Month: November 2013 - Page 2

Fast Friday harvest

15 Nov 201315 Nov 2013 by Mike (tfb)

Chickens after harvest: Andrea M checks in with the girls after one of the quickest Friday harvests ever. Beets, carrots, a small amount of arugula and spinach from the unheated greenhouse… Several way freezing nights have left the field mostly … Read the rest

Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow

3 Apr 20169 Nov 2013 by Mike (tfb)

Fall harvest: carrots, beets, Jerusalem artichoke

Beets, carrots, sunchokes: 8 am, second Saturday of the indoor winter market, freezing rain and flurries outside, it’s cool to be under cover..… Read the rest

Sifting compost (every tool has its day)

5 Mar 20225 Nov 2013 by Mike (tfb)

[8-May-2012] Every tool has its day! I bought this metal mesh-bottomed soil sifter in my first couple of years of tiny farming, it seemed like something that would come in handy, but for years after was used only as a … Read the rest