Since Caitlin made this handsome schedule on Sunday, we've already added a new event:

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26
Perennial food systems - Palestine to Kansas - snack potluck and Presentation and roundtable discussion,
6:30-8pm, Ames Public Library

The strawberries are ripe and delicious!
Do you want to help us pick them?

We are having a pot-luck/party to celebrate the beginning of the summer season out on the farm.

Saturday June 8, 5-7pm
Come see our new greenhouse, the progress on our new multi-purpose building, our new sheep, and how the farm looks after a month of rain.
Meet our new interns, socialize with amazing people, and eat delicious food.
Invite your friends, bring your whole family, everyone welcome!

There have been a few conflicting drafts of our schedule out there - this email is to confirm that tomorrow, Saturday May 18
YES, we will be at the ames downtown farmers market
NO, we will not be hosting a workday on the farm (saturday or Sunday)
Here's a picture of some prairie plants we will have to sell soon - blue false indigo, rattlesnake master, and more.

we had posted that we would be having a planting day tomorrow, saturday april 27, but we are cancelling it due to the cold, windy, rainy forecast.

However, a group of people are working on the farm this morning and you are welcome to join us! 9am-noon, friday april 26, today. it's sunny, but a bit windy and cool, so dress in layers and dress to get dirty.

sorry for the last minute notice!

Hello friends,

Springtime is wild! We've had a few lovely days, and then lately, we've been trying to work in 30-50 mph winds, with clouds, rain, and 40 degree weather. It's been challenging, but we've gotten our greenhouse built (it handled these winds no problem!), burned our prairie, and planted about 150 berry plants. The next 2 days, Saturday and Sunday, look to be much lovelier, with calm winds, sunshine and highs of 50! Come out either afternoon to help us plant.

hello friends,

we woke up this morning to snow, but we still know that it's spring!
Now that it's April, things on the farm are action packed. We would love your help with carpentry, organizing, and planting this month.

Hello everyone in the blogosphere! It's Nicholas, a former farm team member and also I'm analyzing some of the farm's data. Above is the harvest, in thousands of kg, from our farm for the last nine years. We don't have data from 2009 because we were busy starting the farm that year. Below, you can see about the same data, this time shown in the dollar value from our harvests, based on their wholesale prices. Stay tuned for more fun graphs!

SAVE THE DATE!
Mustard Seed Community Farm Annual Spring FUN-raiser!

WHEN: Saturday March 2nd , 5-7:30pm
WHERE: Harvest Vinyard Church 320 S. 17th st. Ames (near hwy 69 and 30)
WHAT: Dinner, games, dancing, music, craft sale, silent auction, fun for all ages!

WHY: To bring together community, to share joy and gratitude, and also to help raise money for the continuing work of the Mustard Seed Community Farm. (including helping to build this new farm building in process now!)

happy new year!
In December, we made some amazing progress on our new building, had a lot of fun, ate good food, and learned new skills.
after a little break for the holidays, we are going back to work on the building.
if you would like to join our fun crew, we plan to be working
this coming week, wednesday, friday, saturday, 9-4., (jan2-5)
next week, friday, saturday, 9-4, and possibly wednesday and sunday. (jan 9-13) (more concrete details for next week will be posted on website as we know more...)