The bad news is that if you didn’t stop by the farm yesterday you did in fact miss the first iteration of the 2nd Annual SLG on farm Plant Sale. The good news it that this coming Sunday May 10th(yes Mothers’ day) we will be having one more Sunday on farm plant sale and open farm shop. Now for those of you who stop by the farm Fridays, preorder or visit us at the markets, plants will still be available for the next month or so. But for any of you who can’t get here for regular hours or stop at the markets this is one last chance to visit the farm, meet the farmers and have your pick of what many describe as some of the best garden starts around. We will be open the 10th from 10-3 giving you plenty of time to stop by and get Mom some plants for the garden, or maybe a nice little Sunday outing with Mom to check out a local organic farm and see just what’s growing up there on School Street. We hope to see you there.
Now the first iteration of the plant sale yesterday was a smashing success. It is always great to see old friends, meet new customers many of whom are our neighbors and feel the love and support of the Good Food community especially at these on farm events. Overall it was a great weekend both on the farm as well as Friday and Saturday at the markets. Friday was the opening day for the Madison Farmers’ Market 2026 season and between the weather and overall enthusiasm of you great folks we couldn’t have asked for a better one. Seeing all those familiar faces had us feeling like we hadn’t even missed a beat as if we stepped from the last November 2025 market right into a beautiful May afternoon, which happened to be opening day. One note of caution for all of you gardening enthusiast out there. This years gardens starts are selling fast and to ensure you get the varieties you really want to plant we recommend picking them up soon.
Last week also saw another 3 farm crew members start off their season with SLG. We’re sure that most of you have noticed as well that things outside are really coming to life and as one could guess the to do list is getting longer than we’d like to acknowledge. Having three more crew members to help balance the load will be indispensable in the weeks and months to come. Our goal of completing this year’s onion planting went off without a hitch, with nearly 2,000 row feet of onions in the ground. No time to rest on the laurels of this accomplishment though because as we all know, time and nature wait for no one. This week in addition the the weekly work load of plant ,prep, plant for quick crops like greens and roots, we are planning to get as many tomatoes and peppers into the ground as we can. Jen has spent countless hours this Winter grafting tomatoes and those plants are now big and lush and shouting”get me into the ground”. And after all what sort of farmers would we be, to not heed the instinctual call of all the lovely plants we have been taking care of for months now.
Have a Great Week