[From 2-Jul-2012] End of the line: what it looks like when your well bottoms out and the water stops flowing. Just like a power failure... We've been watching the level in the dug well we're using, and the refresh rate is pretty dismal. Today, while watering in newly seeded … [Read more...] about When the well runs dry
Archives for November 2013
50 Things I’ve Learned from Tiny Farming: #38 Use a pencil
See the growing list of 50 Things I've Learned from Tiny Farming: #38 - Use a pencil: You can find no finer quick-planning and sketching technology than the PENCIL, used with a crisp sheet of paper, a supporting clipboard, and a quality white eraser. There is a curious kind … [Read more...] about 50 Things I’ve Learned from Tiny Farming: #38 Use a pencil
Good gloves
Used right, these gloves are quite fantastic. The different brands I've tried have all been pretty much the same: fairly heavy stretch fabric for warmth and a snug fit, and a rough-textured latex coating for waterproof protection and a good grip. Perfect for fall field work, when … [Read more...] about Good gloves
Cold-grown salad
[From 20-Nov-2013] Cold-grown: Tiny lettuce leaves, crisp, fresh and delicious...and grown oh so slowly, without cover, in the unheated greenhouse, through many freezing nights, some down to -15C. Still a while till it's big enough to harvest, and it was seeded way back at the … [Read more...] about Cold-grown salad
Farmers’ market tool
Blogged about before, still in service (no dirt streaks or coffee spills so far), it's the original, the very first Last One sign (I'm pretty sure it is), brilliant sales tool (nearly 100% successful!), now part of the Almost Gone collection, Last 1-2-3-4-5 and Not Many Left. … [Read more...] about Farmers’ market tool