Comments on: View from the stand http://tinyfarmblog.com/view-from-the-stand/ Daily photo-journal of organic market gardening: growing local food with two acres and some tools...! Tue, 22 May 2012 22:37:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: raechellehttp://tinyfarmblog.com/view-from-the-stand/#comment-30259 raechelle Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:22:44 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1382#comment-30259 this doesn't even look like the same field! it's amazing how much things have changed in the past couple of weeks since these photos were taken. are we permanently stuck on july 15th? it was a good day, don't get me wrong: leisure lunches and blue (very very unorganic) slush puppies...but what i want to know is "how did the garden grow on july 16th?" i can't sleep - the suspense is killing me! did my dear tiny farm fall apart when i left? are you all frozen in time till i return? oh shame! carry on...you must carry on! i'll be back (as will the glorious return of rae-days) on tuesday...get ready to...take it easy:) this doesn’t even look like the same field! it’s amazing how much things have changed in the past couple of weeks since these photos were taken. are we permanently stuck on july 15th? it was a good day, don’t get me wrong: leisure lunches and blue (very very unorganic) slush puppies…but what i want to know is “how did the garden grow on july 16th?”
i can’t sleep – the suspense is killing me!
did my dear tiny farm fall apart when i left? are you all frozen in time till i return? oh shame! carry on…you must carry on!
i’ll be back (as will the glorious return of rae-days) on tuesday…get ready to…take it easy:)

]]> By: Full of Composthttp://tinyfarmblog.com/view-from-the-stand/#comment-30155 Full of Compost Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:49:37 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1382#comment-30155 Your farm looks better than mine weedwise! Your farm looks better than mine weedwise!

]]> By: miriamhttp://tinyfarmblog.com/view-from-the-stand/#comment-30143 miriam Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:52:32 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1382#comment-30143 Nice blog---i can relate to the weed problem. we planted watermelon in a raised bed---but didn't put down weed cloth or plastic. You can't tell where the melons start and where the weeds end---never again will i plant without weed cloth. Please take a look at these sites when you get some free time---we have an acre of property in the california desert. I have dedicated a garden to my sister. <a href="http://www.mysisterdalesgarden.com" rel="nofollow">http:www.mysisterdalesgarden.com</a>  and <a href="http://www.mysisterdalesgarden.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http:www.mysisterdalesgarden.blogspot</a> .com       thanks, miriam Nice blog—i can relate to the weed problem. we planted watermelon in a raised bed—but didn’t put down weed cloth or plastic. You can’t tell where the melons start and where the weeds end—never again will i plant without weed cloth. Please take a look at these sites when you get some free time—we have an acre of property in the california desert. I have dedicated a garden to my sister. http:www.mysisterdalesgarden.com  and http:www.mysisterdalesgarden.blogspot .com      
thanks,
miriam

]]> By: Mike (tfb)http://tinyfarmblog.com/view-from-the-stand/#comment-30142 Mike (tfb) Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:02:36 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1382#comment-30142 <strong>Matron: </strong>How do I manage? This year, that's a really good question! As I mentioned in the post, In a few sections, I have my worst weed (pigweed) problems ever. It's easy to say, well, they should've been weeded earlier, but we've been busy, rained out quite a bit, and time just flies. I have a fair bit of help this year, but with weird weather, it can still be a puzzle!<strong>Nat West: </strong>The greens machine is doing OK. It's used this year exclusively for mesclun in 3' beds. Some people like it, others prefer the classic straddling bed approach. this design, with fat wheels and no holder for a harvest bin, is still the test prototype. The plans we roughly followed call for narrower with a bit greater diameter, and a hard tractor-type seat, so all of that would make a difference. This one is rough and ready, definitely more comfortable than bending over for an hour or two at a time. So far, it's cool!<strong>cathy:</strong> I've gotta catch up on the blog. Our heavy soil and the rain does suck. It favors pigweed popping up after every cultivation when new seed is stirred up. We lost the first bean planting from mid May, partly to a cold snap around the end of May, and a lot due to rotting, so our first beans, from a replacement seeding, are only being picked this week. And then we had five minutes of pounding hale last Saturday, only pea-sized, but it was enough to destroy at least 50% of the toms that'd started sizing up, also damaged a lot of the forming fruit on peppers, eggplant, summer squash,  shredded leaves on different crops, snapped stems on beans and toms. Some of the garlic is kinda waterlogged, not rotten and lost, but not pretty. And the constantly wet ground has gotten in the way of timely seeding for succession planted stuff. Yikes! This could end up being the worst season for weather problems ever... Although it's hard to see at a distance! :) Matron: How do I manage? This year, that’s a really good question! As I mentioned in the post, In a few sections, I have my worst weed (pigweed) problems ever. It’s easy to say, well, they should’ve been weeded earlier, but we’ve been busy, rained out quite a bit, and time just flies. I have a fair bit of help this year, but with weird weather, it can still be a puzzle!

