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Drizzly days

8 Sep 200929 Jul 2009 by Mike (tfb)

It’s been cloudy a lot this season, but the rain has kept pretty much to a reasonable number of rainy days and single downpours—it hasn’t been too WET. So, not that much fieldwork called for rain. Today was an exception, … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, People, Pests & Disease, Veggies Tags Lynn, onion, rain, Summer, weeding 10 Comments

Another rainbow

8 Jul 20097 Jul 2009 by Mike (tfb)

It’s almost “yet another rainbow,” but not quite. We’ve seen a good collection so far this season, including quite spectacular horizon-to-horizon double rainbows two nights in a row. Which means there’s been lots of rain, and all the cloudiness that … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Pests & Disease, Seed starting, Tools, Veggies Tags beans, birds, rain, rainbow, spinach, Summer 16 Comments

Welcome back, my friends

20 Jun 200918 Jun 2009 by Mike (tfb)

An interesting surprise discovery today, my own little transplanted patch of pigweed, accidentally imported from the old farm, growing strong in the shelter of three relocated and thriving rhubarbs (top right). I suppose some pigweed seed got shaken out of … Read the rest

Categories Pests & Disease Tags moving, pigweed, rhubarb, Spring, transplant 8 Comments

Tiny cultivation

11 Apr 20098 Apr 2009 by Mike (tfb)

Tending seedlings on this tiny scale is pretty much literally fieldwork in miniature, especially with the pesky GREEN MOSS. The seedlings have to be watered, of course. And with the green moss, they have to be weeded as well. I … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!), Pests & Disease, Seed starting, Veggies Tags scuffling, seedlings, Spring 22 Comments

Grass vs moldboard

7 Apr 20095 Apr 2009 by Mike (tfb)

The hay fields were plowed late November, the sod sliced and flipped over by the moldboard, burying the grass so it gets no sun and exposing the severed roots to winterkill. A quick, bold, chemical-free first step in preparing a … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Pests & Disease, Tools Tags grass, mold, plowing, Spring 9 Comments
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Late June: Fresh veggies have arrived. Lots of different greens are ready to go. Snap peas, green onions and beets starting to size up. LOTS of rain and fairly cool weather for the last couple of weeks. The grass and other plants around the garden perimeter grew so fast, it overwhelmed the electric fence keeping the deer out. And at least one deer took advantage. The grass has been cut, and the deer are once again at bay. Weather-wise, we've moved from rain to humid heat. For the full story, you can start back in January.

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