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Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow

3 Apr 20169 Nov 2013 by Mike (tfb)
Fall harvest: carrots, beets, Jerusalem artichoke

Beets, carrots, sunchokes: 8 am, second Saturday of the indoor winter market, freezing rain and flurries outside, it’s cool to be under cover..… Read the rest

Categories Local food, Market & Stand, Veggies Tags Autumn, beet, carrot, Jerusalem artichoke, winter market Leave a comment

Faster, slimmer carrots

5 Mar 20222 Jul 2013 by Mike (tfb)
Sprint carrot

One baby carrot…growing up fast! This is Sprint, a new Amsterdam forcing variety (good for growing in challenging conditions) that matures long and slender in a listed 42 days. That’s fast, over two weeks ahead of the quickest regular carrot … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!), Veggies Tags carrot 5 Comments

Winter market: third week!

20 Nov 201317 Nov 2012 by Mike (tfb)
Winter farmers' market: third week!

Third week of our first winter farmers’ market and it’s going great. So far, the weather hasn’t been bad, so it doesn’t seem entirely radical to have freshly harvested greens and carrots this late in the season, but it’s still … Read the rest

Categories Market & Stand, Veggies Tags carrot, farmers' market, marketing, season exension, Winter, winter market Leave a comment

Beef and eggplant stew!

7 Dec 201123 Nov 2011 by Mike (tfb)
Beef and eggplant stew, simmering

Another in my series of possibly-not-so-appetizing photos of oh-so-delicious food. Local food. Ingredients either grown by me or gotten from those who did. I still find knowing where your food comes from endlessly satisfying, it doesn’t get old. Anyhow, without … Read the rest

Categories Cooking & Eating, Local food Tags Autumn, beef, carrot, chunky cooking, eggplant, garlic, onion, stew 3 Comments

Well-thinned carrots, growing well!

11 Dec 20114 Oct 2011 by Mike (tfb)
Touchon carrots

Checking in on the fairly massive time investment we made in thinning 800′ of late-planted Touchon carrots—and it’s paying off! Not that there was any doubt that thinning works, it’s just so…tedious. After laying down carrot seed thick (in other … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Veggies, Weather Tags Autumn, carrot, Earthway, Planet Jr., seeder, thinning, yield 14 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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