2009 Spring Blooms — Peaches, Bee on Wild Plums, Apples

What's happening on Mesa Winds Farm this spring?

• June 1 deadline for signing up for MWF's CSA, delivered to Colorado Springs, Telluride, and Crested Butte. There's still time to join. The freeze danger is waning!As summer gets closer, the odds are better that we will not suffer critical freeze damage (fingers crossed) this year. Fruit crops in Grand Junction, the Midwest and Northwest were heavily impacted by early warm temps and spring frosts.
• We are offering our first official farm stay for Birders Nesting in the Aspens, July 17-20. That's a perfect time for a cool mountain getaway to enjoy quiet time admiring Colorado's priority species, particularly purple martins nesting in the wild. Stay in our picker cabins, eat local foods, tap the expertise of local birding guides and experience organic farming firsthand.
• Triticale is coming up! Our first effort at grain growing and cover-cropping is a field that has been fallow since we bought the farm in 2005.
• Micro sprinkler irrigation is nearly completed! We began this major project to improve water and soil conservation in 2007. We built a pond, changed our electric system and finished residential upgrades.
• Like all farmers right now, we're busy preparing our orchards and vineyards for the coming growing season. We've planted blackberries too.

We hope that you will be able to participate in the 2009 MWF season, and enjoy the certified organic peaches, apples, table grapes, preserves and honey that we offer our customers.