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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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It's time for a haircut! After 5 weeks, the onions get a trim to help them bulk up and for ease of transplanting.

Welcome back to Sarah! This is her 6th season at ICF.

The arugula that Andy seeded on December 19th is finally ready! Look for it on the table Thursday. #slowandsteady

Meet the LDJ. This biomass furnace helps keep our propagation house at a cozy 72 degrees. We burn a mixture of corn and wood pellets to reduce our propane use over the heating season.
#amazingheat

The onions are up! Seeing these first seeds germinate and grow still delights even after all of these years. #happygrowing

First pickup of Spring! Come get your greens!
#springgreens

We are so happy Maya's back for her fourth season! #likeaboss

We are so lucky to have an amazing crew of people return each year. Welcome back to Sam! This is her 6th season at ICF.
#womenwhofarm #teamworkmakesthedreamwork

The greenhouse is open! The 2019 growing season has officially begun. Every year the first seedlings we start are onions. This is tray number 112 of the 280 trays of onions we grow.
#herewego

A few sure signs of a productive day. #everythingsfasterinthewinter #beautifuldaythough

Wintervale has been rescheduled to Sunday, March 10. Let`s all think snowy thoughts between now and then!

How fast does something have to move to be "falling" instead of "leaning"? #allgood #noreally

Taking advantage of this beautiful, sunny day to spot water our direct seeded spinach. #fourseasonfarming

Carrots, amirite?

We wrapped up the tomato plan this week. Dreaming of warmer weather and tomato sandwiches!

Photo via @jessica_sipe

Summer share sign-up for the 2019 season has opened! Join us for our 30th year.

When there is enough snow, we help groom and maintain the Intervale Center’s network of XC ski trails. Today, I did the first round of packing with the snowmobile. There were already a bunch of hardy souls out on the trails! @intervalecenter

Planning the flowers for the upcoming seaaon, can't wait to make some bouquets!

First harvest of the year! Baby lettuce mix will be on the tables this week at pickup.