The ascetics of the farm continue to improve as we clear and clean. A new USDA grant will allow us to expand our polinator beds, adding beauty and function with perennial flowers. ![]() As we harvest the last of our okra, peppers and eggpant, our fall crops are starting to come in, including four kinds of sweet potatoes and some beautiful pumkins and squashes. Our drive through farm stand continues to be popular and we attract customers from throughout the city to buy our produce and Food from Friends, including BOH pasta and pizza, 1836 Olive Oil and Hive Been honey. Also in October, we will begin to welcome volunteer groups back to the farm for controlled special projects, beginning with the executives and owners of Salata, who will be here on October 15. We have welcomed everal summer interns and volunteers in limited numbers all summer and we have a gap year fellow starting this month. While the farm has been closed to the public, it is one of the safest, healthiest places to be. ![]() And we have added goats! Anticipating fresh goat milk in 2021! ![]() We built a mobile chicken coop for our teenage chicks who have now matured and are beginning to produce eggs- doubling our egg production. We played with some fun new crops like peanuts and corn and we are planning a seasonal flower maze in a large field that has not been hosibitable to food growing. We have spent the summer expanding our growing footprint at the farm, adding nine raised beds for our new blueberry orchard and a brand new hoop house where we will be growing fall tomatoes and expand our ability to grow popular crops like green peas and cucumbers for a much linger season.
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