Saturated soil = problems & pests
It’s been a tough couple of weeks dealing with constant rain and pest pressure. All of our soil has been so saturated I can’t even work it to turn over beds for new plantings. And some of the crops have…
Nursery repair & some of its history
Ara and I just installed a new piece of greenhouse film on our nursery tunnel. The old film blew off in a storm last winter. When we moved to our property, it was this tunnel’s third time to be constructed….
Quick CSA crop update
We harvested this Vego Garden herb bed full of chocolate mint yesterday and everyone in the CSA is getting a bunch in their shares this week! Here we have arugula, fennel, green onions and celery. We harvested this whole bed…
Arctic blast 2.0 and the aftermath
Well we just had a run in with another arctic blast. This one was milder than the last but somehow hit us harder. We managed to keep most of our crops alive and harvestable through it, but we had a…
A glimpse of the deer fence build!
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Fall CSA crop walk
We have a nice crop of spinach coming on! Left to right: salad turnips, spinach, bok choy. Cabbage. Green onions and purple kohlrabi. Lettuce on the right. Parsley and collards. Chinese cabbage, fennel, kohlrabi. Fennel. Baby kohlrabi! Curly kale. Lettuce,…
A little farm tour in pictures
A great crop of radish microgreens ready for this week’s CSA shares! Lots of green onions and lettuces at varying stages of growth. We’ve been spreading compost and prepping beds for more plantings. Swiss chard, getting a lot of caterpillar…
Week 3 CSA update – Fall ’22
Our flower garden is full of butterflies, bees, bumblebees, ladybugs and dragonflies… and we love it! Harvesting arugula. Sunflower shoots. This lettuce will be ready for next week. Chard Curly kale We had to rip out the zucchini already, they…
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Farm update, swimmin’ in sunnies
Did you enjoy the sunflower shoots? We sure did. We’ve been eating them with every meal. We especially love having them with our morning eggs. They are incredibly nutrient dense and I’m glad we have them going again so Ara…