YAY! The CSA is starting!! I’m so excited. Welcome to the 2016 Pekarek’s Produce CSA! We are excited to have several new and returning members. We appreciate your support and look forward to sharing our yummy, fresh vegetables with you through the coming year – THANK YOU. The 2016 CSA boxes are being picked upContinue reading “2016 CSA – Week 1”
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First Farmer’s Market of 2016
Wow! What a fun time we had seeing you all at the first Lincoln Haymarket Farmer’s Market of 2016. There were a lot of things going on downtown Saturday – from an Air Show, to UNL commencement, to a softball game. Thanks to everyone who came down to brave the crowds. Here’s a tip IContinue reading “First Farmer’s Market of 2016”
We “beet” the rain… sort of
It’s kind of funny that the title of the last post was “It’s drying off” and yet we’ve been doing everything we can the last four days to “beet” the rain 🙂 We had hoped that the warm weather last week would dry everything off enough that we could get all of our broccoli, cabbage,Continue reading “We “beet” the rain… sort of”
It’s Drying Off…
After having nearly 6 inches of rain fall over a period of a week and a half, things got a little soggy around here. So we’ve been playing a little bit of the hurry up and wait game. We’ve had 7 hay racks full of plants waiting to go outside for a week, so the rainContinue reading “It’s Drying Off…”
Early Spring Crops
So it’s Friday again, and it’s kind of neat – we’ve had over 3.20″ of rain in the past three days that came down in a nice slow rain. It’s nice and muddy everywhere, and while it means we aren’t able to transplant the things in the greenhouse that are ready to go outside, it alsoContinue reading “Early Spring Crops”
Cutting Potatoes
I’m sure some of you know the old wives tale that you should plant potatoes on Good Friday. Some year’s this seems to make sense, but as you know, Good Friday came very early this year (March 25). This was too early for potato planting. So when will we be planting potatoes? Pretty soon. Continue reading “Cutting Potatoes”
Onion Planting
A few weeks ago, before there was too much rain, in between snows and on a day that was both calm (low wind) and not too warm, Ryan went out to the field and very carefully laid plastic. Many times you will hear us refer to this as “mulch” or “plastic mulch.” The main ideaContinue reading “Onion Planting”
Don’t forget to sign up for the CSA!
I am excited to say that our CSA is filling up more quickly than any other year. Get your CSA sign up in soon. We appreciate the continued support from all of you and are looking forward to spring!
What do you do without power?
There was a time in our lives that when the power went out, it just wasn’t that big of a deal. And really, in the grand scheme of things, the power going out isn’t too bad. But instead of grabbing another blanket on a cold night, we slowly wake up to realize the power isContinue reading “What do you do without power?”
The Greenhouse is Full
It’s hard to believe that it’s been just one little week since we’ve had an empty greenhouse. Since then we’ve been very busy. Ryan and I spent some quality time in the greenhouse seeding crops to go out later this spring. Quality time in the greenhouse was ended a before we were able to finishContinue reading “The Greenhouse is Full”