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One of our CSA members who has been with us since the very beginning recently asked Gene, "So, 80 members this year, can you handle it?"  Gene told me this later, and I laughed.  "Of course!" I said, without much thought...  This morning, as I listen to the sound of the wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Arthur on our metal roof, I reflect on the truly monumental task of growing healthy food for our local community.  Making a living farming is hard work.  With so many things out of our control, as farmers we sometimes feel stressed, frustrated or disappoin

The thing I remember most about the first time we walked on what is now our dream farm at 62 Merrills Mills Road in Dover-Foxcroft is Gene's smile after he pranced through the tall timothy and red clover in the field tucked up out of sight from the road.  Hey, this beautiful eight acre field has a ton of space, he said.  There's no way we'd be able to sell more veggies than that, we told each other. 

Are you a visual person?  I sure am!  The cliche, "a picture says a thousand words," is really true in my book.  That's why in 2013 I made a goal of taking a picture of every single week of our summer CSA farm share boxes that we had!  I had a lot of fun doing this and made this blog to show you the beautiful colors and diversity that can be had from our local farm from July-October! 

Many of our Summer CSA members, friends and family members ask us on the last day of CSA pick-up, "Now you're on vacation, right?"  The answer to this common question is Nope!  The shorter, cooler days of fall are very busy times for Ripley Farm as we prepare for frozen ground, cold winds, and the threat of snow.  We are harvesting and washing all of our storage crops, making sure they are safely tucked away for winter.