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<span style="font-size: large;">This year we have enrolled in the USDA Transition to Organic program. We are committed to sustainable farming. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our CSA season is 18 weeks June-Oct. A Full share
will contain approximately 1/2 a bushel of produce that is ripe and delicious
each week. The full share should feed a family who eat a moderate amount of
fresh produce. The share will contain different produce as the season
progresses. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Crops you might find in your share over the
season include: Early season box:
asparagus, chard, greens, kale, lettuce, mizuna, peas, radishes, spinach, and
spring onions: Mid Season box: basil,
chard, beets, broccoli, carrots, cabbage, cucumbers, garlic, green beans, kale,
kohlrabi, mizuna, onions, potatoes, summer squash, and tomatoes: Late Season
box: apples, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cantaloupe, eggplant, peppers, potatoes,
tomatillos, tomatoes, watermelon and winter squash.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">CSA members will <b>PICK-UP</b>
their CSA boxes weekly June-Oct at designated sites in <st1:city w:st="on">Albert
Lea</st1:city>, <st1:city w:st="on">Austin</st1:city>, <st1:city w:st="on">Mankato</st1:city>,
<st1:city w:st="on">Rochester</st1:city>, and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Mason City</st1:city></st1:place>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you can’t pick-up your share you can have a friend
or another CSA member. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Albert Lea</st1:city></st1:place> site- Tuesday 4-6pm K&K
bakery, S Broadway. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Austin</st1:city></st1:place> site-Thursday 4-6pm The Hardy
Geranium, <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">4<sup>th</sup> St SE</st1:address></st1:street>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Members will have option to purchase additional items at pick-up site not
included in CSA shares such as Free-Range chicken/eggs, honey, maple syrup, and
pastured pork all from our farm. Our
happy animals enjoy the sunshine and never given hormones or antibiotics. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We raise French Freedom Ranger chickens that produce
slow growing broilers. The genetic stock
is derived from the American and European old heritage breed of chicken and was
developed in the early 1960’s to meet the highest standards of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">French</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Label</st1:placename>
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<st1:placetype w:st="on">Range</st1:placetype></st1:place> program. Currently,
the Freedom Ranger genetic stock is used by most non-factory farm production
models (alternative) all across Europe and also by small pastured poultry
producers in search of a traditionally raised farm chicken - just like the
"oldies", healthy and with a succulent flavor and texture. Most poultry producers use fast growing
breeds (hybrid white synthetic Cornish crosses). e strongly believe in traditional and
environmentally friendly farming methods, and we are convinced that allowing
the chickens to do what comes naturally ensures an incredible meal for your
table! </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Chickens $3.40lb 3-6lb avg</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Reserve your Thanksgiving Turkey before their gone. We only raise 50 turkeys a year. They are pastured and feed organic feed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">$3.00lb 18-25lb avg</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We are taking orders for our range chickens now. Our chickens range under the oak trees grazing and eating greens from the gardens. When ready these chickens will be processed by a state-inspected poultry processor and then fresh frozen before delivery<span style="color: #111a00;">.</span> Our neighbor John and Carol Jacobs members of the Albert Lea Farmers Market raise free range Black Star, Red Star, Araucana, and New Hampshire Reds. Their chickens free range the farm and pastures daily returning to their coop nightly. The free range grazing adds to their diet and overall health and benefits you with more vitamins, less cholesterol and saturated fat. The Araucana lays colored eggs that range from turquoise to deep olive to shades of brown. John and Carol are also offering honey from their farm. If any CSA members are interested in ordering eggs, honey, or chickens please contact me bye email or phone and they will be delivered along with CSA shares.</span>oakknollfarms@yahoo.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088224948231129865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760394909912283408.post-44866482385551979802012-05-21T10:45:00.000-07:002012-05-21T10:45:06.485-07:00Early Season 2nd week sharesIt has been a very busy time on the farm lately. We have transplanted the first planting of tomatoes and peppers are going in this week. I have set up a drip irrigation system for the tomatoes and peppers while other crops are hoping for rain in the forecast. Weeding is a never ending task that goes on in between the many other projects taking place. The baby chicks are growing fast and will be moved to a fenced in area near the gardens in the next couple weeks. Walking through the garden I see the first plantings of broccoli and cabbage have started forming heads, the head lettuce is just waiting on rain to fully mature, and the potato plants depending upon variety are more than foot tall and will soon be hilled. <br />
