hello everyone,

so many events going on! i'm trying to get all the dates for the next
month in one email so that i don't have to keep sending more notices.
It's beautiful on the farm right now - come out and visit.

7/29: POTATO DIGGING - This Sunday on the farm, help us dig potatoes
(and if we get that done, pull weeds)
take home some potatoes, and maybe a melon for your eating pleasure.
Sunday July 10am-noon, 1-3pm. We will eat lunch from noon to 1,

Dear friends,

One of my favorite things about the farm is how it brings people together, giving people whose life paths might not otherwise cross an opportunity to meet each other. Sometimes those people form meaningful, long lasting friendships; sometimes they discover they have things in common that they never would have expected; sometimes they hold drastically different views from one another, and are able to challenge and learn from each other.

We recently got to witness a very special meeting between two very special strangers: Shadowbeast and Milo.

our bug potluck was fantastic!
next potluck will be in Ames,
at Gina's house - perhaps a different address than what you already had listed!

Thursday August 2nd, 6-8pm, topic COMMUNITY, 3224 Ross Road, in Ames.
( bring your ideas, friends, food to share, and tableware if you are able)

a note from Gina about potluck:
"The potluck will be held outdoors in the backyard.
I have a handful of chairs and numerous picnic blankets. If you want to be guaranteed a seat in a chair, bring one.
I have a handful of plates/forks/knives - bring your own if you remember/are able.

hi friends,

Family fun potluck AND learn about insects!
We are hosting a potluck on the farm this Saturday, July 21, 4:30-6:30,
with a roundtable discussion and kids activities about insects

Potluck Dinner 4:30-5:30 - bring a dish to share. (Don't worry, bug
potluck doesn't mean you have to make a dish with bugs in it.)
5:30 - 6:30 - Roundtable discussion led by summer intern Derek:
Insects past, present, and future. Derek is ISU grad who studied
agronomy and insect science and HE LOVES BUGS!

at the same time, there will be a kids activity looking for and

Dear friends,
(pictures temporarily sideways until fixed...)
Pictured above are interns Allyson and Xueyan on Allyson’s birthday celebration. Before them is Xueyan’s delicious and innovative jello cake with sour cream frosting. Xueyan and Allyson both celebrated their birthdays recently, so it has been a festive time on the farm. Also, the crescent moon at sunset:)

newsletter made by xueyan

Hello everyone!

Thank you to all who came out this past Saturday to help with the garlic harvest! With all of your help and energy, we finished the whole job in one Saturday! Great work!

This is a blog to inform you about our upcoming Potluck and Discussion, this Thursday evening, July 12th, 6pm to 8pm, at 307 8th Street, right in downtown Ames. Our topic will be "Food and Class", led by two of your favorite interns, Rachel Eber and Alice Foster! I hope to see you there!

This is also a blog to introduce You to Me, Allyson, another intern (if you haven't met me yet)!

hello friends!

Thanks everyone for coming to our party last saturday, in the midst of heat and thunderstorms, and making our 10 year celebration such a great success! It was wonderful to be in the company of such a wonderful community of people who have helped make this farm possible over the years.

after a very dry spring, we are now having a very wet summer. It's surprising how quickly things can change. A few crops are drowning, but otherwise, the soil is draining and the plants are growing. We definitely have not had to water in weeks.

upcoming events:

Dear friends,

PARTY RAIN LOCATION: 386 W AVE, NEXT HOUSE TO THE SOUTH OF FARM
rain looks likely, so we will probably set up in the neighbors big morton shed.
Thanks Ryans for helping us out!

you are invited to a
PARTY! - This Saturday, June 30th, 5-8pm

Come help us Celebrate 10 years of Farming and Community at the Mustard Seed Community Farm,

with a POTLUCK
and DANCE!