Nat West: The greens machine is doing OK. It’s used this year exclusively for mesclun in 3′ beds. Some people like it, others prefer the classic straddling bed approach. this design, with fat wheels and no holder for a harvest bin, is still the test prototype. The plans we roughly followed call for narrower with a bit greater diameter, and a hard tractor-type seat, so all of that would make a difference. This one is rough and ready, definitely more comfortable than bending over for an hour or two at a time. So far, it’s cool!

cathy: I’ve gotta catch up on the blog. Our heavy soil and the rain does suck. It favors pigweed popping up after every cultivation when new seed is stirred up. We lost the first bean planting from mid May, partly to a cold snap around the end of May, and a lot due to rotting, so our first beans, from a replacement seeding, are only being picked this week. And then we had five minutes of pounding hale last Saturday, only pea-sized, but it was enough to destroy at least 50% of the toms that’d started sizing up, also damaged a lot of the forming fruit on peppers, eggplant, summer squash,  shredded leaves on different crops, snapped stems on beans and toms. Some of the garlic is kinda waterlogged, not rotten and lost, but not pretty. And the constantly wet ground has gotten in the way of timely seeding for succession planted stuff. Yikes! This could end up being the worst season for weather problems ever… Although it’s hard to see at a distance! :)

]]> By: cathyhttp://tinyfarmblog.com/view-from-the-stand/#comment-30137 cathy Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:19:49 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1382#comment-30137 we are also trying to grow vegetables on heavier clay/loam soil. I normally like this type of soil but in a wet year there can be disappointments.... we have lost some plantings of snap beans to drowning.(just when they are ready to pick) the coloured carrots are rotten when pulled up. your pictures look good . the blog is helpful to many, we are also trying to grow vegetables on heavier clay/loam soil. I normally like this type of soil but in a wet year there can be disappointments….
we have lost some plantings of snap beans to drowning.(just when they are ready to pick)
the coloured carrots are rotten when pulled up.
your pictures look good . the blog is helpful to many,

]]> By: Nat Westhttp://tinyfarmblog.com/view-from-the-stand/#comment-30134 Nat West Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:38:57 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1382#comment-30134 Tell us more about the Green Machine... I read the previous post, but how is it holding up? Can you show it in action, preferably with Maria on it? Tell us more about the Green Machine… I read the previous post, but how is it holding up? Can you show it in action, preferably with Maria on it?

]]> By: Anniehttp://tinyfarmblog.com/view-from-the-stand/#comment-30116 Annie Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:20:25 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1382#comment-30116 Everything looks so lush!  You're doing a great job! Always inspirational to come and read what you've been up to....Annie<a href="http://countrylivinginacariboovalley.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://countrylivinginacariboovalley.blogspot.com/</a> Everything looks so lush!  You’re doing a great job! Always inspirational to come and read what you’ve been up to….

Annie

http://countrylivinginacariboovalley.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Matronhttp://tinyfarmblog.com/view-from-the-stand/#comment-30111 Matron Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:06:11 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1382#comment-30111 Gosh! I have a tiny plot at the end of my garden and I'm finding it hard to keep up with all the picking that I have to do at this time of year. How on earth do you manage with a  plot that size? Gosh! I have a tiny plot at the end of my garden and I’m finding it hard to keep up with all the picking that I have to do at this time of year. How on earth do you manage with a  plot that size?

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