Well maybe its not a big farm, but this cow is reporting in from Spring Creek Farm in Palmer, Alaska! I have been getting to know the farm life as a summer intern here.
Where is Palmer that you ask? Well, it's just about an hour north of Anchorage! Right next door to the actual boonies and also some beautiful mountains.
Spring Creek is a two acre farm supported by a csa! I came up here thinking Alaska could only grow hearty root veggies, but using some creative farming they have pretty much everything an herbivore could dream of!
The early harvests have been lots of quick growing salad greens, greenhouse started kale and other brassica family plants (eg. Kohlrabi, and Broccoliraab), and we also had scallions and parsnips that they planted last fall and "over wintered" so they would be ready in the early summer.
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| Some pretty veggies |
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| Even prettier veggies! |
Day to day farm work looks like planting new things, pruning and trellising plants, and weeding, lots of weeding. Our farm does not use herbicide so there is a constant battle agains the weeds. Other than that we harvest each week for the CSA and spend every Wednesday at our little farmers market.
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| Working in the lettuce rows |
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| A small mountain of turnips on the wash station |
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| Cheesing with the parsnips :) |
Outside of farm work (see image above for proof of farm work) I have been frantically trying to cook with all of the veggies we harvest each week. When i'm not cooking, baking or on the farm I have been going on long bike adventures around Palmer! There are some fun trails nearby so there has been a lot to explore! Follow along on strava if you want a front row seat for my adventures (shameless plug).
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| This was an urgent ice cream stop |
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| A view of pioneer peek! |
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| Hanging out over the Kink river |
Thats all for now! Check back with the farm soon
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