Stone's Throw Farm

Today is the day fresh Stone’s Throw Farm veggies start appearing on porches around Duluth! Here’s Britt pulling radishes out of the cooling tank yesterday. Most of our produce is harvested the day before delivery and kept in our walk-in cooler overnight to lock in that freshness.

The first few boxes are light and contain mostly salad ingredients, but soon the variety and quantity will expand until our farm members report that their fridges and bellies are quite full, indeed.

Here at Stone’s Throw Farm, plants are moving into the ground in hoophouses and fields (with human assistance, I should note), trees have finally leafed out, pepper pots are taking over the main greenhouse, and flower plants are showing some colors even in their pre-bloom, potted stages.

This past Saturday, Elden helped me move the chickens out of one of the hoophouses where they had been wintering. As usual, they seemed pretty happy with their new space, although two of the Black Australorps did try to go back “home” to the hoophouse. Funny how they have no problem jumping over the fence on their way out, but can’t manage to get back in on their own, even for food.

Here is the newest member of our flock of semi-retired hens, “White Tail,” the little red hen, making it difficult to film her as she follows right along behind me. White Tail was donated by a couple of CSA members who thought she needed some company in her retirement years, as she was the last remaining member of their little backyard flock. Mary and John will start over with a new flock some day; meanwhile, I hope White Tail will be happy here with us.

We have just 1 full veggie share and 1 half veggie share left, or 3 half shares, depending on how it works out. You can still get in by the Early Bird Deadline of March 15 for a $15 discount. Sign up here! We still have plenty of Flower Shares available, too.

A lot of snow melted at the farm in the last few warm days; we’re expecting more tonight, but it looks like it’ll warm up again by the weekend.

I’ll post an update when our shares are sold out.