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Flowers and veggies

Flowers and veggies

ByFarmer Jim May 4, 2022May 4, 2022
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The flowers are really starting to bloom! Zinnias and oats. Ara’s first dahlia. Celosia. Marigold. Bachelor’s Button AKA Cornflower. Snapdragons and more in the background. Nasturtiums. Tulsi basil and Genovese basil. The Vego Garden is looking good. All these beds…

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First flowers, flipping beds & seeding last crops

First flowers, flipping beds & seeding last crops

ByFarmer Jim April 28, 2022April 28, 2022
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Those are the first bouquets for our first ever flower CSA addon! They have sunflowers, zinnias, yarrow, mint, oats and a few other things. Mr. Fangs was hanging out in the flower garden with us where we have this lovely…

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Planting summer crops & building trellises

Planting summer crops & building trellises

ByFarmer Jim April 20, 2022April 28, 2022
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In this post I show how we planted some summer crops and built trellises for them. Let’s begin with this eggplant that we started from seed on February 1. We potted them up in March to buy us more time….

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Vego beds & other farm pics

Vego beds & other farm pics

ByFarmer Jim April 13, 2022April 13, 2022
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A tree frog climbed onto the arm of Ara’s chair. They are surprisingly friendly! A nice crop of swiss chard for this week’s CSA shares. Carrots ready for harvest. Japanese taro in the bog filter. Worm bin, nasturtiums, tomatoes and…

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Planting, harvesting and enjoying the pond

Planting, harvesting and enjoying the pond

ByFarmer Jim April 6, 2022April 6, 2022
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As we harvest and beds open up, we immediately renovate the beds and plant them to new crops. We just planted these lettuces for salad mix where the spinach was. Some head lettuces where the turnips were. Basil and onions…

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VIDEO update!

VIDEO update!

ByFarmer Jim March 31, 2022April 1, 2022
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Today’s update comes to you in the form of a video. I walk through most of our production and talk about what’s growing, what’s coming up, what’s being harvested, walk through the flower garden, our new Vego garden and the…

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Pool to pond: the bog filter

Pool to pond: the bog filter

ByFarmer Jim March 24, 2022May 12, 2022
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Can this simple ecological filter keep our pool clean? We’re going to find out! A bog filter (also known as a wetland filter) uses a bed of gravel and plants to filter and clean water. As the water is pumped…

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Giant spinach, fake organics and more

Giant spinach, fake organics and more

ByFarmer Jim March 16, 2022March 16, 2022
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I harvested this REAL organic spinach while listening to a great Real Organic Podcast episode about how big corporate entities have corrupted the USDA Organic standards and how “organic” hydroponic berries are being grown and passed off as organic. When…

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What’s growin’ on

What’s growin’ on

ByFarmer Jim March 9, 2022March 9, 2022
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A beautiful crop of spinach is ready to harvest this week! This might be the nicest spinach we’ve ever grown. Our soil improves every season. Harvesting some huge celery plants! 🤤 Italian flat leaf parsley ready to harvest. Cilantro coming…

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The spring rush – farm update

The spring rush – farm update

ByFarmer Jim March 2, 2022April 20, 2022
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Easter egg radishes growing fast! We’ve started harvesting and distributing spring CSA shares and we still have tons of crops to plant and beds to prep in order to have a place to plant them! Last week the prop house…

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