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10/18

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  Hello!   We have an amazing update this week with all of our plants thriving after these 2 hurricanes! Introducing our vibrant Purple Romanesco cauliflower, one of the most visually stunning vegetables you can grow! We’ve planted these beauties in our paper mulch, and we can’t wait to watch them thrive. What makes this cauliflower truly remarkable is not just its striking purple hue, but also the mesmerizing Fibonacci pattern it forms as it develops. Our first sign of growth! Take a look at this gorgeous squash thriving as part of our Three Sisters garden! It’s doing exceptionally well, and we couldn’t be more excited. Our corn, too, is exceeding our expectations and has grown much taller than we initially anticipated based on our transplants. It’s a wonderful reminder of the beauty and surprises of gardening! Stay tuned for more updates as our garden continues to flourish! Here's a fantastic close-up shot captured by Nick, showcasing our thriving carrots! Grown using conve...

10/02

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Hi guys! Here is an update on how our farm is going! Here is a landscape view of our section of the farm! Our three sisters' crop is doing pretty well, as we have laid a bunch of more hay and compost to help suffocate the weeds. This was after Hurricane Helene, and there was very minimal damage to our farm.  Here is a closeup of our strawberries after we layed down some hay to also combat the weeds. At first these crops were not looking their best but now that the weather has cooled a little bit they are starting to flourish! To maintain these, we tend the dead leaves and snip them off so the energy can increase to growing the plant.  Here is a sad update on the candy corn crop. It seems the weather was too hot for these little plants to handle and one of our members, Mark, took them home to see if he could save them! Not every plant will flourish to our liking but at least we received some knowledge on this new crop we experimented on. We are also glad that we put them in the...