. This is turmeric which we are growing for the first time.

 Liz planting leeks. She is super-fast.

 Voles or mice destroying our eggplants again this year

Fire and water. Matthew flameweeding a parsnip bed while Liz waters.


Don't forget, the CSA begins next week starting Monday June 5. We will have lots of great spring crops.

 Ahhh...remember when it was warm and sunny outside?

 Transplanted green beans for an extra early harvest (hopefully)

Weird solanaceas. This is a one of the 3 new-to-us, weird members of the tomato family that we have planted this year.

Well the rain and cold have us at a stand-still right now. We did get quite a bit planted already. We can only hope it doesn't all rot in the field. Not sure what we will have to offer for the CSA come the first week of June since nothing is really growing right now and the forecast doesn't look much better.

 Chickens in the orchard

Freshly transplanted broccoli. Looks like the humans have outsmarted the dreadful swede midge again!

Big news here at Muddy Fingers - after 15 years of growing without chemical fertilizers and pesticides, we are now actually certified organic.
The CSA still has plenty of shares available.
The weather has been cooperating so we are planting like mad in order to have great vegetables come the first week of June!.

Freshly planted trays of tomatoes, peppers and/or eggplants

Thanks for a great winter market season. I feel the need to apologize again because we still have not mastered the art of having salad greens all winter long. Next year!
We are looking forward to having a couple months off from harvesting and farmers' markets. This gives us a chance to catch our breath and then really focus on planting in April and May so we can be sure to have a great selection of vegetables once June comes. The greenhouse is already busting at the seams with trays of plants that we will be transplanting outside once the weather is warmer and the soil is dry enough.

Tender tomato seedlings grow in the greenhouse while snow rages outside.

Here at Muddy Fingers Farm we are trying to grow the size of the CSA. So we would love to be able to connect with people in the the Elmira and Corning communities. Do you know of a community organization to whom we could speak or set up a table to talk about our farm and CSA? If so, email or call maglenn_1999@yahoo.com 607-546-4535. See you soon... CSA season will be here before you know it.

 During the spring, summer and fall we keep a list of things around the farm that we want to do differently in the future. Here is our list from last year.

 It was finally tunnel-moving time last week. We moved 4 tunnels! Moving the tunnels is good for the soil and helps with pest and disease build-up.

I snapped this other-wordly photo on an icy day a couple weeks ago

Last week Muddy Fingers Farm acquired a new resident. We got Luna (on the left) from Tompkins County SPCA. Long-time resident Gemini is on the right.

Luna is a little unsure about what to do about the chickens. But she seems like she is learning the rules of the farm very quickly and having a lot of fun, too.

We are ready to accept CSA shares for the coming season. Please print the form with link on the right side of this page. The price has increased slightly but nothing else has changed. Except that we are going to try to grow some unusual melons, okra and celery.

 

 The tomatoes are still alive but are ripening extremely slowly.

 A beautiful day for harvesting carrots.

 Muddy carrots harvested for storage.

Liz is REALLY excited to be washing all those carrots.

Remember: we are accepting CSA payments. And we will be in both Corning Farmers' Market (1st and 3rd Saturdays of every month) and Elmira  (every Sunday at Chamberlain Acres greenhouse) starting next week.

Expected vegetables, small shares choose 8, large shares choose 10
Brussels sprouts
daikon radishes
watermelon radishes
hakurei turnips
pie pumpkins
parsnips
baby chinese cabbage (Tokyo bekana)
pac choi
spicy greens mix
lettuce mix
ginger
delicata, carnival, butternut squash
sweet onions
peppers
parsley
cherry tomatoes
potatoes
tomatoes
cabbage
garlic
carrots
beets
kale
chard
leeks
hot pepper mix
flour
black beans