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Month: August 2007

Early harvest day…

11 Nov 202331 Aug 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Harvest Fridays begin with empty bins. We have around 50 harvest containers right now, the white and the blue and the green trugs (heavy duty plastic baskets with handles). On any one Friday, some are washed and ready, others have … Read the rest

Categories Harvest, Tools Tags post-harvest, Milkhouse, Summer Leave a comment

Share of the week

17 Oct 201130 Aug 2007 by Mike (tfb)
CSA harvest share

A specially Thursday-picked Large share, tiny farm flexibility in action for a shareholder who missed the weekend pick-up. A Large is about one and a half the size of the standard Single share. This week: carrot (Touchon), beet (Golden Detroit, … Read the rest

Categories Harvest, CSA, Local food Tags summer squash, CSA share, salad greens, mesclun, highlights, garlic, carrot, tomato, potato, onion, peppers, beet, heirloom, Summer 1 Comment

Drought, what drought?

8 Feb 201329 Aug 2007 by Mike (tfb)

A week after the last couple of inches, it rained again today, a steady, fairly intense downpour that left about 1.5″ (38mm) in around an hour. It came down quick enough to leave huge puddles in a couple of low-lying … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Weather Tags rain, Summer 1 Comment

Radish without holes

17 Oct 201128 Aug 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Radishes not riddled by flea beetle bites—it’s a slightly startling and definitely heartwarming sight! The winding down side of the season has its kinda downbeat MINUSES, like frost watch and wholesale row covering/uncovering, and the one special night when most … Read the rest

Categories Veggies Tags frost, flea beetle, radish, Summer 4 Comments

Chives-level view

25 Sep 200727 Aug 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Chives are great. Usually considered a herb, and like many other herbs, chives are extremely low maintenance, compact, prolific, and never fail to please the senses. Cut them and they come back quick. What more could you ask for in … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Fieldwork Tags herbs, Summer Leave a comment

Tiny farming down the road

17 Oct 201126 Aug 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Most of my last four years as a veggie grower have been spent on the farm, like, practically every day (this seems perfectly natural to me, although some wonder how I handle it—they just don’t know how absorbing it is … Read the rest

Categories People Tags Conall, visiting, Summer Leave a comment

Sunflowers, cut flowers…

27 Sep 200725 Aug 2007 by Mike (tfb)

From flowers on my my mind back in the planning days of April, the results have been no better than middling. Germination was fine for all the many varieties, and we’ve had a sprinkling of gypsophilia, calendula, zinnias, cosmos and … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Flowers Tags zinnias, sunflower, calendula, cosmos, Summer 1 Comment
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