It's the last of the beets, a mix of varieties - Red Ace, Bulls Blood, Chioggia - from different beds, golf ball-sized, cold-sweetened, nice! Leaves, not in the greatest shape, were trimmed, leaving enough stem to avoid bleeding. Around 50 lbs, and that's it for this year's … [Read more...] about Cleaning up the field: beets
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Winter market: third week!
Third week of our first winter farmers' market and it's going great. So far, the weather hasn't been bad, so it doesn't seem entirely radical to have freshly harvested greens and carrots this late in the season, but it's still quite a novelty at our market. One other small farm … [Read more...] about Winter market: third week!
Garlic goes in again
Yep, like just about every year, the new growing season starts here with fall garlic planting. Miserable, damp day, though not so cold. Andrea M (close) and Rochelle (far) are working on different sections to hedge bets on which areas of the field dry out first in case of a … [Read more...] about Garlic goes in again
Tiny Farm vs Elton John
Tiny Farm vs Elton John: Senior rock star has decided to take his tour to smaller towns. It's 7 a.m. in the on and off pouring rain, and we're set up a few feet from a half dozen semis and a few tour buses that make up the Sir Elton tour caravan, loading into the local arena. … [Read more...] about Tiny Farm vs Elton John
Brassica greens galore
Brassica greens in perfect, flea beetle hole-free shape, thanks to good weather and...floating row cover. Rochelle is cutting mizuna—in the pic, there's green and purple mustards, mizuna and tatsoi. Our extra focus on salad mixes this season continues to go over well, with a Mild … [Read more...] about Brassica greens galore