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Weekly Harvest Share #2

19 Apr 202219 Aug 2011 by Mike (tfb)
Weekly Harvest Share #2

A pretty satisfying second installment of our “experimental” Weekly Harvest Share:  “Like CSA, but one week at a time…”! Satisfying because, for the first time this season, harvest day felt kinda normal, with around 20 items harvested, enough variety to … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Harvest, CSA Tags eggplant, beet, brassicas, mint, carrot, beans, kale, tomato, cucurbit, green onion, Summer 6 Comments

In the cold garden

23 Aug 201124 Nov 2009 by Mike (tfb)

The star by far of the last planting of brassicas, that mostly didn’t size up in time for market or CSA, is without at doubt this unusual Nero Di Toscana strap kale. This Italian heirloom, apparently from Tuscany, is hardly … Read the rest

Categories Veggies Tags heirloom, unusual, fall crops, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, brassicas, Autumn 5 Comments

Tiny fall cauliflower tastes good

24 Nov 200923 Nov 2009 by Mike (tfb)

Harvested a few tiny (tennis ball to softball-sized, like, orange to grapefruit…little ones!) cauliflower from the last-planted section of brassicas that also has kale and broccoli. It’s still producing in home-consumption quantities, but with the exception of some strap kale, … Read the rest

Categories Cooking & Eating, Veggies, Fieldwork, Harvest Tags cauliflower, risk, brassicas, fall crops, Autumn 8 Comments

Transplanting team…

19 Apr 20228 May 2009 by Mike (tfb)
Transplanting brassicas

Another big Friday showing of people in the field: Chris, Libby, Jordan and Lynn transplant broccoli and cauliflower, while Andie is on a solo rototilling mission in the other field. Later, everyone got together to plant a few hundred onion … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Seed & Seedlings, Planning, People, Fieldwork Tags timing, Lynn, Libby, Jordan, cauliflower, brassicas, broccoli, seedlings, Spring 4 Comments

Kale in survival mode

7 Apr 200928 Mar 2009 by Mike (tfb)

At first, it looks like some sort of horrible, fuzzy mold, about to devour your newly germinated seeds. But when you get really up close, it turns out to be superfine, hairlike extensions growing from the radicle. These kale sprouts … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Farm lab (research!), Seed & Seedlings Tags unusual, roots, seed, kale, germination, brassicas, seedlings, Spring 5 Comments

More seedlings appear

28 Mar 200917 Mar 2009 by Mike (tfb)

The brassicas—cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, and so much more—are satisfying at seeding time because they usually come up quick. This tray of Early Dividend broccoli is popping only three days after seeding. I don’t take notes about days to germination, … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Seed & Seedlings Tags seedlings, timing, seed, germination, brassicas, broccoli, Winter 3 Comments

The snow-on-veggies effect…

1 Dec 200822 Oct 2008 by Mike (tfb)

The sun was out today, and although it wasn’t too warm (about 5°C/40°F), most of yesterday’s snow melted off pretty quickly. On the remaining crops—brassicas, carrots, some herbs, and parsnips (above)—the brief overnight blanketing of snow did what several nights … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Farm lab (research!), Weather Tags parsnip, winter harvest, carrot, herbs, snow, brassicas, Autumn 3 Comments
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