Year: 2011 - Page 3 - Tiny Farm Blog

A little extra watering in

31 Aug 201130 Aug 2011 by Mike (tfb)

The last-plantings-of-the-season fun continues as we watch the weather and hope these crops get a jump before cool temperatures and weaker sun start to seriously slow things down. More sun is the main thing, right now, and that’s been going … Read the rest

Return of potato fruit

20 Sep 201131 Aug 2011 by Mike (tfb)

Almost missed this time around, last seen here four years back: a few of the Yukon Gold potatoes have fruit this year. These are poisonous little, green tomato-like fruit with seeds that you can grow into…potatoes. You can find out … Read the rest

First potatoes

2 Sep 20111 Sep 2011 by Mike (tfb)

Dug up 40 lbs of Yukon Gold potatoes, to see how they were doing, and for this week’s harvest shares. Not a bad haul for 50′, planted late, at the end of June, but they still have some growing to … Read the rest

Simple stew

21 Sep 20112 Sep 2011 by Mike (tfb)

In the end, this is all about food and eating. Tonight, back to basics: heat applied to simple, locally grown ingredients, no culinary art or even a favorite recipe, just some mellow cooking. In the pot: grass-fed beef from a … Read the rest

Some winter squash

8 Sep 20117 Sep 2011 by Mike (tfb)

Brought in the first of the winter squash, an early variety of butternut (called…Early Butternut), Uchiki Kuri (orange, Japanese Hubbard-type), acorn and pasta. We didn’t grow a lot, a few 50′ beds, mainly for the weekly harvest shares and personal … Read the rest

Yellow Stuffer, a tomato

11 Dec 20119 Sep 2011 by Mike (tfb)

Here’s a fairly unusual heirloom tomato: Yellow Stuffer. The name pretty much says it all, it’s an almost completely hollow tom, ready to be stuffed! As you can see, there are very few seeds in very little gel. I’ve grown… Read the rest

Beautiful bok choi

21 Sep 20119 Sep 2011 by Mike (tfb)

Friday harvest. Each week, there’s usually one crop that kinda catches my eye: a perfect first cut of baby lettuce, lush green onions with straight white stems, or today’s chunky, crunchy bok choi (aka bok choy, pak choi). The variety … Read the rest