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Snowy days in January are perfect for planning for the next farm season! The Athens Community Farm organizers met recently to take look back on our first season and organize new projects for 2022. Check out the list below for what you can expect from the farm this year. Have some ideas of your ownContinue reading “Planning for 2022 on the Farm”

When the Athens Community Farm held its first meeting last February, we had only a rough project plan and no land, funding, supplies or ideas of what to grow. Within a few months the farm secured a home at 39 Third Street, support of the Village Board and Dept. of Public Works, beds, soil, plants,Continue reading “Looking Back: 2021 at the Community Farm”

Meeting date: November 13, 2021 The farm is closed for the season! Three solid hours of rain this Saturday led to more of an impromptu meeting than we had planned for our last gathering of the year, but there’s still plenty to share about the farm progress and what we’ll be doing while these bedsContinue reading “Notes + Next Steps from the November Meeting”

Frosty mornings and waning sunshine mean it’s time to officially put our growing beds to rest for the season. Come join the farm crew this Saturday, Nov 13 from 12-3 PM for a combo farm meeting and work day. We’ll be clearing out the remaining plants, adding in compost so we set our soil upContinue reading “November Farm Meeting + Work Day: Sat 11/13 12-3 PM”

Well all, we made it to the end of our first season as a community farm team. We accomplished so much! We built, filled and farmed a brand new space, shared in 22+ weeks of harvest and pick-your-own, and installed some really cute melon hammocks along the way. Come by the farm this Sunday, OctoberContinue reading “October Work/FUN! Day: Sun 10/31 12-3 PM”

Come by the community farm this Saturday, Sept 25 starting at noon for our next volunteer work day! We anticipate a light day this month, so stop by early to help clean up beds, plant some of our last seedlings for the season and do some general maintenance. Can’t make this month? Keep an eyeContinue reading “September Work Day: Sat 9/25 12-3 PM”

Meeting date: September 15, 2021 With most of the beds replanted for fall we took this month to catch up on the progress of our new crops, check in on what’s working and what needs help and set some goals for the fall. And there were mosquitoes, so many mosquitoes. Updates Production 8 beds clearedContinue reading “Notes + Next Steps from the September Meeting”

Hi all – looking forward to seeing everyone at the Community Farm this month! Any changes to the meeting plans due to weather will be communicated the day of the meeting. Can’t make it? No worries, notes will be posted here following the meeting. WhenThursday, September 16 6-7 PM WhereAthens Community Farm39 Third Street, Athens NYContinue reading “September Farm Meeting: Thurs 9/16 6 PM”

The August volunteer work day is happening this weekend, Saturday 8/28 from 12-3 PM. We’ve got beds to turn over, weeds to pull and new seeds/seedlings to plant as we get the farm ready for fall. There may even be a butternut squash ready to harvest to get everyone feeling appropriately autumnal! WhenSaturday, August 28Continue reading “August Work Day: Sat 8/28 12-3 PM”

Meeting date: August 18, 2021 We spent the majority of the meeting this month doing a bed by bed walkthrough of the garden, checking out the health of our full season plants, figuring out which summer crops are still producing or are ready to be flipped, and taking notes on what we’ve learned about growingContinue reading “Notes + Next Steps from the August Meeting”