Toshiko, WWOOFing from Osaka, Japan, via Vancouver, where she’d been studying English for the last few months, is our last guest in the field of the year. She arrived last Friday night, and stays until a week from this Sunday, … Read the rest
Today, the pumpkins came in, wrested from a jungle of pigweed gone wild. Every year, a few of the 40 50’x50′ sections that make up the 2.5 acre garden get a little overrun with one weed or another (usually, pigweed). … Read the rest
We rang out the summer at the farmers’ market with a really lovely morning. I don’t remember what was going on here, but Lynn is looking a little under siege. You can’t ever call our market EXTREMELY busy, but it’s … Read the rest
It’s interesting to see what everyone here helping in the field choose to harvest. Smaller selections always surprise me, I’d be, “A little of EVERYTHING, thanks!” Lynn, who’s off till Friday, went for herbs—sage, parsley, rosemary—a couple of zucchini, a … Read the rest
This year’s mostly self-serve approach to CSA pick-up at the farmers’ market has gone along smoothly. The bin set-up has evolved into one long row, cafeteria-style, I guess you could call it—shareholders bring their own bags and move down the … Read the rest
We’re definitely into fall weather now: the thermometer may still read “warm” but there’s always a cool edge in the air. This is the best field-working weather, you can go on for hours. Today was a bit damp, and the … Read the rest
Young Violet (2) returned to the field, sans siblings. She seemed to have fun on her first garden visit, on a sunny afternoon—today’s cool, cloudy, wet conditions didn’t faze her in the least. Interacting with earthworms occupied a good hour…… Read the rest