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Weeded greens

Wed, Nov 06, 2013Thu, Nov 07, 2013

[From 18-Apr-2013] Greens from the unheated greenhouse, grown in the subzero cold, tossed on one of the majestic mountain ranges of composting cow manure. It’s actually weeds from around the overwintered spinach, plus a little overlooked rotting winter squash in …

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Categories Fieldwork, Greenhouse

Different kind of compost heap

Wed, Apr 01, 2009Mon, Mar 30, 2009

Back to cold and wet, with a bit of snow… Today was an interesting first in my brief tiny farming career: compost on skids! Fertility delivered! How convenient… This is about 5.5  tons (5,000kg) of fully composted, certified organic cow …

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Categories Farm lab (research!)

Hitting the books: Composting!

Tue, Mar 31, 2009Sun, Feb 22, 2009

Winters on the tiny farm have always been a time for research and a bit of book learning. My first two seasons were crazy for reading, especially the winter before Year 1, when I had four months to pick up …

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Categories Farm lab (research!), Planning

Outhouse deluxe in action

Tue, Sep 09, 2008Tue, Sep 02, 2008

The deluxe outhouse—deluxe because this converted ice fishing hut houses a slick new composting toilet—has been sitting out in the field for a month now, nestled behind the drive shed, just inside the gate at the top of the market …

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Categories Building & Fixing, Tools

Post-harvest aftermath

Tue, Dec 16, 2008Fri, Aug 15, 2008

Sorting and packing after harvest—post-harvest processing!—is in good part a wet job, made a lot messier in rainy weather when root crops come in with a load of mud attached. Once again this season, the main work surface for sorting …

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Categories Fieldwork, Harvest, Veggies, Weather
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