by Simple Gifts Farm | Jan 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
How does one small farm do it’s part to combat climate change, while increasing soil productivity and adding resilience to extreme weather? Many farms are turning to reduced- and no-tillage systems to accomplish the job. In 2020, we decided to take the plunge...
by Simple Gifts Farm | Jan 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
The first weekend in March this season we went to the WGBY Wine Tasting in Springfield to share samples of our farm products and maybe taste a little wine ourselves. We were unaware at the time, but we narrowly escaped participating in a super-spreader event. On...
by Simple Gifts Farm | Dec 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Every year, in mid-October or early November, we start developing a list of things that need to get done before it snows. It’s usually a familiar list that we could probably just pick up from the year before, and includes getting all the carrots harvested,...
by Simple Gifts Farm | Apr 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
We had a visit this week from former crew member Caro Rozell, who is now the Education Director for NOFA/Mass and a budding soil scientist extraordinaire. She was out to consult with us on our process for transitioning some plots over to no-till production, which...
by Simple Gifts Farm | Feb 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
I had the pleasure to participate in a “Farmer Drive-in,” organized by NOFA/Mass and hosted by our fabulous state senator Jo Comerford, this week . A number of farmers came in to speak in support of the Healthy Soils Bill that is currently bottled up in...
by Simple Gifts Farm | Jan 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
We are in full planning mode for 2020 Happy New Year from all of us at Simple Gifts Farm! We are excited for the year to come! January is time to make the plan for the coming growing season. As usual, every year is a chance to revisit our vegetable planting plans:...
by Simple Gifts Farm | Dec 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
Happy New Year from all of us at Simple Gifts Farm. We are proud of all that we accomplished in 2019. We would like to celebrate another season of the accomplishments that keep us on a daily, weekly and monthly schedule of guiding the everyday magic that turns...
by Simple Gifts Farm | Oct 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
We love being part of a community farm and connecting you all with our community food supply! You all are the reason we do what we do and we are so grateful for your support. We got a lot of great feedback from the survey and wanted to share with you some of what we...
by Simple Gifts Farm | Sep 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
We spend a lot of time planning out our season in the winter. We have spreadsheets that tell us how many pounds of carrots per bed, and other spreadsheets that tell us how many pounds of carrots we go through in a week. We can then calculate how many beds of carrots...
