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Our newsletter, Bottom Land News, lets members know about upcoming events, what’s going on in the fields, and includes plenty of photos, announcements, and fun tidbits. Member submissions are welcome! See the latest issues below.

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Beautiful day for a gem lettuce harvest.

Nothing like a little bale-tossing to stay warm!

New on the table this week!

Winter spinach harvest!

The inaugural greens-washing in our new packshed!

First snow harvest of the year! Guess that crop!
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#snowharvest #vtagriculture #fourseasonfarming #yearround #sufferfest

Winter greens are starting to fill up the tunnels! Here, Sam and Fae are planting bok choy.

The pumpkins are in!

I think we picked more like a hundred pecks of these perfect peppers yesterday 🤷‍♂️ #peterpiper #bounty

Monday members; we'll see you on Tuesday the 4th

Last spring we found a spinach leaf the size of Maya's head; this week - an onion!

One of our oldest & wildest pieces of equipment. Andy brought out our antique Allis-Chalmers combine last week for its "two hours per year" of work harvesting our cover crop seed.

Our long awaited tomato harvest cart in action!
This custom fabricated cart runs along the same type of trolley system many growers use to move seedlings within propagation greenhouses. The cart slides like a dream up and down our tomato rows and has been a huge labor and back saver this summer

Nothing makes farmers smile like a few hundred pounds of tomatoes 🍅

Don't forget - members are welcome to come do pick-your-own ANY time. All we ask is that you respect the posted limits (for flowers too!) and turn the fence back on if no one else is in the fields. Thanks!

Everyone on the crew was expecting me to write a corn-y caption today 🌽🌽

New item at pick up today! 🍅

Tried to capture how beautiful the day & the fennel transplants were on Friday after the heatwave broke...instead captured the reality of our tired smiles and confused expressions from a week of heat exhaustion and dehydration.
Thank you all who gave us kind words at pick up this week, and especially thank you to the elite few who brought us soda, seltzer, and sweet treats. We wouldn't do this work if we didn't love it, but we sure do appreciate the extra gratitude on the extra challenging days.
Plus, those high temps were rocket fuel for summer favorites like eggplant, tomatoes, and corn. Peak summer bounty is coming soon!
#heatwave #fennel #gatorade #sunburn #organicfarming #urbanfarming

Yeah, we're pretty excited about strawberries... but the truth is we're also vegetable nerds. Happy broccoli season!!! #bestvegetable #whynobroccoliemoji