We will be having a potluck on the farm
this Saturday, 5/28 at 5pm
and another one
Friday 6/10 at 6pm.

At the moment, there's no special topic or activity, just a fun gathering to celebrate the start of the season, to welcome our new interns, and to enjoy each other's company.

peace,
alice mcgary
mustard seed community farm

Saturday May 14th 10am-noon, Romero House in Ames, Seed and Plant Sharing event - bring any seeds and plants to share and take home some fun new things to plant in your garden. it's ok to just come and get plants even if you don't have any to share - share your company and wonderful selves! We had plenty of plants last year. We will also have our beginning garden kits available to take home. If you are able to label your plants and seeds - that's very helpful!

Things are VERY SLOWLY warming up!
Today I almost saw the sun a few times. (written on monday)
here's a flashback picture to 2010??2012? with Ashley and Rooney (the sun was actually shining back in 2010)

2 things in this post -
1. general schedule of times to help on the farm - please RSVP
2. Workshare schedule starting next week with 2 weeks of training shifts - please RSVP
3. May 14: 10-noon Don't forget the seed and plant sharing event at Romero House (see blog post below)

SCHEDULE CHANGE - NO WORKDAY THIS SATURDAY 4/23
Yes - we are cancelling another saturday work day!! Today, chance of storm all day and the farm is crazy muddy from all the rain we got already. Luckily, we got a lot of urgent things done over the past few days - planted rhubarb, asparagus, and blackberries, and we are going to wait to plant most of our spring crops until the soil warms up some more - probably early May. IT's been a weird COLD spring!

SCHEDULE CHANGE - NO WORKDAY THIS SATURDAY 4/16

We are excited to talk about Food and Community! Amy Miller and Alice will be presenting with Ajay Nair on tuesday april 19th. We will be talking about the many benefits of growing, cooking, eating, and sharing local food. We will also have mini garden kits available with 4 easy to grow plants that can be planted mid-April. (it will be Kale, chard, broccolini, and maybe something else)

Hello Everyone,

Happy cold wild windy SPRING!

Here on the farm, it's been a slow creep into spring, with lots of windy, damp, grey days. The soil is very slowly warming up. This slow transition is probably good for our perennials, but the farmers and our little seedlings could sure use some sun!

this year we are trying a new experiment -
the VEGETABLE TEAM - There's still time to sign up for a CROP!!

Here's a picture from this summer's soil science class taught by the fantastic Amber Anderson.

AGRO-ECOLOGY INTERNSHIP

Mustard Seed community farm is seeking skilled and
enthusiastic individuals to fill Agroecology Intern
positions for the 2022 growing season.
Do you ever wonder what life is like on an organic
vegetable farm? Do you yearn to make an impact on

After much had work, and long waiting for our siding crew to be available, the siding is finally done on the corn crib. Now we just need to re-hang the doors and it will be all good to go.

here's a picture from last month, showing the old slatted sides