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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

It's that time! 🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓

Everything is ramping up around the farm. Different teams of the crew are bustling around irrigating, transplanting, weeding, pruning, harvesting, seeding, tilling, and anxiously checking if the strawberries are ripe.
Harvests are getting larger and more varied - favorites like cucumbers and broccoli are on the horizon. Peak summer crops are showing signs of growth with each warmer day. And best of all, the enthusiasm from our members is a loving reminder that what we do is appreciated. It's a good time to be a farmer!

Want a beautiful bouquet like this every week this summer? Sign up today for our PYO flower share and enjoy our bounty of flowers right here in Burlington's Intervale! Link in bio, spaces limited

#btv #burlingtonvt #vermont #vermontbyvermonters #modernfarmer

The 2018 ICF crew!

Start perfecting your shortcake, people....!

Have you signed up for our flower share yet??? Pick a beautiful bouquet every week for 10 weeks starting in July, right here in town. Link in bio!

Photo via @projectobject_vintage 😍

Interested in PYO flowers right in Burlington but not an ICF Summer Share member? Sign up for our new PYO flower share!
Beginning in July, come pick flowers at the farm weekly for 10 weeks. $100, sign up link in bio!
#pyoflowers #btv #burlingtonvt #vt #vtflowers #intervale #flowers #organicfarming
Photos by @abbyportman

Sam insisted we stop and have a photoshoot because "we look great in this matching rain gear"
#womenwhofarm @hellyhansen @carhartt

Transplanting onions is one of the first huge projects we tackle every spring. Planting thousands of onions takes our large crew several days of non stop planting, often working longer than normal hours. We've planted them in the snow, we've planted them in the heat, we've planted them on time, and we've planted them a bit late. Somehow though the onions always take root and grow, and eventually reward us with their bounty.
#organicfarming #4seasonfarming #btv #onions