Year: 2009 - Page 13 - Tiny Farm Blog

Ways to spread

23 Mar 20164 May 2009 by Mike (tfb)

This has gotta be the most painstaking way to plant out two acres of veggies! To recap: different sections of the two fields are at different stages of tillage (Peter down the road has had to come back a couple … Read the rest

A field day

19 Apr 20226 May 2009 by Mike (tfb)

At this point in the season, EVERY day is a field day, unless it’s totally rained out. Today was no exception. Lynn brought a couple of friends, Julia and Tom, to check things out and lend a hand. They’re off … Read the rest

Seedlings queue up

19 Apr 20227 May 2009 by Mike (tfb)

It’s a jumble of seedlings around the seedling room, inside and out. Actually, it looks like a good part of the entire market garden, neatly in miniature, lined up in trays… Due to a pile of one-thing-waiting-on-another (for example, we … Read the rest

Spot the tiny farm!

19 Apr 20228 May 2009 by Mike (tfb)

What’s in a photo? Depends what you’re looking for! Take this pic of Andie, rototilling today with the Kubota. Pretty straightforward: woman, machine, field. BUT, can you spot practically EVERY main part of a really tiny farm (at least, of … Read the rest

Transplanting team…

19 Apr 20228 May 2009 by Mike (tfb)

Another big Friday showing of people in the field: Chris, Libby, Jordan and Lynn transplant broccoli and cauliflower, while Andie is on a solo rototilling mission in the other field. Later, everyone got together to plant a few hundred onion … Read the rest

Sprouts!

6 Dec 20189 May 2009 by Mike (tfb)

Sprouts—the tinier tiny farming! After two Saturdays of buying them by the bag at the farmers’ market, I’m totally hooked! I want to grow sprouts, the nutritional claims are quite amazing, most of all, I really love the taste and … Read the rest

Allie’s photo gallery II

19 Apr 202210 May 2009 by Mike (tfb)

Michelle, back for her first farm day this year, sorted out seedlings while daughters Allie (7) and Violet (3) checked out the new farm. Clearly, kids take well to…activities, so, to follow up her first successful camera mission last summer, … Read the rest