They're Real!

Our farm (the Genuine Faux Farm) has been in operation since 2005.  In other words, we've been doing this for a little while.  Our name has been the Genuine Faux Farm since the beginning - so it's not like the name is new.  But, I am still surprised by people from the area that are surprised by the name and perhaps misinterpret it.

For example, I had someone (using a very confused tone) tell me that they were surprised that I actually DID farm.  After all, our name says we're a 'fake' farm. 

I guess it comes with the territory.  If you want to use word play, you're going to sew some confusion.

In an effort to show you that the Genuine Faux Farm IS real, we thought we'd show you some REAL WORK on the farm.

Emma and Kristel put the baby tomatoes in.

Sadly, this has not been our best year for taking photographs of the farm.  It has also not been the best year for consistent blog posts and it has been noted that I have displayed some inconsistency in my punning in the CSA newsletters.  All I can say to that is that I just haven't been 'feeling' it this season.  Nonetheless, there are some pictures that actually show activity on the farm.    

Chelsea and Emma - it might have been a warm day, but we still got the garlic hung up!

If over three thousand garlic isn't enough to convince you that we're a real farm, then you'll have to tell that to Emma and Chelsea.  They worked pretty darned hard to help us get them hung up to cure.  

We have noticed that showing the garlic harvest is a favorite picture for farms such as ours.  We can certainly understand that.  It's a major event in June - a time of year when many of the crops aren't all that big and most of the work pictures would show people weeding.  And weeding some more.  Not only that, but it's a harvest that results in some big changes in the way things look on the farm.  It took us several days before we could get used to not having garlic standing proudly in the field.

Caleb cleaning the onions

Have you ever wondered why our produce is cleaned up when we get to a CSA distribution?  Well, while Rob is running around picking, Caleb is trying to clean things up for you!  We can't always get to everything - and some things we opt not to clean so you get a better storage result.  But, we know how hard this job would be without Caleb's help.  And, this is not all Caleb does on the farm.  He may have pulled a weed or three as well. 

Bryan measures twice before cutting once.

It is entirely possible that our farm will finally have an operating walk-in cooler.  This has been on the agenda as a major item for the past several years.  We just always run out of time to do it.  Something about having lots to do and with having Mother Nature as the task-mistress.

Well, sometimes good things work out.  Bryan likes to work with walk-in coolers.  He is new to the area and wanted something to do.  All I can say is that I am greatly relieved to see some progress on this front.  A working walk-in cooler could be a huge game-changer for us (for the better).

Rob's favorite farm tool - the wheel hoe

I suppose you should probably see some proof that Rob and Tammy also work on the farm.  It's just hard to get pictures of them since they are usually using the camera and we're not really into selfies (per se).

Tammy says, "Thank you for reading the blog!"

If you ever really want some proof that we do work on the farm, ask to see our hands.  There's usually enough evidence there to back up our claim.