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Farm Photos

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Farm Photos

This week, enjoy some photos from around the farm this year! Eli is delighted by basil harvest. Mari and Alex ride the transplanter, planting lots and lots of baby plants. Natalie moves flats of baby plants from the greenhouse to the truck for transplant. Kayla enjoys the plot of crew sunflowers. We’re already looking forward to tulip season next spring!

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Pumpkin Season

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Pumpkin Season

Summer—it clung to the air till mid-October this year, wrapped around Jefferson County’s shoulders like a wool shawl on a sunny morning, bringing no few days in the mid 70’s, to the point that even the most diehard sun-baskers among us could not help but think that maybe a little rain would be nice. And, as if heeding the call of the falling leaves, summer has finally succumbed to the inevitable: the changing of the seasons, bringing with it not just the rain, but the fires to our hearths, the mud boots to our chilly feet, and yes, pumpkins,...

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A Poem for Autumn

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A Poem for Autumn

There comes a timeWhen roots are truly ready to be pulled from the earth.And we all feel the transitions.Cool foggy mornings have us in our thick coatsAnd the spinach is covered in frost.The sun still moves east to westBut with different hues and angles.We see each other in new ways.Our coolers are full of more color than they’ve seen all year;It turns out, the roots and bitter, spicy things show more signs of life,And they pull us all in by charming our eyesUntil we feel grounded. There’s a pile of squash at the Farmstand,You’ll see it.We...

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Welcome to Squash Ball Season

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Welcome to Squash Ball Season

With the transition into the fall season solidly behind us and the “Spooky Season” right ahead, autumn has given us a warm welcome. And with this new season, we’ve officially started one of the most beloved activities to those of us who work at Red Dog: squash harvest. Not only are we excited for the many beautiful types of squash that we now have in our Farmstand and market booths (including crowd favorites like delicatas, butternuts, and red kuris, plus lesser known delicacies like the odd-shaped buttercups and the ghostly blue hubbards),...

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The Story of Betsie’s Bulb Planter

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The Story of Betsie’s Bulb Planter

Last Thursday we pulled out our beast of a bulb planter and planted 26,000 tulip bulbs with four people in one hour. Every year it takes a little coercion to get the bulb planter to want to move again, and this year was no different. This implement was likely made in the 1950’s and is only used for about one hour every year. Talk about a specialized tool! Once we got it going, it did what it does best, plants bulbs!While we were planting, Nicole asked me how I came to grow tulips and own this planter and she enjoyed my answer so much, I...

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Harvesting the Fruits of Our Labor

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Harvesting the Fruits of Our Labor

Red Dog Farm is a magical place this time of year! With fall right around the corner, it’s very exciting to see just how much the farm has transformed since the spring. There are many moving parts on the farm as well as many people who come together to accomplish the tasks that translate into collective results. It’s really a treat working here. It’s a very dynamic and engaging job—every single day. This year was my first year on the farm, and I’ve learned so many things! I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to learn to operate the...

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Always Improving

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Always Improving

As the crew hurriedly and with great haste hustles to harvest the bounty that is a September harvest, it is also a time to hustle to finish up projects before the rains come! September is the great intersection of summer and fall: where sweet juicy tomatoes sit next your beets on a dinner plate, where the fog sits heavy in the valley in those sweet cool mornings, where you wear your sweatshirts for a couple hours longer in the morning. It’s a month where you reflect on the summer, think towards next season, plant bulbs and seeds that will...

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Late-Summer Elotes

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Late-Summer Elotes

September is a pivotal month on the farm. With the harvest moon rising this Saturday, we’re in the last month of our high-production season. We’re still swimming in strawberries: while our crew’s been hustling to pick them all, the squash have been steadily growing underneath their big green vines and are, suddenly, everywhere—decorating the farm in green, orange, red and blue. Now, the rising sheets of white remay, multicolored brassica blocks and emerging green lines represent the next phase of carrots, winter radishes, kale and spinach....

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Taking Your Veggies Hiking

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Taking Your Veggies Hiking

When most people think of hiking food, they imagine trail mix, energy bars, and PBJ sandwiches. I’d like to suggest that veggies can also make excellent trail food. Hiking is a thirsty endeavor, and sometimes plain old water doesn’t quite quench the thirst of someone who’s been active in the sun for hours. But there’s nothing more refreshing than a crisp cucumber after a good sweat: not only are cucumbers 95% water, they also offer a host of vitamins and minerals to reintroduce the pep to your step. Red and yellow...

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Coming Together in Late Summer

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Coming Together in Late Summer

Hello, end of August! Time has flown by this season and with only a week(ish) left before September and the onset of fall, it truly feels like this summer was too short. But working on the farm, feeling the heat of the sun, makes me reflect and be thankful for the opportunity to be part of a wonderful crew. All who make their way to Red Dog Farm, whether they’ve traveled along the Pacific Coast, made a farther trek from the East Coast, or come from somewhere in between, all share a joy in the work we do together. It’s not often you can find a...

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