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

Thank you to all the folks who donated leaves to us this fall!
We now have enough leaves for next years mulching and we are not scheduling any more pick-ups.
The Food at First Garden is still interested in leaves.

as of 12/2, we have now sold all of our advent candle sets. Thanks everyone and happy advent!
Please email mustardseedbee@gmail.com, or text alice at 978-471-8414 if you are interested in candles.

There are so many things on the November schedule!!!
schedule summary followed by more details below.

SATURDAY NOV.13 6-11PM - HARVEST BASH FUNDRAISER FOR ROMERO HOUSE

SUNDAY NOV.14 CATHOLIC WORKER FARMS AND CLIMATE CHANGE ZOOM ROUNDTABLE 3pm-4:30 CST

SUNDAYS NOV 14 AND DEC 12 - FARM TEAM PLANNING MEETINGS

NOV 20 AND 21 - Saint Cecilia Parish Christmas Market

MORE DETAILS ABOUT ABOVE EVENTS:

SATURDAY NOV.13 6-11PM - HARVEST BASH FUNDRAISER FOR ROMERO HOUSE
more info at:

topic: advocating for Ames Climate Action Plan goal of carbon neutrality by 2030.

Dear friends, 
Ames has begun the process of developing a climate action plan and the team here at Mustard Seed Community Farm made an unanimous decision to support the Ames Climate Action Team's (ACAT) proposal for a bold goal of city-wide carbon neutrality by 2030.  

this post is a work in progress. not done yet.

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Sunday CW Farm roundtable

upcoming farm planning meetings

Romero house fundraiser

Climate Action

Fall planting

trying to solve the mystery of the ugly garlic cloves. A much higher percentage of our garlic this year looked like this inside.
Tree and perennial protections

Here's the final episode (for now at least!) of our Mustard Seed Community Farm Flix. a HUGE thank you to Emma Kieran Schaefer for making this mini-docu-series and to AgArts for facilitating this artist in residence program. It was a joy to host our first artist in residence!
This episode features an original song written by Emma and performed by us all on the farm. It also stars numerous team members dancing like their favorite vegetables.
here's a link to our