A rare photo of the two of us captured by @runningwildfarm! Thanks, Kate!
Farm Shares: Week 2 — The heat is the big topic of convo this week. Did the heat impact your share this week? You betcha! We didn't have spinach on our harvest schedule until next week, but when the spinach leaves start going from rounded to mo
Farm Shares: Week 1 — It was so great to see everyone at pick up this week! We are very excited to start the rhythm of the season. Were you surprised to see taters in your share? Our good friend Trent Emery of Emery Farm (no relation) in Wayne,
This was our last video for our spring seedling project with 3rd grade students at Cascade Brook School. Good luck with growing all your veggies this year! To watch, find Erica Emery’s YouTube channel—look for the Rustic Roots logo! 
Our farm stands in solidarity with Black lives. We have work to do in order to fight against injustice, racial discrimination, and racial violence. Here are a few ways you can consider taking action: • Participate in the 21 Day Racial Equity Cha
We took our first ever bucket inventory this evening! We are really getting the hang of this farming gig... #weknewbetter #wediditanyway #cherrytomatoes #farminginthefoothills #frostwarning
Sunny day on the farm. . . . #mainefarms #communitysupportedagriculture #farmingtonmaine
10 beds of alliums weeded and ready for water! Did you know we try to put something from the allium family in our shares every week? I bet we hit 17 out of the 20 weeks. Garlic, garlic scapes, onions, leeks, and a returning veg for us this season, sh
What a beautiful stretch of weather we are having! Our high tunnels are flush with greens right now and we need to move them out to make room for cucumbers and cantaloupe—so we’re sharing the spring bounty with our farm share members
See you at Farmington Farmers’ Market this Saturday! 9am to noon at the District Courthouse parking lot. We will have radishes, baby kale, lettuce, and kettle corn from our sister company The Sweet Life Kettle Corn Company. This is our first ma
We are excited be doing a spring seedling project, virtually, with a local school here in Farmington. This week is week three: seedling update, we go on a worm hunt, and check in on one of our favorite spring crops! Find Erica Emery’s YouTube c
Leafy greens growing on these sunny days of spring! #csa #mainefarmers #mainefarm #farmingtonmaine
Hey friends! For the first time ever we have filled our farm shares! 50 families will be getting weekly produce from us starting in June and 20 senior households will get biweekly senior shares. If you are still interested in signing up for a farm sh
This farm share sign up made our day today! We love our farm share members right back! Sign up info is on our website and we would love grow for you this season.
Spring farming for us looks like waiting for the snow to melt, prepping and planting in high tunnels as much as possible, listening to the melody of geese fly south over our heads, and moving cold, wet things from one place to another, in mud. We lov
We are diving into spring and hoophouse planting by taking our new paperpot transplanter for a test run. It was a beautiful day to get out and get to work growing food! We are still in the middle of farm share sign up season. Did you know we offer a
This special delivery from Hawaii is enough to warm up the coldest winter day! Stay tuned for updates on year two of ginger and tumeric production! #rusticrootsfarm #hawaiiancleanseed #bikerdudeginger
Today is #csaday! Have you been waiting to sign up? Now is a great time to buy a farm share because we are buying seeds, supplies, planning our labor budget, and figuring out if we should invest in that fancy new tool we saw at a farming conference.
Throwback Thursday to 2014! In 2014 we had our first intern, Brogan, who is on the farm left. McKinley and Veronica (middle) were our Upward Bound students that year, and my cousin Zach was helping on the farm too! We probably had about 10 shares get