One of the first things you may notice on our farm (and on many organic farms) is the weeds. We have a lot of them! The four of us spend a large portion of our time weeding, or trying to ignore the weeds, and then compulsively pulling a weed out when we’re supposed to beContinue reading “Weeds!”
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And So It Begins!
-Early morning barley- This Wednesday will be the official start of The Cloverleaf 2012 season. On Wednesday our CSA (community supported agriculture) members will find their way to our Davis drop-off location and get their first box of delicious vegetables! We areContinue reading “And So It Begins!”
The Craziest People
Well, that would be us … who decided to start farming on the side of I-80. When Sasha and I first looked at the land, I wasn’t sure about it – it was a 16 acre parcel in the middle of vast, large scale agriculture with a prime view of the highway. Now we haveContinue reading “The Craziest People”
Gratitude
March 31, 2012 The past few months have been incredibly busy at the farm. We realized a hair too late that we didn’t have our equipment situation quite set up, and had to scramble to figure out how we were going to till and shape our beds this year. Last year we contracted out ourContinue reading “Gratitude”
Spring Progress at The Cloverleaf
April has arrived quickly at The Cloverleaf and the season is in full swing. Our farmstand will be open and our CSA up and running in just under eight weeks. The past few months have required extensive preparations to get the farm ready to actually do its job: grow food. Here’s a snippet of whatContinue reading “Spring Progress at The Cloverleaf”
the cloverleaf
A few weeks ago we asked our talented friend Warren to trade us his photography skills for produce. He shot some awesome pictures (see our Facebook page), but little did we know he would write such an amazing poem for us too. Thank you, Warren. cloverleaf by warren jones what if i lay my headContinue reading “the cloverleaf”
Thank you, you pruning machines!
A big thank you to all of those who came out to our pruning workshop! We successfully pruned about 80 trees thanks to your hard work. Hopefully you all learned a bit about stone fruit tree maintenance- we know we did, thanks to all the knowledge you brought to the table. We still have apricotContinue reading “Thank you, you pruning machines!”
Welcome to the Cloverleaf!
We are four women farmers embarking on our second season of growing at the Cloverleaf at Bridgeway Farms. Located just outside of Davis, California, the Cloverleaf houses a 30-member CSA, a farm stand, and a 4-acre orchard soon to be bursting with peaches, nectarines, apricots and figs. The season’s work has officially begun with fruitContinue reading “Welcome to the Cloverleaf!”