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!

hello friends,

we finally got some rain on the farm! Last night we had a big storm that left behind .95" of rain on all of our thirsty vegetables. I'm hoping this will be the end of the crazy force-field that stops all weather systems from raining over our farm.

This is Shadowbeast, our excellent farm cat and mythical creature and fuzzy farming companion all in one:

Dear Universe,

Introducing three of our 2018 summer interns (one more still to come!), Rachel Eber, Alice Foster, and Derek Seil! They have been with us for a couple of weeks now and will be gracing the farm with their presences until the beginning of August. They have already proven to be beautiful additions to our farm community! Come out to one of our harvest days or workdays to get to know them! Here are their fun answers to my questions:

Rachel Eber

1. What vegetable are you and why?

Introducing 2018 spring/fall intern, Katrina Courtney! Get to know her by reading her fun answers to my questions below; meet her in person and work with her by coming out to the farm sometime! She started interning this spring, will be gone for the summer, and will be back with us mid-August. She is a lovely individual, and I am so glad I know her!

1. What vegetable are you and why?
K: Sweet potatoes, because I too, am sweet :)
2. Favorite color?
K: Blue.
3. What brings you joy?

When: Sunday, June 10th
Where: Mustard Seed Community Farm, 366 W Avenue
What: Potluck and Roundtable on Sustainability
Time: 4:30-6:30 pm
Who: EVERYBODY!
*optional soccer game afterwards

we have a great picture of shadowbeast yawning but it is not downloaded yet. here is another great picture.