Category Archives: Eat Well – Eat Pekarek’s Produce

What does farm life look like during the winter?While we don’t spend much time working in the fields outside, we sure know how to keep busy! Throughout the winter, we pack and deliver orders of produce that we have stored up from the fall, as well as a few things that we are able toContinue reading “Winter farm life!”

11 Days Left – Sign Up for the Weekly Vegetable Subscription Soon! I am thrilled to say that the 2024 Pekarek’s Produce Weekly Vegetable Subscription starts in just a week and a half! Be sure to sign up by May 21st to get your first dose of fresh veggies. We’ve got four pick up siteContinue reading “May Newsletter”

Hi folks. It’s officially February and the farming has begun… Well kind of. Most of our farming in the winter looks like selecting seed, being told seed is on back order or out of stock, scrambling to find different seed, and spending time prepping for spring. In January we spent a lot of time dealingContinue reading “Spring Newsletter 2024”

Weekly Vegetable Subscription NewsletterWeek 2 – May 31, 2023 Memorial day festivities in Dwight, Nebraska What’s in this week’s bag? SpinachCucumbersRadishesSalad Mix Add vegetables to your bag each week by visiting pekareksproduce.com/shop and purchase what you want to add to your weekly vegetable subscription before 5:30 am each Wednesday, and we will add the produce toContinue reading “Happy Memorial Day”

It Takes a Village! Some great and exciting things are happening on the farm! The new roof to one of our greenhouses is up, which is no small feat in Nebraska wind. Our entire crew assisted in getting a 42’x100′ piece of weaved plastic secured and of course, Nebraska weather always likes to make things aContinue reading “End of June 2022 Farm Update”

On the Farm- Some Bad News & Some Good NewsUnfortunately, we at Pekarek’s have some bad news; strawberry season is officially over. We know that strawberries are something that a lot of you look forward to as do we. The crop this year, however, just did not want to produce. After flowering, which was aContinue reading “Farm Update 6/21/2022”

Hey Folks! Hope you all are staying cool in this extra warm weather! Some of the workers find it necessary to go into the walk-in cooler on days like this week to cool off!Week 4: Vegetable SubscriptionRadishKaleCucumberSalad MixKohlrabi Warm weather  Hopefully this June “Strawberry Moon” will turn the tide for our strawberry plants. The winter led toContinue reading “Weekly Vegetable Subscription- June 14th, 2022, Update”