Monthly Archives: June 2011

Color My World

Okay…Color my world is the title to one of my husband songs he co-wrote a few years ago…I am just borrowing it for the headline of this weeks newsletter and blog post. But it fits… for I am talking fresh flowers…and they do color my world so dang nicely! I consider fresh flowers to be [...]
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Pickles and Planting

That pretty much sums up my life on the farm this week. I am covered up in dill right now in the garden…way over planted this spring. But pickles are one of my favorite things to make. Pickling to me is an art form. No one batch is the same. I tend to really like [...]
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Missing In Action

Farm work by any standards is tough…hot and sweaty work. You really do have to love and have a passion for this way of life. My husband Mark who was born in inter-city Pittsburgh…yankee…city boy…never in his wildest dreams would have thought he would of found himself living much less loving living and working on [...]
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CSA Update & Market News

I am asking for our shareholders whom can pickup their shares during the week next week to do so. Monday 9am-12pm Tuesday 9-12pm Please email me to let me know which day you can come and we will have your shares ready to go. We have a lot of crops in the field that will [...]
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High Heels & Chicken Poop

Most of you that know me or have read this blog…or have at least visited the farm know I have two very different lives that I lead. One I refer to as Life A…this is my life as a female farmer here at Madison Creek Farms tending to the crops and whipping up the Saturday [...]
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Everythings Coming Up Carrots!

I love freshly pulled from the soil carrots…dripping sweet, full a vitamins organically grown carrots! There really is no comparison to the ones in the super markets. Kinda like strawberries in away…there are just hands down better. One might think growing carrots is fairly easy…but I will tell you from my experience which is sorta [...]
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