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Hungry Hollow Happenings: May 2024

Planting season is a frenzied season. There is a short window in which we need to “terminate” our cover crops – we talked about that in the last letter – and prepare the field to be planted anew in “cash” crops. Getting all the beds in all the fields prepared at once is tricky (or, rather, impossible). We have a limited number of tractors and tractor drivers, and a seemingly unlimited amount of work to get done in what feels like a very limited amount of time.

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Hungry Hollow Happenings: April 2024

It’s early April and we’re starting to believe Spring is here. The almond blossoms of our neighbors’ orchards have all fluttered to the ground, the oak trees dotting the hillsides are showing their bright green new leaves, and our asparagus is starting to emerge out of the ground at a steady pace.

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Hungry Hollow Happenings: February 2024

February is a slow time of year here on our farm, especially during wetter years. The rain, though much appreciated, keeps us out of the fields – just as they dry out, another storm comes! – resigning us to equipment repairs and maintenance, site cleanup projects, and fine-tuning our plans for the coming seasons. And, now, setting up for asparagus!

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Hungry Hollow Happenings: January 2024

Before welcoming the winter season, we had a few projects needing attention. The biggest one, outside the scope of our normal annual tasks, was an irrigation infrastructure project.

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Welcome Winter 2023

A Winter Poem, written by Jim Durst 2023

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Hungry Hollow Happenings: November 2023

While we, and many other farmers, still believe in the merits of certified organic, we feel the USDA is bending to well-financed lobbying efforts and is no longer upholding the standards outlined by the National Organic Program.

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Hungry Hollow Happenings: October 2023

The process of taking down the tomato plants is not quite as tedious as getting them going, but is a cumbersome task no less.

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Hungry Hollow Happenings: September 2023

While Labor Day may mark an end of summer for some, we generally look towards the crops to let us know when seasons end. September is a transitional period where summer and fall blend together, the seasonal crops and activities overlapping. Whether it’s “late summer” or “early fall,” the between time is full of excitement as we begin harvesting winter squash (also known as hard squash), officially finish with watermelon (but then continue to bring in smaller harvests from our grafted plants that are still somehow looking great), continue on with harvesting tomatoes (while starting to take down early plantings), and begin planting for fall (true fall, that is).

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