http://blog.tripleaproduce.com From our family's garden to your table Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:19:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks to some internet sleuthing, book reading, and general word of mouth, our orchard is beginning its new life as an organic orchard. Obviously it will be several years before we can officially be considered organic but we are on our way. I say we very lightly because so far ... http://blog.tripleaproduce.com/2010/03/19/going-organic/ Thanks to some very productive hens we have eggs available. They are really very pretty eggs, with their shades of brown and flecks of red. Every egg is unique though I am starting to see a trend in their shapes and hues. Each day we get at least one nicely ... http://blog.tripleaproduce.com/2010/03/19/eggs-available/ It is a challenge to keep our greenhouse at the right temperature. We are using a wood stove to heat it. Yesterday it reached a balmy 100 degrees even with the door propped open. Today at noon the temperature was 65 degrees with the door only slightly open. Needless to ... http://blog.tripleaproduce.com/2010/03/19/cooler-temperatures-for-the-greenhouse/ Over the winter we have been planning for the coming season, adding a small greenhouse, an orchard, and some new planting space. Along with attending the Amana Farmers Market again this year (in it's new local in Homestead at Henry's Village Market), we also plan to attend the Vinton, Coralville, ... http://blog.tripleaproduce.com/2010/03/17/planning-time/ Planting, weeding, watering, picking, sorting, washing and finally selling. http://blog.tripleaproduce.com/2009/07/01/getting-ready-for-market/ Triple A Produce is a small family run farm located in the historic Amana Colonies. The name of our business was inspired by our family, the "employees" of our business. Each of our names starts with the letter "A" and there are three of us. Look for us at the ... http://blog.tripleaproduce.com/2009/05/17/hello-world/