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This weeks Early Season shares will include Red Russian Kale, Rhubarb, 3 types of radish(Rover, D'Avignon, White Icicle) some asian greens Purple Mizuna, Tatsoi, and Hon Tsai Tai.oakknollfarms@yahoo.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088224948231129865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760394909912283408.post-48074211987029725492012-05-06T13:41:00.000-07:002012-05-06T13:43:12.334-07:00Garden pics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />oakknollfarms@yahoo.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088224948231129865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760394909912283408.post-52169739836093097282012-04-29T16:05:00.002-07:002012-04-30T19:53:04.315-07:00Delivery days and timesAlbert Lea CSA pick up days will be Mondays from 4-6pm. A CSA member Taryn Israel Nechanicky at 508 Grace St., Albert Lea has graciously opened her home for members to pick-up CSA shares from 4-6pm. <br />
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Albert Lea CSA delivery shares will be delivered to home/business on Mondays between 2:30-4pm.<br />
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Austin CSA pick-up days will be Thursday 4-6pm at The Hardy Geranium 100 4th St SE, Austin.<br />
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Austin CSA delivery shares will be delivered to home/business on Thursdays between 3-4pm.<br />
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May Early season shares will likely begin the week of May 14th.<br />
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The 18 week CSA season will likely begin the first week of June.<br />
Any questions about delivery dates, times, or locations please call or email 507-402-7637 <a href="mailto:oakknollfarms@yahoo.com">oakknollfarms@yahoo.com</a>.oakknollfarms@yahoo.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088224948231129865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760394909912283408.post-84244484766689605082012-04-28T13:45:00.002-07:002012-04-28T13:46:55.405-07:00April news<br />
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It has been a very busy month of April. The month began with planting potatoes, transplanting onions, cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower from the greenhouse into the garden. The frost came and frosted the onions white. However they all have showed very good signs of new growth and will likely be sweeter because of the frost. The cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower are growing well enjoying the cool temperatures and frequent rain. The majority of our direct seeded crops radishes, spinach, turnip, beets, asian greens, leaf lettuces, and peas are growing well. I saw a few potato leafs poking through the soil yesterday. Today our baby chicks arrived. This is my first year raising chickens. I will be taking orders for free range chickens if anyone is interested. I ordered a 100 males from Murray McMurray Hatchery guaranteed at least 5 different varieties from this list: Black Australorps; Lt. Brahmas; Dark Cornish; Black and White Giants; Buff and White Orpingtons; New Hampshire, Rhode Island Reds, Barred, White, Partridge, Buff Rocks; Sussex, Turkens; White, Silver Laced, & Columbian Wyandottes, Red Star and Black Star. I have turned a small storage shed into a brooder house where they will stay for about 6 weeks and then move them into a fenced area not far from the garden where i have constructed a 20ft x 20ft coop with tin on top and chicken wire on the sides. Our tomatoes are hoping for sunshine in the forecast and warmer temperatures. In May we will be starting melons, cantaloupe, cucumbers, and squash in the greenhouse.<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We have seeded broccoli, cabbage, kale, spinach, swiss chard, & onions so far. We have started these in 128 cell flats in the basement under fluorescent lights. In mid-March they will be moved into the greenhouse outside and into the gardens in late-April. Starting our seeds inside provides many benefits. Crops like onions require over 100 days and would not have the time to mature in our area if not started indoors. When growing organically on of the biggest benefits of transplanting young seedlings is getting a head start on weeds and insects. <span>We can be sure that our transplants are raised organically. When buying seeds instead of transplants, we also have many more choices. We can look for more interesting features or better flavor in vegetable varieties. There are many more heirloom varieties available as seed than as plants. </span></div>oakknollfarms@yahoo.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088224948231129865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760394909912283408.post-57083648254531195842012-02-15T14:39:00.000-08:002012-02-15T14:43:16.913-08:00Membership FormAnyone interested in becoming a member for 2012 needs to click the link on right side of page to download, print, and mail in membership form. Please circle any shares you are interested in and circle delivery preference.oakknollfarms@yahoo.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088224948231129865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760394909912283408.post-52968519650129673252012-01-26T15:50:00.000-08:002012-01-26T15:50:24.275-08:002012 CSA SeasonWinter may be here but we are thinking a lot about spring already. This year we will only have 50 CSA shares available and have recieved a very large response already. If interested I suggest signing up soon as shares are on a first come basis. This year along with many new crops and varieties everything will be delivered WASHED.oakknollfarms@yahoo.