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Month: November 2008

Farm gothic?

Mon, Dec 08, 2008Mon, Nov 24, 2008

All sorts of old things are being unearthed as the entire farm gets a thorough, top-to-bottom, no-drawer-unpulled going through, something that probably hasn’t been done in a century. There are all kinds of finds, like horse-drawn plows and a farm-built …

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Categories Tools

Bringing in the pipe

Sat, Dec 27, 2008Sun, Nov 23, 2008

Bit of unusual fieldwork on the menu today, something we don’t do every year. Bob and I brought in about 1,000′ (305m) of 1″ (2.5cm) and 1-1/2″ plastic irrigation pipe, that ran all the way from the pond to the …

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Categories Building & Fixing, People, Tools, Weather

It’s really cold

Tue, Jan 20, 2009Sat, Nov 22, 2008

It’s taken a couple of days of this pretty intense cold snap for me to realize it’s yet another whimsical display of the crazy weather we’ve been having for the last six years or so. It’s not that overnight temperatures …

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Categories Farm lab (research!), People, Weather

Drive shed clean-up

Sat, Nov 22, 2008Fri, Nov 21, 2008

The drive shed is in a transitional mess. I’m part way through the post-season clean-up, delving into shelves, unpacking boxes, dragging things around, sorting it all out. Even with the trusty Troy-Bilt Horse rototiller as a bit of a clue …

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Categories Tools

Snow carrot harvest

Mon, Dec 15, 2008Thu, Nov 20, 2008

What’s a little snow when there’s crispy-sweet CARROTS buried under there? Lynn (the new Celebrity Farmer) and Raechelle headed up the field late this subzero afternoon, digging forks in hand, and scored sackfuls of Nelson and Napoli, no problem. It’s …

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Categories Fieldwork, Harvest, People, Veggies
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