Comments on: “I love intense!”

By: Mike (tfb)

Mike (tfb) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:23:12 +0000

Arzeena: Yes, hand-pulling when they’re too big to hoe. :( I’m replying in August, and all of our later plantings are under control and being weeded mainly by hoe and wheel hoe.

By: Arzeena Hamir

Arzeena Hamir — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:57:54 +0000

Hi Mike,

Hope this isn’t a silly question but I noticed your weeding is being done mostly by hand pulling. Is there a reason you aren’t using a hoe? Are the weeds just too big?

By: Mike (tfb)

Mike (tfb) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:10:02 +0000

Nat West: I’ve been meaning to post on this: based only on my own experience with this tiny farm, I’d say WOMEN are powering the local/organic/green/tiny farming movement or sector or whatever, at the grassroots level. Maybe 75% of everyone, from people working here, to customers at the market, to CSA members, are women. It seems to me that women are a little more…proactive about making I guess you could say, “green” changes For example, the majority of CSA members are couples or families, but it tends to be the women who make contact. It’s interesting.

Everett: The rail fence is just decorative, as you can see in the pic, there is a wire fence behind. Goats escape from time to time through the fence, usually the smaller ones, when they work themselves through the wire. It’s amazing what a tiny space they can fit themselves through. But it doesn’t happen often.

Julie: There are photos of me all over the blog! Well, there are at least 2-3. ;) I started off the blog NEVER including photos of people, myself included, just the garden, gear and whatnot. But my thinking has evolved quite a bit over the last year (I’ve mentioned this in other posts and comments). I recently said to someone here that I think people are just as much a part of tiny farming as the veggies. My initial, more hardcore, “one farmer, one field” approach has really…changed. Right now, I can’t imagine not working with people I enjoy spending the time with. Although maybe that could change again… I hope not!

By: willing hands organic farm

willing hands organic farm — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:16:53 +0000

Ha Ha Nat, I too was thinking hmmmm, this guy is immersed in beautiful young women!!! Hey Mike………..are you a young geezer or an old one?????? Guess it really doesn’t matter, the weeds disappear while Mike takes in the scenery. Too funny.

BTW there are pics of guy friends helping Mike on this blog. Of course we never see a pic of Mike, c’mon Mike how bout a pic of you?

Julie

By: Everett

Everett — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:38:39 +0000

Do you have escaping goats often? I heard they couldn’t be kept reliably behind a split-rail like that. Is this a misnomer?

By: Nat West

Nat West — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:13:37 +0000

Things must be going well since you’re constantly working with beautiful women. I haven’t seen a picture of a man on this blog yet! Keep up the good work!

By: Kat

Kat — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:15:48 +0000

I am very envious of your beautiful goats. They look absolutely lovely.

By: willing hands organic farm

willing hands organic farm — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:32:32 +0000

Ditto on the onions. AND let’s talk about garlic being literally buried under thistles. Trouble is it is just me weeding, so guess how much gets accomplished, oh boy.
Julie