Friday, March 12 Cool, breezy, with light rain off and on, low around 42, high around low 50s Yard Work Purchased 10yrds of mulch from Mulch EZ 12 6-packs of Violas and 45 Snap Dragons, planted along front fence Spread mulch Raked gravel paths Received and unload fencing materials from Moore’s [...]
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Farm Journal March 12-14
Posted in CSA on March 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Farm Journal, March 5-8
Posted in CSA, Yokna Bottoms on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Friday, March 5, 2010 Lettuce coming up in 12. Spinach in 4 growing nicely. Swiss Chard in 11 froze (most likely on February 25, 19 degrees at 3:00 am when I left for Williamsburg), a few plants still hanging on. Romaine in 12 and Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce in 13 alive but failing to thrive. [...]
Article in the Daily Mississipian, 2-27-10
Posted in CSA, News, Other, Yokna Bottoms on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
New Oxford farm offers organic options By John Peters | The Daily Mississippian Oxford community members looking for an educational experience along with organic produce have found their match with Yokna Bottoms Farm. Yokna(patawpha) Bottoms is Oxford’s first community supported agriculture farm, and is in its beginning stages of production. The farm’s 17 acres were [...]
WE MADE THE PAPER!
Posted in CSA, News, Yokna Bottoms on February 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
There is a nice and long article with color pictures about Yokna(patawpha) Bottoms Farm in last Sunday’s Oxford Enterprise. It is located on pages B4 and B5. It never occured to me but I guess Daniel is kind of “Thoreau-esque.” The Oxford Enterprise is a new Sunday newspaper in Oxford that focuses on well-written local [...]
Going Once …
Posted in CSA, Yokna Bottoms on February 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve had a tremendous response following Friday’s meeting and are getting close to our 50 share cap for this year. If you have not yet sent in your registration form and deposit and you would like a share, please do so as soon as you can to reserve one. You could also stop by and [...]
A Model and Vision for Oxford
Posted in CSA, Farm and Garden, News on February 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Excellent video on what some communities are doing already! Click the link below to watch. High Mowing Organic Seeds on “Dan Rather Reports” from High Mowing Organic Seeds on Vimeo.
From the inside out …
Posted in CSA, Events, Yokna Bottoms on February 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We would like to thank everyone who came to the meeting yesterday afternoon. The meeting was a big success. We had a wonderful turnout of close to thirty people and many new partners signed on. It was a pleasure showing what we are doing and talking about our upcoming plans. We especially appreciated all of [...]
CSA Meeting Tonight …
Posted in CSA, Events, Yokna Bottoms on February 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s cold but the sun is shining and it looks like we’ve escaped (missed?) the snow fall once again. Actually turning out to be a beautiful February day. We’ve got wood on the fire and soon will have the cocoa, coffee and wine out to wash down some King Cake courtesy of Honey Bee Bakery. [...]
Becoming a Part of Our Community
Posted in CSA, Other, Yokna Bottoms on February 5, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Participating in Yokna(Pataphwa) Bottoms Farm The purpose of this entry is to describe how we plan to structure the shares of produce. A common theme of the Community Supported Agriculture movement is the statement “know the farmer who grows your food” or more simply “know where your food comes from.” While we concur with this essential [...]
Starting Seeds
Posted in CSA, Farm and Garden on February 1, 2010 | 5 Comments »
One of the most important things we are working on right now is learning how to start seeds. If you have knowledge and experience starting seeds, please read this story and offer any advice or suggestions. At the moment, we are just experimenting and our efforts are “practice” but in mid-February when we get ready [...]
