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Farm life - July in Pictures

Mustard Seed Farm Subscription members at our Norwood pick up Long ago a farmer mentor of mine said something along the lines of "don't make major life decisions in August. Everyone's hot and tired and on the verge of burn out". It's the time when everything on a vegetable farm has to be done at once - beds need to be replanted or cover cropped, weeds are growing faster than ever, there's so much to harvest, and a lot of fall crops need to get in the ground now if they're going to have enough...

3 months ago • 1 min read

Pay-as-You-Can: Behind the Scenes There are so many different kinds of local farms in the Cincinnati region. One thing that makes Mustard Seed Farm CSA unique is our pay-as-you-can pricing. We want you to know that truly whatever price works for your budget is what we want you to pay. Over 11 years of running CSA's this way (where some folks pay more and some pay less) it has ALWAYS worked out by the end of the year as if we'd sold all the shares for the median suggested price. There’s a well...

8 months ago • 1 min read

Morning View, KY As a farmer, one of my secret missions in life is to connect you with the land where your food is grown. But life is busy and you might not make it to a Mustard Seed Farm potluck 40 minutes away from Cincinnati. So let me (Farmer Marykate) take you on a little virtual tour of one of our three growing sites! In these pictures from summer you can see big blocks of corn, squash, and cover crops that nourished the soil after we harvested a HUGE crop of garlic in July. You can...

10 months ago • 2 min read