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Month: August 2008

Harvesting around the rain

6 Mar 20248 Aug 2008 by Mike (tfb)
Muddy hands

Have I mentioned that it’s been RAINING a lot all summer, like, a few times a day? We’ve taken to planning the Friday harvest to fit the slots between downpours, using…weather radar on the web! It works pretty well, checking … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, People, Fieldwork, Harvest Tags dirty hands, management, beans, rain, Summer 3 Comments

Pigweed rehabilitated?

18 Aug 20087 Aug 2008 by Mike (tfb)

You’ve gotta respect pigweed. It’s resourceful, extremely flexible and adaptable, prolific…it just keeps on coming! It’s managed to grow in tiny dirt deposits, through rust holes in the trailer we use to get things around the field. It’s also run … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Pests & Disease Tags weeding, pigweed, marketing, Summer 18 Comments

The View in early August

16 Aug 20086 Aug 2008 by Mike (tfb)
Market garden in early August

Here’s the long view for early August, notably GREENER than it was around the same time last year. I like the scene from up here, at the top of the gangway going into the upper level of the barn: distant, … Read the rest

Categories Veggies Tags long shots, Summer 4 Comments

Buckets of rainbows

15 Aug 20084 Aug 2008 by Mike (tfb)

First title that came to mind for this post was: “Yet another rainbow…” That sounded a little…downbeat. After all, rainbows are one of Nature’s delightful wonders, a free, magical expression of light and simple beauty. If memory serves, we usually … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Weather Tags rain, rainbow, Summer 1 Comment

Farmers’ market cruises along…

15 Aug 20082 Aug 2008 by Mike (tfb)

It’s 11 am and most of our harvest is sold. This is good, because the quantities of what we’ve been bringing have been fine. Still, with no early tomatoes, late green beans, not much summer squash, a wiped out first … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Market & Stand, Local food Tags beans, mesclun, green onion, beet, beet greens, marketing, sales, salad greens, Summer Leave a comment

Laid back Friday harvest…

15 Dec 20081 Aug 2008 by Mike (tfb)

With the poor weather-driven slow growth and setbacks (like, hail), Friday harvests so far this year have been nothing like last year, much easier, less to do, relaxed. There are usually three to five people for all or part of … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, People, Fieldwork, Harvest Tags mesclun, marketing, sales, salad greens, Michelle, Summer 2 Comments
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