Hosanna for our HOOP HOUSE!!

HOORAY!!! We are so excited that our hoop house is operational! Thanks to the engineering efforts of Bryce and hard work of the whole family, it is all set! YEAH!

Notice the veggies already growing! These are for the Winter Season.

We love fresh grown, healthy food!

We love our Shareholder-Family-Friends!

We love our American Freedom!

We are THANKFUL for these many blessings!

October 24, 2009--Fall Harvest Celebration

Our Fall Harvest and Grand Opening Celebration included the delightful music of Zila Johnson.

Shareholders: Janelle and Kyle Wilcox

Our Moapa Shareholders: Rachel Wright(sitting), daughter, Shari Lyman and grandson, Odin

The O'Meara Family

Diana Lalor, sitting on the hale bales around the corn roasting fire pit.

We enjoyed a delicious menu of potluck food and fresh-picked, fresh-roasted corn. The weather was great and the friendshipping was even better. All around fun at the farm evening!

FARM BABIES

With abundant mothering and TLC, Lyndy has been growing tomato, bell pepper and eggplant starts for our upcoming 30 x 100 foot green house.

There are 6 varieties of tomatoes, over 100 plants, 2 kinds of peppers and 2 types of eggplants.

AUGUST SUNSHINE-SEPTEMBER RAIN

The pepper plants grow thick and heavy with fruit due to
the cooler nights and humid days.


More than 15 rows of corn getting higher--dancing in the rain.


Facing the west, here is an overview of the 40-plus crop rows
including corn, pumpkins, 4 kinds of squash, 4 kinds of melons,
cucumbers, onions, radishes, beets, 6 kinds of lettuce, carrots,
ornamental gourds, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, flowers and
herbs. We can't wait to SHARE with our Farm Members!


Ripening watermelons get bigger every day!


Delicious, sweet and juicy! YUMMY!

FARM UPDATE--JULY and AUGUST

The Fall Corn is well on it's

way to harvest!

The busy bees are

making life SWEET!Happy piggies!

We are grateful to be growing and working on the Farm.

We humbly enjoy God's RICH bounty, and feel blessed to share with our community.

OUR WELL WATER! Liquid Sunshine!

We successfully downed a 60-foot pipeline!


The pump works!! YIPEE! Coooooool water!
We did it!!

Bryce dug 4-foot deep trenches for the

farm's pipe lines.

Water will feed the field and hoop houses.

Irrigating the newly sown buckwheat field.

LUSH Buckwheat enriches the soil and adds

lots of organic green nutrition!! Healthy food!!

Summer Happenings at Meadow Valley Farm

Bryce and his trusty John Deere plowed the field in preparation for planting our fall vegetables.

Water lines are in progress.

The Garden

In my mind I'll plant and sow.

In my heart I'll bloom and grow

In my face true beauty glow.
Then with my feet,

God's path I'll go.

By Lyndy

Memorial Day, May 25, 2009

Progress is deliciously beautiful and healthful! We picked our first bell pepper, along with sante fe grande and cubanelle peppers, green onions, carrots, beets, chard, buttercrunch lettuce, basil and parsley to put in the Lyman family basket. We had a bonus of Red, White and Blue wild flowers for Memorial day bouquet. We remember the brave patriots who sacrificed themselves for our freedoms.

God bless America!

Little Miracles

Its amazing to watch the progress of plants grow. The process is slow and yet so awe inspiring! As our little plants begin to take root in the soil and the leaves spread and take in sunshine they grow! Just like that! It only takes us a very few minutes each day to water, weed and look over our plants and they do all this work so we can reap the benefits in only a few short months. Our strawberries are growing so well, they are the first to have some blossoms and even one small beginning of a delicious fruit. The tomato plants are getting nice and big and our onions have begun to take to the soil. We have 3 different kinds of onions growing, red ones, white ones, and walla-walla onions. And if the walla-walla onions don't get big then we will have green onions instead. All the other vegetables are doing wonderful as well and we can't wait for them to get to the point where we can harvest!! All is going well here and we hope all is well for everyone reading this blog :)

Getting Started

We are so excited! Things are really coming together for our new farm. People are showing positive interest, wanted to know what a CSA farm is and what it all entails. Our starter plants are coming along wonderfully as well, we have peas, eggplant, strawberries, radishes, tomatoes, potatoes, and etc. Some are not doing super well, but we have high hopes that with a little more love and care they will perk back up and thrive. We have our first fencing up to keep the rabbits out and we have our first ladybugs keeping watch over our garden. We have our first shareholders and we are extremely excited that things are moving forward so well and is continueing to be very promising.

A Friendly Farm for You

The Meadow Valley CSA Farm is located in rural Moapa, NV on a small 2 acre family farm. This farm has great potential to expand as large as 20 acres! We are a brand new family owned and operated farm that is making the land more cultivated and used. As a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm we need YOUR help to make this beautiful land a productive farm.

WHY become a shareholder?

Being a member of a CSA is a GREEN way for you to:

1. Have a positive impact on the community.
2. Increase beauty in Nevada’s rural area of Moapa.
3. Utilize earth-friendly, natural resources.
4. Promote self-reliance.
5. Provide locally-grown, fresh vegetables for your family at a competitive price.
6. Redirect your grocery dollars into the neighborhood economy.

HOW does it work?

Very simply, you, as the shareholder agree to receive a weekly basket of various locally grown, fresh-picked veggies, herbs, flowers, and a regular e-newsletter with recipes and farm progress, in exchange for a commitment—paid in advance. Each equally-filled basket feeds 2-5 people.

We, as the farmers, agree to put up the land and water. We are also willing to do all the farm work. We are excited to include the expertise of our successful farmer-partner William DeMille.