• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Tiny Farm Blog

A day-to-day journal – growing local food with two acres and some tools...!

  • Home
  • Topics
  • Year in pictures
  • How-to
  • Links
  • About
  • Email me
  • Privacy Policy

Archives for August 2008

Farmers’ market set-up

Sat, Aug 30, 2008 5 Comments

Farmers’ market set-up

Settting up at the farmers' market is definitely fun, although I tend to be in a mild daze with an average of literally three hours sleep before getting up at 5:30 (that's just how it always works out for me :). Today, I planned to take pics of the whole routine, but forgot to … [Read more...] about Farmers’ market set-up

Topics: Market & Stand, Tools, Veggies Tags: market stand, marketing, Summer

More post-harvest action

Fri, Aug 29, 2008 1 Comment

More post-harvest action

If it's Friday, it must be time to harvest! After a beautiful weather week with barely a cloud in sight, an otherwise welcome gentle rain today meant a bit of a muddy harvest. Here, the picking and pulling has all been done, and we're about halfway through the sorting and … [Read more...] about More post-harvest action

Topics: Fieldwork, Harvest, Veggies Tags: carrot, green onion, post-harvest, rinsing, Summer, tomato

Onions from seed!

Thu, Aug 28, 2008 10 Comments

Onions from seed!

This is the first year I've tried growing onion from seed, and they're doing fine. Today, I pulled up one multi-planting of Red Wing to check 'em out. Multi-planting onions was also a first-time experiment, with 3-4 seedlings transplanted in one spot, at 12" (30cm) in-row … [Read more...] about Onions from seed!

Topics: Harvest, Veggies Tags: experiments, lighting, multi-planting, onion, seed, seedlings, Summer, transplant

Potato fruit

Wed, Aug 27, 2008 153 Comments

Potato fruit

Here's something I haven't seen before in my, uh, six years of growing potatoes: green, tomato-like, walnut-sized potato fruit. Bob hadn't seen 'em either, in 40 plus years of farming. I hit the web for education. These are genuine fruit, but not that common. Usually, potato … [Read more...] about Potato fruit

Topics: Farm lab (research!), Seed starting, Veggies Tags: breeding, flowering, potato, seed, Summer

Odds-and-ends omelet

Tue, Aug 26, 2008 2 Comments

Odds-and-ends omelet

Preparing and gazing at food can bring as much enjoyment as growing, sharing and eating it! I'm really not a cook, but with fresh, quality ingredients, whipping up something appetizing is...simple. For our field lunch today, an omelet made from stuff at hand: eggs, cooked … [Read more...] about Odds-and-ends omelet

Topics: Cooking & Eating, Local food, Veggies Tags: basil, chickens, cooking, eggs, garlic, meat, onion, peppers, Summer, tomato

  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • …
  • Page 6
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Browse by topic…

Latest comments

  • In the greenhouse: bok choi vs flea beetle – Home Organix { […] Beautiful bok choi […] }
  • The indispensably cheap sprinkler – Home Organix { […] Watering cans […] }
  • The indispensably cheap sprinkler – Home Organix { […] sprawling garden center of a giant hardware store, where... }
  • Older »

Previous seasons

  • 2017: J F M A M J J A S O N D
  • 2016: J F M A M J J A S O N D
  • 2015: J F M A M J J A S O N D
  • 2014: J F M A M J J A S O N D
  • 2013: J F M A M J J A S O N D
  • 2012: J F M A M J J A S O N D
  • 2011: J F M A M J J A S O N D
  • 2010: J F M A M J J A S O N D
  • 2009: J F M A M J J A S O N D
  • 2008: J F M A M J J A S O N D
  • 2007: J F M A M J J A S O N D
  • 2006: J F M A M J J A S O N D


Locations of visitors to this page

website uptime


Privacy Policy

© 2018 · tinyfarmblog.com