Growing at MCC

Here’s a little experimental, jazz, audio to go along with our experimental Winter spinach post…
Giant winter spinach from high mowing, performed beautifully early on, and now is bolting. Bolting in December! So it can’t be because of the heat. We are wondering maybe it’s that the transplant seedlings got a little stressed out before they went in? Maybe there have been too many fluctuations between cold and hot days in Nov/Dec?
farming is a constant learning process, and we love it on the MCC student farm!

Thank you Michelle from for sharing your knowledge about the seed industry with us. This past Tuesday evening we had a nice mix of local farmers and MCC students in the room - it was a pretty impromptu gathering and totally fascinating! #🌱🌾🌱🌾
Michelle has 24 states in her region and is super knowledgeable - we order from High Mowing every year for the MCC Student Farm (as well as from other companies like Johnnys and Albert Lea). Chk them out, is 100% certified organic.

Hops harvested! Last week we harvested four varieties of hops from the MCC Student Farm and they are drying this week in the back shed. Such an amazing plant the bines grow so tall, and even in a dry-ish year like this one, we have enough to donate to for a special brew! We are excited to be partnering with them.
Look for more details to come 🏄‍♂️🤸‍♀️🐝