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Harvesting Jerusalem artichoke

Wed, Nov 18, 2009Fri, Oct 02, 2009

For tomorrow’s farmers’ market, Lynn, Andie and Jordan harvested more of this year’s Jerusalem artichoke. The tubers have gotten noticeably bigger since pulling some just a couple of weeks ago… Chokes are a really simple, satisfying harvest, at least, when …

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Categories Fieldwork, Harvest, People

Packing shares: done!

Thu, Dec 06, 2018Mon, Jul 20, 2009

CSA shares are packed for another Monday of on-farm pick-up! It’s one of those great hits of momentary satisfaction to see them all, 100% absolutely and finally done, waiting to be collected. Mel, Jordan (above), Michelle, and Tara were all …

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Categories CSA, Fieldwork, Local food, People, Planning, Veggies

Working the new potatoes

Tue, Sep 08, 2009Fri, Jul 17, 2009

Another installment in the crazily labor-intensive tiny farming techniques series: Andie and Jordan in action, hand-digging for new potatoes without uprooting the plants! This one is hard to top for stunningly low hours-to-yield ratio. It makes picking peas and beans …

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Categories Fieldwork, Harvest, People, Veggies

Early season harvest day

Tue, Jul 07, 2009Fri, Jun 26, 2009

It’s a harvest Friday, second for the farmers’ market, and first for CSA, but the load is still light. After picking snap peas, we spent the day doing other field work. In the photo, Libby, Jordan and Michelle are hand-weeding …

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Categories Fieldwork, Harvest, People, Veggies

Last of the spring planting

Wed, Jun 24, 2009Fri, Jun 19, 2009

It’s another week till the start of CSA shares and the first picking of peas, and at least 3 weeks until some of the heavier crops—broccoli, cauliflower, summer squash—are ready, so Friday’s are still about general fieldwork, not HARVEST. Just …

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Categories Fieldwork, People, Veggies
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