Little Pond Farm Blog

Summer is so quiet here. Everywhere else summer seems loud, crowded and sticky. But not here. The mornings are cool, calm and almost too beautiful. They seem otherworldly. Just the chorus of a few crickets and a pink glowing sky. Below are entire fields of sunn hemp cover crop, sitting fully saturated and supple from soakingContinue…

Just a quick note to say hope to see you all tomorrow (Saturday May 25, 2019) at our last market of the season! We will be at the Saturday Morning Market from 9am – 2pm and then we’ll be headed back home till October to quickly preserve some last minute goodies for our freezer andContinue…

Yet another season begins to fade into summer as we approach the end of our sixth year cultivating the earth at Little Pond Farm. I had to jot down on a piece of paper which crew was with us for all those years (that’s how we distinguish the seasons) to even believe it myself. In aContinue…

Harvest season begins — opening day of Saturday Morning Market is TOMORROW, October 6th! We return to the Saturday Morning Market tomorrow morning, October 6th, from 9:00am – 2:00pm in the Al Lang Stadium parking lot in downtown St. Pete. Come join in the celebration with us, your farmers. The first of the fall abundance is here! SeeContinue…

We have been sowing and planting like crazy! The fields are beginning to fill up with baby plants and emerging seeds, and in just SIX SHORT WEEKS we will return to the farmers market for the season! (had to check the calendar twice, and yes… it’s true) We thank you for your support of our work! It isContinue…

The farm feels like a tropical rainforest. There is a humid heat that rises around 9:00am that breaks most afternoons with a heavy cool rain, followed by a blanket of clouds. If you were to leave for a few days and return (a luxury afforded by summer that is happily accepted), you would be struck by the rapid growthContinue…

Hi folks, So much has happened since Ellen’s last newsletter update. Fall whizzed by, winter arrived in full force, and spring weather shortly thereafter (within the past week). This year has brought many firsts, notably weather related – a dramatic hurricane (hurricane Irma) interruption at the start of planting season, river floods, abundant icicles, frozenContinue…