Winding Down
Every Wednesday for the last 3 weeks, Ray at Janssen's Farm Fresh Produce has announced how many more market days left. We are currently...
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Gwen
Sep 81 min read
September
September in the garden is always a great time for me. We are past the heat of the summer and into the shorter days of the fall. The...
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Gwen
Sep 81 min read
Summer's End
It is the end of the summer and the greens are back in full force. For the last two weeks I have been blown away by the quantity of and...
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Gwen
Sep 81 min read
Back At It!
After taking a week off last week, I came back to the garden refreshed and ready to work again. I spent part of my week away from markets...
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Gwen
Sep 82 min read
Taking Some Time Off
When I took a break from Gwen's Garden Produce 4 years ago, one of the things I noted to myself is that it would be best if I took some...
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Gwen
Sep 82 min read
August
It is now August and there are two directions I can go. I can treat the next two weeks like a second spring, and try to plant as much as...
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Gwen
Jul 312 min read
Summer
This year has been an amazing summer so far. Taking a few years off has taught me to be less hard on myself and learn to accept my own...
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Gwen
Jul 251 min read
After the Rain
With all the rain my very promising spinach seems to have curled up and died. It also impacted my radishes last week, causing some to...
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Gwen
Jul 171 min read
It Never Rains...
I named my farm Stardust because for most of my life it has had a summer drought. But last year we got over 10 inches of rain in July,...
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Gwen
Jul 171 min read
Sometimes You're the Windshield...
And sometimes instead of spending your Monday afternoon seeding your field crops, you have to spend it trying to cut irrigation lines out...
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Gwen
Jul 171 min read
Challenges of Change
Ever since I've moved all my vegetable production to one farm, my pea crop has been dismal. I used to grow bushels and bushels of peas...
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Gwen
Jul 172 min read
Making Decisions
This week I had to make the decision to pull my stand from the Hyde Park Farmers' Market. Unfortunately I was not able to make it work...
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Gwen
Jul 171 min read
Moving In
For those who has been out to the farm or followed me on social media, they know that I have been working on moving into a tiny house on...
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Gwen
Jul 171 min read
Starting a Routine
Now that the farmers' markets have really started, it is easier to have a routine on the farm. The beginning of the season comes with a...
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Gwen
Jul 171 min read
What a Week!
Last week, just flew by in all the wrong ways! With the farmer's markets starting, we are experiencing a shift of schedules leading to...
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Gwen
Jul 172 min read
Working Together
It's the beginning of the market season and the crops are off to a great start. Thanks to the row cover that I used this spring, I have a...
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Gwen
May 131 min read
Starlit Nights, Dusty Roads
After taking almost 4 years off from Gwen's Garden Produce, I have decided to move home and begin again. My new farm is named Stardust...
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Gwen
Mar 2, 20222 min read
Starting Seeds
After taking a year off, I’ve been itching to start growing again. I started looking at seed suppliers in November, but didn’t order...
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