Farm Report : Tis the Season

This is our last message to you this year and what a year 2020 has been. I write to you with gratitude for your continued support and interest in our farm. Officially the 2020 season has come to an end. In this ending I see a a new year ahead and hopefully a return to a new normal.

For everyone 2020 was a restless year and on through this farm we tried to serve our community the best we could with contactless service and home delivery through the Covid-19 health crisis. Every month seemed to have a surprise in April we had a late frost that killed 80% of our orchard fruit, the fire and smoke from the Pine Gulch fire was devastating, the unyielding heat waves and the blizzard of October 26. All in all it was a unsettling year.

We went through many stressful situations this season and each week we tried to to just keep moving forward. The effort we all gave on the farm this season was incredible. We are very thankful for the effort the farm team gave and very proud of the services we provided. I hope you followed us through our season on Instagram or Facebook.

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Through all of that… We had the chance to meet and hire a very strong young man who we are very excited to have working with us. We are proud to introduce Clayton. Clayton has become a great team member and is very passionate about living a healthy lifestyle and bettering his local community. Through all the hard weeks he always brought a smile and a positive attitude to the farm. If you see him around the farm make sure to say Hi. We hope you get the chance to meet him this coming season.

We are looking for new hires for 2021 and if you know a reliable guy or gal who likes to work outside is passionate about local food and gardening please send them our way. A positive humble attitude with a desire to learn the life skill of growing fresh produce is the main requirement.

Currently on the farm we are taking a few weeks to work on some farm projects we cant wait to share with you.

Our crop plan will not change much for the 2021 season and of course we hope to have success on all our efforts. Most seeds are ordered and will be planted soon. As we all know mother nature can have a heavy hand but we hope to endure the challenges ahead by staying as flexible as possible. We feel our farm store will offer the flexibility we all need.

Late January will begin our Winter-Spring Salad Share this is a 20 week or 10 week program (January-June) our farm stand will also re-open weekly Mid- January and we will also offer 3 off farm pickup locations.

1) The Hog and The Hen

2) Bookcliff Gardens

3) Skips Market in Fruita.

Each week we allow custom ordering of what we have available. You can set your account on hold as you need.

If you select Farm Store we plan to set all our items out like your own personal farmers market and you will be able to select what you want and need. We will deduct your amount spent weekly from your farm store credit.

More info is available here.

During the main growing season June-October 2021 if it seems safe we hope to return with our fellow market goers and attend the 2021 Grand Junction Farmers Market. We also plan to extend our on farm Farm Store hours for your shopping convenience. October - December fall produce will be bountiful and we cant wait to see how the 2021 season unfolds.

Every day of 2020 was a journey and we learned so much. We are very happy to begin 2021. Tis the Season and Happy New Year….

Your Farmers,

Scott, Jessica, Clive and Clayton