CSA shares are selling quick, so make sure you sign up soon. Your support is instrumental in our ability to be financially independent, a core principle of sustainable community development. We also encourage you to check out the Four Worlds bread share, which will provide you with locally made artisan breads paired with our vegetables each week. Sign up here!
Our resident bee colony pollinated crops at the farm all season this year!
Spring is a busy season at UTC. Between finishing high tunnel and rainwater catchment construction, building the washing pavilion, and preparing all of the gardens for spring planting, you’d hardly know we’re still in the middle of winter. And this spring, we’re adding another two beehives to the farm to pollinate crops, teach kids about insect-ecosystem relationships, and produce golden, treatment-free West Philly honey!
Despite the recent cold temperatures, crops are still growing (spinach, lettuce, kale, collards, carrots), and production space is expanding with the construction of the high tunnel. Photos by Sue Witte.
Ryan, Quenzell, and Raheem have been hard at work on the high tunnel and closing up the farm for the season
Greens and lettuce are thriving in the cool weather for their last few weeks
digging up the fall carrots as we speak!
beets
carrots
spinach
lettuce-butterleaf, spring mix
mustard greens
kale
collards
chard
tomatoes
eggplant
okra
bell peppers
Bell peppers
Hot peppers
Lettuce
Okra
Tomatoes- red, green, slicers, cherry, pear, zebra tomatoes and more
Kale- Tuscan and Red Russian
Swiss Chard
Collards
Eggplant
Herbs- thyme, sage, parsley, thai basil
See you for the markets on what should be a sunny Saturday!
Farm helper Ciana with one small fraction of the pepper harvest
Record-breaking amounts of bell peppers for our farm!
eggplants
green beans
tomatoes
collards
swiss chard
kale
baby beets
black-eyed peas
lettuce
butterleaf lettuce is enjoying the rain!
First fall harvest of lettuce!
bell peppers
collards
swiss chard
kale
green beans
eggplant
tomatoes
hot peppers
okra
black-eyed peas
baby beets
Clockwise from top left: Lemon basil, thyme, basil, sage, Thai basil, parsley, tarragon
Stop by our Rittenhouse Square stand at 18th & Walnut Streets every Saturday between 9AM and 3PM to check out our selection of local, fresh-picked herbs as well as the regular assortment of veggies.
Bell peppers
Eggplant
Tomatoes
Green Beans
Black eyed Peas
Swiss Chard
Collard Greens
Kale
Okra
Canteloupe!
Eggplants
Bell peppers
Green Beans
Tomatoes
Okra
Collard Greens
Swiss Chard
Kale
Squash
Zuchinni
Hot Peppers
