MIGHTY FOOD FARM 
NEWSLETTER 

 

Issue 2, Vol. 1 

April 25, 2007 

 

HAPPY SPRING! We have been hard at 
work here at the farm. Things are really 
starting to pick up and especially with that 
spurt of warm weather we had. 

 We have been transplanting the seedlings 
like crazy. This past week we planted broccoli, 
cabbage, kohlrabi, head lettuces, onions, 
shallots, scallions, beets, bok choy, more baby 
salad mix, and the list goes on… We have been 
making all of our raised beds by hand using 
rakes and a beastly rototiller. We have been 
quite sore, but getting a lot done. 

 The farm has also recently acquired a lot of 
new equipment! Our landlord, Sally recently 
bought a Massey Ferguson tractor with a 
bucket loader and a back hoe. We are so 
excited! Our cultivating tractor (lovingly called 
“Weedy”) also arrived. Chuck went to the Food 
Bank Farm in Hadley, Mass to pick her up. 
These two tractors will be extremely useful in 
helping the farm stay on track and on time 
during the season. 

 The greenhouse is packed full of tomato, 
eggplant, pepper, leek, onion, lettuce, and 
flower transplants (among other exciting 
vegetables). The greenhouse cucumbers have 
been planted and are starting to set flowers! It 
is nice to be in the greenhouse on those rainy 
days seeding and repotting. 

 Thanks to all of you who have sent in the 
deposits for the CSA shares. We will be 
setting dates for the first pick-ups at the farm 
and in Bennington come mid-May. 

 Hope all of you are doing well, and think 
about warm sunny weather! 

 

See You Soon, Chuck and Lisa 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the Greenhouse. The cucumbers are 
in the center bed. 

 

 

 

This is the first day we used “weedy” to mark 
out rows in the beds for transplanting. 

 This is our main 
field planted with all those crops listed. The 
white row cover keeps the crops warm at night.