A BIG THANK YOU to
the Story County Community Foundation !!!
and Practical Farmers of Iowa!!!!

Have you heard that Mustard Seed Community Farm has received a $6000 grant from the Story County Community Foundation this year? These funds will be used to support our corn crib rehabilitation project and will directly help us to increase the farm’s food and supply storage capacity via corn crib rehabilitation.

Do you like braiding? How about bread? Of course the answer is Yes, Yes!! So, come join Benjamin and the Mustard Seed Community this Friday @ 3pm (11/13), for the first virtual skillshare of the season, where you'll learn how to bake challah and hear some fun facts about the history and significance of this traditional Jewish Sabbath bread.

it's been a wild and difficult and sometimes surreal year so far.
While most of the regular garden work is done for the season, we are taking advantage of some nice weather this week to do a few end of season things, including digging the last carrots and cleaning the last garlic. We are looking for some helpers this Tuesday, election day. if you would like some concrete work to distract you from your worries about the state of the nation - come on out to the farm!

quick summary of the year:

hello friends,

in this post is some misc news, ideas for ways to help and
request for about 4 more helpers tomorrow morning, Saturday 9/26, 8:30-11:30. ( i know it's late notice again!!! if interested, please text me that you would like to come)

hi everyone,

here's just a note to let everyone know that we weathered the storm pretty well, and also to see if there are any folks out there who could come help with tomorrow's harvest. We expect a smaller than normal harvest crew tomorrow and are looking for replacements. Some of our workers are quarantining (don't worry- there was no covid exposure at the farm), and we expect a number of others to be busy with storm clean-up. (if you are interested in helping, see more details below).

have you noticed that we have a lot of CUCUMBERS this year??

There's a lot of unpredictability in farming. Some crops are doing more poorly this year (onions and potato yields are perhaps half of normal). Others are doing better than normal. The cucumbers are doing extremely well.

Do you have too many cucumbers? Let us know, but also, please give away your extra food to anyone else who might be in need. We are donating a lot of cucumbers to all our donation sites.

DO YOU WANT MORE CUCUMBERS?

hi friends,

summer is in full swing. We have been working very hard out on the farm!
every week we are harvesting more vegetables to share with so many people. This year, with the pandemic, it's been harder to schedule volunteers, and the weeds are taking advantage of our labor shortage.

would you like to help us weed?
weeding is easy to learn and so satisfying!

young Compass plants!

prairie plants are ready for sale!