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088224948231129865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760394909912283408.post-16408212052338427282011-12-03T11:15:00.003-08:002012-02-26T14:19:41.404-08:00Seed order for 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9pJzDoYvxtFgRr8aIxTwJhmTBBNTEABPMIg2gdSdc81_hKGCAuUFxqjrsJ08oWXQDvt8Xl7iF9SNwFOfz0h-ta75SjkopBONlFQSZIpgvikB9nu6Mn2PimM5FP6Udo-MPUo_OTNjRNbF7/s1600/seed+pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9pJzDoYvxtFgRr8aIxTwJhmTBBNTEABPMIg2gdSdc81_hKGCAuUFxqjrsJ08oWXQDvt8Xl7iF9SNwFOfz0h-ta75SjkopBONlFQSZIpgvikB9nu6Mn2PimM5FP6Udo-MPUo_OTNjRNbF7/s200/seed+pic.jpg" width="155px" yda="true" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;">We have put in our seed order for next years CSA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A lot of them have already arrived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is a list of our seed order so far. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you want to learn more about our seeds you can see pictures and read more at <a href="http://www.johnnyseeds.com/"><span style="color: purple;">www.johnnyseeds.com</span></a>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few exciting new things we well be growing this year are seedless watermelon(red & yellow), cauliflower(green, white, cheddar, purple), carrots(purple, orange, white, yellow) and lots of new Heirloom Tomatoes.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Bush Beans- Provider(green), Velour Filet(purple), Concador(Yellow)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Beets- Merlin(red), Touchstone(gold), Ace(Red),</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Broccoli- Waltham 29, Gypsy<br />
Cabbage- Gonzales(green), Farao(green), Super Red(red), </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Carrots- Nelson, Purle Haze, White Satin, Yellow Pak<br />
Cauliflower- <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Fremont(white), Cheddar(Yellow cheese color), Graffiti(purple), Panther(Green)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Chard-Fordhook(green)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Cucumbers- Albi pickling, Marketmore slicing, Diva seedless</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Dry <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Beans-</city> <state w:st="on">Vermont</state></place> cranberry(Baked Bean), Midnight Black Turtle(Black), </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Greens- Purple Mizuna, Tatsoi, Hon Tsai Tai</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Kohlrabi- Eder(white) </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Lettuce- Butterhead varieties- Australe, Red Cross, Ermosa,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Lettuce- Bibb variety- Buttercrunch</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Lettuce-Romaine variety- Flashy trout back, Winter Density, Helvius, </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Cantaloupe- Maverick, Athena</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Onion- Walla-Walla, <place w:st="on">Gunnison</place>(yellow), Ruby Ring(red)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Pac choi- red choi(red), black summer(green)<br />
Peas- Caselode(shelling), Snow Sweet(snow/sugar)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Hot peppers- Serrano, Highlander, Hungarian Hot Wax, </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Bell Peppers- Flavorburst(Yellow/orange), Ace(green/red), Yankee Bell(green/red)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Pumpkin- Winter luxury(pie)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Radish- Rover(red), D'Avignon(French), </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Rutabaga- American Purple Top, </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Summer Squash- Sunburst(patty pan), Golden Glory(Zucchini), Plato(Zucchini)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Winter Squash- Honey Bear(acorn), <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Waltham</city></place>(Butternut), Burgess(Buttercup), Sunshine(Kabocha), Confection(Kabocha), Cha-Cha(Kabocha)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Tomato-Sun Cherry(red), Smarty(grape), Mountain Fresh(Red), Pink Beauty(red)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Heirloom Tomatoes- Brandywine(red), Moskvich(red), Rose(red), Striped German(red/yellow), Green Zebra(green)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Turnip- Purple Top White Globe</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Seedless Watermelon- Sunshine(yellow), Sweet Bite(red), Farmers Wonderful(red), </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Potatoes we get from Albert Lea Seed house and will include- Yukon Gold, Kennebec, Pontiac, Nordland, All Blue. Fingerling varieties include French, Austrian Crescent, and Russian Banana. </div>oakknollfarms@yahoo.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088224948231129865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760394909912283408.post-30218075584705617162011-10-09T19:28:00.000-07:002011-10-09T19:41:38.474-07:00Looking towards the future of our farm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>This winter we will be investing in a Eco weeder II. This will dramatically increase the size of garden we can manage. Weeding is never ending but this should help us out. <br />
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</div>Here is a pic of our Massey tractor we use for a lot of things around the garden. The other picture is of our husqvarna rototiller we use to prepare seed beds before planting.<br />
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