Sam joined Stout Oak Farm as our Hoophouse Manager in 2021, taking the lead on the Hoop house tomatoes and peppers, as well as playing a really key Jane-of-all-skills role at the farm: in the Farm Store, Washing, Packing, in the Field, and Greenhouse, too! “I planted my first seeds (French Breakfast Radishes!) in …
Karl was part of the Stout Oak Farm crew for just a few months this spring, but in that short time he made an amazing mark on the farm and on us. Karl took on the big tasks of pounding in the fencing stakes, and repairing and tightening up the Greenhouse and hoop houses — …
Kate gave the farm crew a thorough hand tool clinic. We focus on ergonomics and expended energy because we do all of our cultivating and harvesting by hand. This ensures high quality food and is also very tiring, so we’re always looking for new and better hand tools to help with those weeds. We learned …
Now that things are growing in the greenhouse, it feels like the farm is ramping up fast. While the seedlings grow, we’re also trying to squeeze in a few more team meetings to make sure our new team members get trained up and check in with each other as we work on projects. One …
After months of seeding and caring for thousands of baby plants in the greenhouse and outdoors in their trays, the seedlings are finally finding their way into the ground! MANY plants have found their way into the gardens of our Plant Sale customers! The sale during Memorial weekend was such a success; we were so …
