Happy New Year 2020!

We have been rapidly moving through the season at Steed Farm. We are in our sixth week of the 2019-20 season.  We had a very rocky start with the weather at the start of the season. So much rain fell that we experienced flooding when we planted our sweet potatoes and squashes.  The weather has  now calmed and the crops are responding well.  We now have greens galore and more squashes than most members like to eat in a week!

We have had good growing response from a few new crops this year.  Choctaw squash, peas shoots, and Ethiopian kale have produced well.  The choctaws grew tremendous vines producing about
30 lbs of squash per vine.  The pea shoots are crisp and sweet like fresh peas;perfect as salad toppings.  The kale  tastes a bit like mustard, broccoli, and/or kale depending upon when I've tasted it.  Its is growing well in our warm winter.  We have a few new varieties yet to ripen and I will report on them in a later post. 


Over the last summer we added four pastured cattle to our farm and hope to have beef to sell in the fall.  Nate and I spent the summer "down-time" mending the broken south fences.  I've also spent a good bit of time getting our pasture in better shape for the calves; mowing, killing weeds, seeding, and fertilizing.  The cattle are doing well with the changes and are gaining weight (a good thing for cows).  Which reminds me to wish everyone a Happy New Year!  We hope that this is your best year yet and that you and yours are happy and healthy.  We will continue to strive to produce fresh organic produce to enrich your lives and add to your healthy choices.