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Chickens at work

27 Jan 20091 Dec 2008 by Mike (tfb)

The Shaver Red Sex-Link laying hens are doing fine in the fairly chilly chickenhouse, eating up a storm, looking and sounding healthy and happy, and producing away. They’ve been in artificial light days for the last couple of months, about … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!), Planning, Animals, Tools Tags eggs, books, chickens, lighting, chickenhouse 6 Comments

The Omnivore’s Dilemma

9 Dec 20087 Sep 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Since I mentioned buying this book a while ago, I might as well wrap it up! I recently, finally read Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, an investigative reporter’s full-on indictment of modern food. It … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!), Planning Tags horrifying, books, Summer 5 Comments

Backstage at the farmers’ market: harvest bins

31 Aug 201119 Jul 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Rubbermaid storage bins are the main harvest containers again this season (I suppose that’s a plug for Rubbermaid, unintended, it just seems like they’re the only company in the plastic storage bin market!). They’re inexpensive (around $8 each), hold a … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Harvest, Market & Stand, Tools Tags post-harvest, books, marketing, Summer 5 Comments

Exploring down below…

3 Dec 202315 Feb 2008 by Mike (tfb)

These technical drawings of a lettuce root system are from Root Development of Vegetable Crops*, first published in 1927 and now in the public domain. This is an incredible book that I just discovered. The text is like a complete … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Farm lab (research!) Tags lettuce, books, seedlings, roots, Winter 6 Comments

Books! Seed! Orders arrive…

9 Mar 20168 Feb 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Better than Christmas! The first half of the first big seed order, and my first book order in months, both arrived today.

Seed every year comes almost entirely from three companies: William Dam, Veseys and Terra Edibles. The first two … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Farm lab (research!), Seed & Seedlings, Planning Tags seed, cooking, heirloom, books, catalogs, Winter 10 Comments

The seed…

12 Dec 20078 Dec 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Keeping up with the early start, I got out the seed from its storage chest to take a look. With the tiny farm’s growing HISTORY (hey, Year 6, coming up!), keeping the seeds sorted for freshness is an ever more…serious … Read the rest

Categories Seed & Seedlings Tags carrot, beans, lettuce, storage, seed, peas, tomato, germination, onion, brassicas, books, Autumn 12 Comments

Fill your head!!

26 Apr 202328 Mar 2007 by Mike (tfb)
Growing for Market newsletter

My box of back issues finally arrived. Reading through it may cause my head to explode (so many things to try, so little time :), but I’ll take the chance! This is the entire collection, seven years worth, of a … Read the rest

Categories Veggies Tags reference, microfarming, books, Spring 4 Comments
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