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Turkey vulture on patrol

25 Oct 202512 Jun 2018 by Mike (tfb)

A turkey vulture lazily circling way up, looking for dead flesh. I’m not entirely sure of my bird ID, but pretty sure. These guys circle all the time, barely moving their wings. I used to happily imagine they were some … Read the rest

Categories Wondering, Animals, Pests & Disease Tags birds, vulture, Spring Leave a comment

Wild turkeys in a field

22 Oct 202512 Oct 2017 by Mike (tfb)
Wild turkeys foraging in a field

Wild turkeys foraging in a field. I see them all over, all seasons, always looking quite alien as they dart across the road, make their way in a straggling line across fields, take off on short bursts of flight for … Read the rest

Categories Animals, Local food Tags wild turkey, Autumn Leave a comment

Carrots front and center

16 May 202615 Jul 2017 by Mike (tfb)

Some of the veggies at today’s farmer’s market. The intense orange of rinsed off carrots tends to really pop, like some sort of neon beacon, especially in the flat light of overcast, grey days. Here they’re flanked by mixed bundles … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Market & Stand, Local food Tags parsley, kale, farmers' market, market stand, carrots, beets, Summer Leave a comment

Cutting greens

16 May 202616 Jun 2017 by Mike (tfb)

Harvesting salad greens: bin, harvest knife, hands. This has never been one of my favorite things to do—doubled over one 50′ bed after another. A while back, we made a seat on wheels that straddled the bed so you could … Read the rest

Categories People, Fieldwork, Harvest, Tools Tags salad greens, salad, Spring Leave a comment

It’s a snake eats toad world

16 May 202627 Apr 2017 by Mike (tfb)

Spring is here, the air is mild, birds are madly chirping, and the intricate interplay of life at ground level is back in full swing. Exhibit A: a snake eating a toad! It takes a long while, could be hours, … Read the rest

Categories Animals Tags snake, toad, Spring Leave a comment

Won’t give in to the cold

4 Dec 202123 Jan 2017 by Mike (tfb)
Lettuce overwintering in unheated greenhouse

Lettuce, under a hoop-supported layer of medium weight row cover in the unheated greenhouse, is crisp, colorful, and fresh as daisies. This lettuce mix was planted in October, and some of it cut once in December, and now it’s waiting … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Farm lab (research!), Greenhouse, Weather Tags lettuce, row cover, overwinter, waiting, unheated greenhouse, Winter 29 Comments

Seedlings in January!

12 Oct 201816 Jan 2017 by Mike (tfb)
Tomato seeds and plugsheet

The earliest ever tomatoes experiment begins… Parts of the plan include a proven super-early variety, multiple seedling start dates, and the unheated greenhouse!… Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Farm lab (research!), Seed & Seedlings Tags tomato, seedling 2 Comments
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