Golden Earthworm Organic Farm

Our Blog has Moved!

2009-02-07T16:16:00.003-05:00

We've moved our blog....

Please visit our FIELD BLOG at: http://www.goldenearthworm.com/field-notes/

and our FOOD BLOG at: http://www.goldenearthworm.com/recipes/

CSA Day 2008

2008-11-18T11:20:00.007-05:00

Here are some photos from our CSA Day 2008!

And some more photos taken by some of our friends...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lodigs/1681598177/
http://flickr.com/photos/tecpatl/sets/72157600190221947/

Diggin' Taters!

2008-09-22T10:43:00.004-04:00

Our new-to-us potato digger in action last week... It may not look like much, but this monster of a machine can dig and sort a row of potatoes in just a few minutes. Quite spectacular!

A Tour of the Fields

2008-09-08T17:40:00.003-04:00

Matthew and I took a tour of some of our fields last week. Everything looks gorgeous! The winter squash fields are full of the most beautiful, strong and productive plants we've ever grown! Eggplants are doing great, as are the tomatoes, peppers, cabbage and leeks...

New Member Forum!

2008-07-18T11:53:00.004-04:00

If you are a Golden Earthworm CSA Member, you may join our Member Forum to share your thoughts, cooking tips, and more! Click below to join the forum. You will have to sign in to Google and apply for membership. Please include your full name and pick-up site, and we'll get you signed up! Click here to join.

Mornings on the Farm

2008-07-18T10:55:00.002-04:00

Gotta Slice of the Golden Earthworm?

2008-07-16T16:47:00.004-04:00

In case you missed the mention of us in the New York Times last week, here's a link to the article, "Cutting Out the Middlemen, Shoppers Buy Slices of Farms".

Flowers, Glorious Flowers

2008-07-16T16:43:00.002-04:00

Our Flower Share began this week for our Queens sites, and oh what a site it was in the barn! Our dear friend Martha, who is a wizard with flowers, runs the show!

Farmstand Produce

2008-07-16T16:33:00.000-04:00

I stopped off at our roadside farmstand on Saturday, just a few minutes before we closed at 5. Justine and I chatted for a while and I couldn't resist taking a few shots of the "leftovers" before loading them up into the basket on my bike and heading home to cook them up for supper!

Sound Avenue Land

2008-06-10T11:36:00.005-04:00

Last year we started farming a second plot of land located on Sound Avenue in Riverhead. Since our farm events are always held at our farm on Peconic Bay Blvd, we realize that many of you have never seen what this land looks like.

Here are some photos I took yesterday evening at sunset. The meadow had just been mowed by our friend Chris Wines of Ty Llwyd Farm in Jamesport. By the way, if you're ever out on the East End, stop by Ty Llwyd Farm on Sound Avenue for the most delicious fresh eggs!

First Harvest!

2008-06-02T12:23:00.002-04:00

Here are some photos of our first harvest of the season. This week we're harvesting arugula (both baby and bunched), radishes, spinach, boston lettuce and rhubarb.

My First Taste of Summer

2008-06-02T11:18:00.004-04:00

Yesterday evening after a long Sunday getting ready for the first week of deliveries, Matthew left me in the kitchen to make dinner and took out across our back yard to the field. He came back a few minutes later with a little present...the first beautiful red strawberries of the season! I made him stand out on the back porch with the mosquitoes just long enough to capture this picture. The light was perfect.

The Haygrove

2008-05-15T17:31:00.004-04:00

We installed a Haygrove Tunnel out in Field 2 this year to grow early tomatoes in. I'll let Matthew tell you all about it in a future post, but here are some photos taken just after the whole top blew off! Everyone ran out to secure the plastic and re-tie the ropes that hold it down.

This was a few weeks ago before the drip irrigation had been installed, so the tomatoes look a little thirsty. They've been growing tremendously ever since- so I'll get out there one day this week and post some updated shots.

Cutting Potatoes

2008-05-12T20:26:00.005-04:00

Our dear friends Hal and Fran made their annual appearance at the farm for cutting seed potatoes this spring. Seed potatoes are cut into pieces (averaging one "eye" per piece) and then planted out into the fields to grow into a potato plant.

Potato Harvest 2007

2007-07-25T12:34:00.001-04:00

I wanted to share some photos of our potato harvest from last week. This has been our best year of potatoes!

Here is the potato digger hooked up on the back of the tractor.

The potatoes are dug out of the ground and dropped back on top of the soil.

Here they are still attached to the roots ready to be harvested, washed, and packed into your CSA boxes!

Out of the office...and into the garden!

2007-06-16T11:29:00.001-04:00

Some pictures from our garden...

CSA Week #1

2007-05-29T08:34:00.000-04:00

We have a beautiful first share of the season! Spinach, Arugula, Red Radishes, Japanese White Salad Turnips, and Rhubarb.

First CSA delivery of the season!

2007-05-29T08:17:00.001-04:00

It's the first CSA delivery day of the season and everything went incredibly smoothly! Our new packing room is proving to be an amazing improvement over our old diggs, and we're becoming so efficient at packing the boxes and getting them on the truck, that Frank left in the truck ON TIME this morning!

Pictures from our Spring Walking Tour!

2007-05-15T08:33:00.001-04:00

For those of you who couldn't make it to our Spring Walking Tour last Sunday, you can now view some beautiful pictures taken by some of our new CSA members.

View Christian's Photos here>>
View our Astoria CSA Group's Photos here>>

We're in the Green Guide!

2007-05-14T16:58:00.001-04:00

Amy Topel wrote a wonderful profile on our CSA program in the latest issue of The Green Guide.

Here's an excerpt...

Talk to the cooks in any upscale restaurant in New York City and you'll find that most fall into one of two categories: those that hope to own their own restaurant and those that long to become farmers. I belong to the group that fantasizes about life on a farm. Matthew Kurek—unlike the rest of us—didn't just dream about moving out of the city and learning to farm, he actually did it....

Check out the full article here.

Our bees have arrived!

2007-05-07T08:51:00.005-04:00

Our two beehives arrived last Sunday at the farm. Maggie's parents, who are experienced beekeepers, got us started by setting up the hives. It was amazing watching the whole process...

Spring is here!

2007-03-31T17:43:00.002-04:00

We're welcoming spring here on the farm with the completion of our third greenhouse and the arrival of some long-awaited tractor equipment. Noe and Miguel have been busy in the greenhouse seeding all sorts of veggies that will soon be transplanted out into the fields. Here are some pictures of the greenhouses and the seeding that's going on inside them...

End of another season...

2006-12-12T16:36:00.000-05:00

Six blog entries in one year?! Not too bad considering how little time we had this year for blogging and other frivolous farm activities. (Note the modern twist on holiday lights hanging in our barn....why waste time untangling, when they look better this way anyway?)

2007 is going to be a whole different story... Plans are in the works for a weekly farm blog highlighting all the fun (!) that goes on around here.

Until then, we wish you a wonderful holiday season!

What's Growing...

2006-04-14T08:00:00.000-04:00

These are our lettuce plants hardening off outside the greenhouse. Matthew, James, Lauren (our lovely intern) and I transplanted these on Monday and Tuesday out in the fields. Our new transplanter makes it easy- and fun!

In the "Spot"light!

2006-04-14T07:56:00.000-04:00

Look who made it to the front page of our local newspaper! Hattie and Wilbur love to snuggle...