ALL THE DIRT: A REVIEW OF OUR FAVORITE BLOG POSTS
04/12/19 — Heydon Hatcher
This week, we are revisiting and mapping out some of our favorite blog posts (along with a couple videos and a Statesman article) covering a gamut of helpful and informative topics regarding all things JBG. Wondering about the history of tomatoes? How about what the entire process from seed to market of a crop looks like? Or maybe you were wondering about pro tips on how to increase your produce's longevity... it's all covered below!
GROWING PRACTICES
- Here is a blog post about our growing practices.
- Here is a post explaining our production from seed to market (broccoli!).
- Here is a post about some of our farm machinery and systems for increased efficiency.
- Here is a post about cover crops at JBG.
- Here is a short post about weeds at the farm.
- Here is a post about Gap Audit + NICS certification.
- Here is a post about what it means to be certified organic (similar to above).
- Here is a post that may answer some questions about the use of plastic on the farm.
- Here is a post about the day in the life of our planting crew.
HISTORY + CULTURE
- Here is a flashback blog post we did.
- Here is a post where Brenton answered lots of questions from social media.
- Here is a little about us video.
- Here is a video about Brenton, head farmer, and founder.
- Here is that farmer to farmer podcast episode featuring Brenton + JBG.
- Here is a post written by the farm dogs.
- Here is a post about the music at Hergotz.
- Here is a post about some volunteers.
- Here, here, here, and here are examples of a series of "CSA Member Spotlight" we do.
- Here and here are examples of a series of "First Friday Staff Picks" that we do.
- Here are a bunch of quotes from CSA Members about their JBG experience.
CSA TIPS
- Here is a post with lots of storage recommendations for produce. This can also be found on the veggie guide.
- Here is a post about summer CSA Hacks.
- Here is a post about the necessary servings of fruits and veggies.
- Here is a post about getting your garden prepped for transplants.
- Here is a bit of info about our Referral Program.
- Here is some information about donating your share instead of postponing it.
- Here are some reasons to join the CSA.
PARTNERSHIPS
- Here is an article about one of our favorite partnerships that we have - with our local school district!
- Here is a post about our Sponsored Share program with The Settlement Home.
- Here and here are posts about some of our restaurant partners.
VEGETABLES
**What varieties we grow can change every season... so, there may be certain varieties that we don't grow anymore, and others that aren't included in these posts.- Here and here are posts about all the different peppers we grow!
- Here is a post about why we don't grow pumpkins.
- Here is a post about all the radishes we grow.
- Here is a post about some of the Asian greens we grow.
- Here is a post all about our onion production.
- Here is post about melon varieties we often grow.
- Here is a post about tomatoes - history, varieties, and more.
- Here is a post about carrots - history, fun facts, and more.