Full-time Farm Internship

Room/board/stipend

We are a bio-intensive, acre micro-farm serving a small CSA program in our fourth year of operation on an 80 acre horse boarding facility. We have one position for a FULL-TIME farm intern from March 2012 through January 2013. You will learn by performing all aspects of farming for the CSA.

Private accommodation provided, along with $100 weekly stipend and a 1-person share in the CSA. Our internship is modeled upon the Western SARE farm internship program. Unless successful candidate makes arrangements, there will be no academic credit obtained at the end of this program. This position is physically demanding and sometimes requires working outside of normal business hours. Successful candidate must be able to follow directions and protocols, be well organized, attentive and be able to work independently.

$500-$1000 Term Completion Bonus!

Please send resume, 3 references and cover letter explaining why you are interested in this position to
hearteyelandtrust@gmail.com

18 weeks of continual harvest has flown by and last week marked the end of the Summer CSA season. The boxes were overflowing with fresh, healthy veggies! Check out our Harvest Totals page to see what went into each box. We want to especially thank all of our shareholders for making this year possible.

We are attempting this year the first ever Winter CSA! Last week our first boxes went out and we hope to see many, many more weeks of fresh cool weather crops rolling in. The temps are dropping, especially at night and the race to put the garden to bed for Winter is upon us.

Thanks again for all of your support this year. We will keep the farm stand open on Fridays and Saturdays as long as we still have an abundance of produce for sale, so check the signs out front if you are interested. Stay warm and enjoy the Fall!

It seems the whirlwind of Summer is dying down a little, and cooler temps mean shorter days. We accomplished a lot this Summer here on the farm. In addition to putting out our weekly CSA boxes, the hay barns are slammed full to the rafters for the horses and the hoop house for the Winter CSA is all constructed, wrapped in plastic and ready for the colder weather.  Hopefully the pics will say more. As always, thanks for supporting your local farm!

Things are boiling hot outside.  The squash and beans are coming in by the bucketfuls and the tomatoes are so close to turning bright red.  Melons are getting bigger by the day and the Winter Squash have started to take over surrounding rows.  It’s summertime in the garden!  The CSA boxes are overflowing and the farm stand is stocked with fresh produce for sale.  For now, we are open on Fridays and Saturdays, but that may change once the tomatoes start coming.  Thanks for stopping by the Blog and thanks for all your support!

All this rain we have been experience means the garden has exploded (especially the weeds!) This week we started picking the first beans and summer squash.  CSA members enjoyed beets, chard, and snow peas, and we continue to pick lettuce and turnips each week.  If you want to see what people are getting in their boxes, check out the Harvest Total page here.

The hoop house is almost done and will be ready to cover with plastic this fall.  The cherry tomatoes and cucumbers will need to be trained up strings attached to wires on the ceiling in the coming weeks.

In addition to the CSA and the hoop house construction, we are opening the farm stand whenever we have fresh goodies.  This week you should see some chard, beets, and fresh basil for sale.

Hopefully you are enjoying the Summer (in between the afternoon storms!) and have lots of fresh, healthy veggies to eat.  Check back for more news from the farm and have a great week!

Happy Summer everyone!  The days are officially getting shorter until next year, but they sure aren’t getting any cooler for awhile!  Things are busy as always here on the farm.  Thursday marked our 4th CSA harvest boxes going out, and we officially opened the farm stand today with fresh produce for sale!  We will try to keep veggies stocked out for sale regularly, so stop by often to see what we might have.  There are still some pepper plants left over for sale out there as well!

You can see in the pics some of the prep work for getting the harvest out, the tomatoes are staked, the cherry tree is under row cover to (pathetically) try to keep the birds away, potato buckets are stacking up higher as they grow, and some of the first squash fruits are setting!  Summer is here!

Thanks for checking out the blog and we hope you are staying cool, enjoying the sun, and are staying well stocked with healthy garden veggies!

Hello everyone!  We will post our harvest totals each week here so you can see what each share receives.  The CSA boxes the past two weeks have been full of greens, radishes, turnips and tasty herbs!  Our hot weather plants are adjusting nicely outside and the squash, tomatoes, eggplants and peppers will be here before we know it!  Also, the farmstand will start to offer some fresh produce in addition to the bedding plants.  Feel free to stop by and peruse what’s for sale anytime!

Thanks for visiting the blog and we hope you have a productive week!

On Thursday we sent out our first CSA box!  Members received turnips, radishes, broccoli raab, salad greens, fresh tarragon and fennel, purple spinach, arugula, and all the full shares got some rhubarb as well.  We hope everyone enjoyed their produce!

The farmstand will continue selling bedding plants, mostly tomatoes and peppers at this point, for a while longer, and we will also start selling extra produce as the harvest comes.

The weather turned hot too fast and it seems that Spring has passed us by.  The weeds are coming on strong.  Thanks to all of our working shares for putting in their time!

That’s all for the blog this week.  Check back for updates about the upcoming boxes and more news from the farm!  Have a great week!

As you can see, the hoop house for the Winter CSA is coming together.  No, all this rain did not wash up a whale skeleton and leave it in the garden.  Those ribs are the main structure for our future unheated greenhouse.  A huge thanks to Neil and Jeff for all their work on this.

Also, the farmstand is open for business (most days)  We are planning to be open Tuesdays-Saturdays 12-6pm.  Currently we have bedding plants for sale at $1 a piece of 6 for $5.  As more produce starts coming, we will offer veggies for sale as well.  Just check for the “Open” sign out front.

Next week we will have more news about the first CSA boxes!  Have a great week and enjoy the Spring!