by Ember Fleming | May 25, 2020 | From the Field
This month has been quite an adventure! Thank you to everyone who made the seedling sale a huge success. I hope you and your plants are healthy and happy. As we move past the sale, we are turning our attention back to the fields and are busy planting, weeding and...
by Ember Fleming | May 11, 2020 | From the Field
Our first weekend of curbside pick ups was a great success! Thank you to everyone for your orders and patience as we retrieved your plants. The cold, windy weather made it tricky to set the plants and orders outside so we had to get creative with our greenhouse space....
by Ember Fleming | Apr 27, 2020 | From the Field
Greetings from the farm! Birds are returning from the south, butterflies are emerging from their cocoons, baby bunnies and groundhogs are nibbling on clover and there are more buds on the trees every day. It feels like the earth is slowly waking up after winter. And I...
by Ember Fleming | Apr 13, 2020 | From the Field
As the saying goes, “April showers bring May flowers” and we’ve had a nice amount of rain so far this month. Kerry and I typically spend rainy days seeding in the greenhouse and sunny days preparing the fields for planting. We use several kinds of tractor implements...
by Ember Fleming | Mar 30, 2020 | From the Field
Like you, everyone at Stearns Farm is constantly monitoring the COVID-19 situation as it progresses, and we are following CDC guidelines to keep the staff and our community members safe. There is a lot of uncertainty in our lives these days, but one thing is certain:...
by Ember Fleming | Mar 16, 2020 | From the Field
Each year at Stearns, we think about our mission and commitment to remain organic and sustainable as both a business and a farm. In an effort to remain so, it has become necessary to reduce the number of summer CSA shares. From a land management perspective, we hope...
