“We’d Love to See You, in 2022.”
December at Fibonacci Farm, Redmond
Happy New Year! Is it too late to say Happy New Year? We hope not because while we have been quieter than normal lately, we have had a lot on our minds and have been staying super busy behind the scenes!
In November, we were able to take a much needed break. We packed up the car and headed South visiting Yosemite, Joshua Tree, Petrified Forest, Zion, Bryce, Austin and New Orleans before visiting friends in Colorado around Thanksgiving. The trip had so many highlights, but if you ever have the chance to visit Yosemite in early November, DO IT! The breathtaking views and lack of crowds will make it worth your visit.
Yosemite National Park
As you may have gathered, Fibonacci Farm is expanding next year. Somewhere in the middle of the 2021 season we were informed that the owner of the land we lease our farm from would be putting the property up for sale. Faced with uncertainty of what that would mean for 2022, we started looking for new land to lease. Luckily, we found a space in Bend pretty quickly and signed a multi-year lease. The very next week, someone bought the property of our Redmond farm and it turns out they were interested in letting us keep farming and to move into the home located on the land as well, as they will be retiring here in a few years. We decided to take the owner up on their offer for the lease property in Redmond and continue moving forward with our agreement to lease the farm in Bend. This in turn has nearly doubled our size as a farm and will keep us VERY busy this season.
The new space in Bend is an acre garden where Golden Eagle Organics formerly operated. There are a few high tunnels and a caterpillar tunnel full of strawberries. We are referring to this space as 2.0 and it is where we will be growing all of (y)our vegetables for 2022. All of the flowers will be grown in Redmond (1.0) and that is also where we will conduct our propagation.
Golden Eagle Organics in Bend, OR.
We are so excited to be able to have this much space with 7 total covered greenhouses/tunnels. We will be growing a total of 94 different varieties of vegetables, many of which are new for us like Sprouting Broccoli, Asparagus, Strawberries, Raspberries, Romaine Lettuce, Golden Beets, Cilantro, Sage, Parsley, Peas, Corn, Potatoes, Winter Squash and Melons. Our friends at Siskiyou Seeds actually sent us a packet of a melon we can’t wait to grow; Eel River Melon which is supposedly less sweet and more creamy than most cantaloupes. Additionally, over at 1.0 we will be growing 125 varieties of flowers including Tulips, Dahlia, Carnations, Lisianthus and tons of pacific northwest pollinators!
Instead of doing two Farmers Market’s as we did last year, we decided to increase our CSA program and only do the Northwest Crossings Farmers Market which is located in Bend on Saturdays. We are shooting for 50 vegetable and 50 flower CSA’s with several different pickup locations and times. Check out our website to find out more information about our CSA Membership and tell your friends! We can’t do Community Supported Agriculture without the community. OK, sales pitch is over. Actually, you should still check out the website as it recently got a full makeover with updated info and pics!
With all of this new space and increasing both flower and vegetable production, we knew there was no way that the two of us would be able to keep up with everything on our own. So this season have hired 2 wonderful people to work us this Summer; Bobby and Stacey. Bobby worked with Aaron at Quackenbush Farm and his passion for local, sustainable farming will make him a serious asset to our crew. Stacey is a cousin of Lauren’s whose prior creative skills, education and strong interests in regenerative farming will bring her from Florida out West to join our team. We’ve also invested in and are going to be leaning heavily on the PaperPot Transplanter over at 2.0 to get all of our veggie transplants in the ground in a timely fashion which is something that we struggled with last year. Due to the small window of opportunity available to transplant with competing high temps, the Paperpot Transplanter will be an amazing asset.
We hope that you all are doing well and are feeling healthy/happy in the New Year and we look forward to sharing our bounty with you this year!
