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Welcome to Echollective Farm

SignUp for the 2022 CSA Today!

Join us for our Spring Plant Sales May 7th & 14th 9am-Noon at 1003 Ginter Ave in Iowa City

Browse through the entire 2022 Plant Sale List HERE.

Contact The Farm

Email: echocsa@gmail.com
Derek's Phone: (319)325-3910
Molly's Phone: (347)331-5115

Farm Location

879 Echo Ave Mechanicsville, Iowa

(Echollective Farm is a working farm and is closed to the general public. Hours are by appointment only.)

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Our crew is RAD! Echollective Farm wouldn’t run

Our crew is RAD! Echollective Farm wouldn’t run without the collective effort of our farm team along with the support of our community. Want to join the community?
• We are still hiring part and full time workers for this season. (Email echocsa@gmail.com)
• We welcome weekly volunteers.
• Join our CSA!
• Shop @newpioneercoop where you’ll find our radishes, asparagus, cilantro, and so much more.
• When you eat out, support the restaurants that support us and tell them that we sent you 🙂 @goosetownic @cobblehillrestaurant @trumpetblossom @rodina_restaurant @pizza_lwb @biggrovebrewery @thewebsteric @pullmaniowacity @stburchtavern @wilsonsciderhouse

Pollination station 🐝💜

Pollination station 🐝💜

It’s June! And the strawberries are ready to be

It’s June! And the strawberries are ready to be picked at @wilsonsorchardandfarm and the brunch at @wilsonsciderhouse is so ridiculously delicious anddddddddd we are behind on just about everything (planting, weeding, harvesting…) at our own farm. That said, we are still human. Being intentional about taking time to rest and connect is essential. It is easy to get caught up in hustle culture or talk about overworking yourself as if it’s a badge of honor. All humans deserve time to pick ripe strawberries under blue skies in June 🌤🍓. Not pictured: the homemade strawberry-rhubarb crisp, strawberry lime popsicles, and strawberry lemonade we made with our haul.

We have a stellar 💪❤️ farm team this season

We have a stellar 💪❤️ farm team this season, and we are looking for a few more people to join us! If you have an interest in farming, local foods, and growing resilient communities, you may be a good fit (and vice versa). If you have any questions or are interested in setting up an interview, please, email us at echocsa@gmail.com .

On Saturday, Derek held it down at the farm while

On Saturday, Derek held it down at the farm while I (Molly) got together with a stellar crew of young, Iowa farmers. Connecting with peer community is such an important aspect to farming. As a first generation farmer, there is so, so much to know! Taking time to connect to, learn from, and organize with other farmers in the region allows me to support other farmers while they support me and my farm team in return ❤️🙌.
Saturday’s meeting was enjoyed over yummy, local eats from @blazingstareats (so good!). We chatted about our shared hopes and dreams for the future of Iowa’s farmscape and discussed how we might organize to achieve those dreams. It was so refreshing to see farmer friends in person before the spring chaos ramps up to full speed.
I feel incredibly lucky to be in community with so many rad(ical) farmers!!!

Today, we covered the second largest hoophouse on

Today, we covered the second largest hoophouse on the farm! 🥳🙌🎉👏 We’ve been waiting patiently for a low wind day and today was perfect. Our 9 person crew got the huge, final piece of plastic in place and secured. Now, time to plant some spring crops!! ❤️🌱

Yesterday was perfect for planting thousands of on

Yesterday was perfect for planting thousands of onions and hakurei turnips! Before filling the beds with spring plants, we had to prep the space. This early in the season, we plant everything into covered, hoophouse structures to shield plants from the possibility of freezing temperatures….
1. The first step to prep was pulling last year’s drip tape. Drip tape is the part of our irrigation system that keeps our plants watered. Often we reuse the drip tape for several years as it is made of plastic. When it is fully worn out, we do our best to upcycle as much of it as we can around the farm. We’ve found it makes a great rope substitute for tying down the vents on the side of the hoophouse.
2. Next, we rolled up and secured the ground cloth to the baseboard of the hoophouse. Once the spring veggies are harvested, we will use the same space for growing tomatoes. At that time, we will unroll the groundcloth to cover more of the soil. This will suppress weeds from growing.
3. We used a tool called a scufflehoe aka hulahoe to weed the bed while working in some composted, organic chicken manure.
4. We used a a large rake to smooth over the bed. A flat soil bed makes transplanting much easier!
5. Finally, we planted thousands of spring onions and turnips using our paperpot transplanter.
6. (Not pictured) Lastly, we set hoops up over all of the freshly planted veggies and covered them with a fabric called remay. Sort of like tucking the plants in for bed at night! Remay kept our veggies from freezing as the temperature dipped below 32 overnight.
Stay tuned to May when we will harvest these veggies and more for our CSA (weekly veggie subscription) We still have a few spots available if you are interested in becoming a member (more info at link in bio). 💚🌱

Graduating the baby tomato plants to bigger pots!

Graduating the baby tomato plants to bigger pots! 🌱 ❤️ 🍅We will be selling heirloom, cherry, and slicing tom plants at our spring plant sales (dates TBD). Oh! And in addition to a 🌈 of tomatoes we will have all the other veggies, herbs and perennial fruit and nut trees/shrubs too! 🙌🥦🌶🍒🥬🍆🌰🥒🫑🍑

Here’s a photo of Ken giving a thumbs up 👍 t

Here’s a photo of Ken giving a thumbs up 👍 to good soil health. Last Friday was overcast and cold, but the temperatures were warm and cozy in our hoop tunnels. We use our hoops to extend the growing season earlier into the spring and later into the fall. In the next week or so, we will be filling this tunnel with lots of spring greens (lettuce, arugula, spinach, mizuna) and herbs such as cilantro and dill…oh and also radishes! Leading up to that planting, we have been preparing the soil by adding compost and broadforking. For those who don’t know the broadforking is the tool being used in the second and third photos (shoutout to Ollie and Janice 💪). This tool allows us to incorporate compost while aerating the soil for increased soil health. Happy soil means happy plants means happy people! 👍🪱🌱 🧑‍🌾

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