by Julie McCabe | Jun 12, 2024 | CSA, Summer Share
Things have gotten quite busy around the farm in the last few weeks! We’ve been planting lots of summer crops and trying to keep on top of all the weeds that have been growing like crazy! One of the most important tasks of the last few weeks was planting all of...
by Julie McCabe | May 29, 2024 | CSA, Summer Share
The farm crew is very excited to welcome both our returning and new members to Pennypack Farm’s 21st growing season!! It is always a milestone for us to reach the first pickup day and offer members a selection of spring vegetables! We have spent the last few...
by Julie McCabe | Sep 8, 2022 | CSA
Here on the farm we have 13 acres under cultivation but in actuality only 12 of them are used for vegetable production. The 13th acre, at the far end of the farm is in permanent fallow. This means that rather than grow crops for harvest we plant cover crops year...
by Nexcess | Aug 30, 2022 | CSA, Summer Share
August is the busiest time of the entire year on the farm. We often call it ‘second spring’ since we spend much of the month planting crops for fall and winter. And while the actual spring is also a very busy season, “second spring” is coupled...
by Kristy Gregory | Jun 30, 2022 | CSA
Cabbage made its first appearance in our CSA as of last week. It has quickly become one of my favorite crops to grow and to harvest, for no reason other than the pure joy it evokes in me these days. However, for most of my life, I never really thought much of cabbage....
by Steph Jones | Feb 16, 2022 | CSA, Organic Foods, Winter Share
If you can believe it, we are starting to seed crops for this coming summer in our greenhouse! We started celery last week and will be seeding the first round of kale, chard, and lettuce this week. These past two weeks, we have been hard at work preparing the...
