Tag: Conall

One-horse farming

3 Apr 20167 Mar 2009 by Mike (tfb)

Conall‘s winter job this year is cutting firewood on Canada’s east coast (Nova Scotia), in partnership with his trusty workhorse, Dixie. It sounds pretty intense. He started tiny farming from scratch two seasons ago, our first full-season full-timer, way back … Read the rest

Making mulch, part 2

10 Nov 202311 Oct 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Working just ahead of more rain, Conall (fighting a cold that’s knocking people out around here—farmers can’t get sick!) and I raked the mini-windrows of grass and alfalfa into little mounds, piled it on the trailer, and dumped it in … Read the rest

Autumn harvest action!

2 Dec 20095 Oct 2007 by Mike (tfb)

A steady harvest through a warm, hazy afternoon wound up quite early, with just about everything sorted, rinsed and bunched or bagged by around 8:30 pm. Smooth! The end-of-season crew has settled down to Jo, Lynn, Conall and me. Here, … Read the rest

A September view…

16 Dec 20089 Sep 2007 by Mike (tfb)

A rather warm (28°C) and sunny Sunday, feels more like late spring than the early days of autumn. The field is looking oddly full, thanks to the sections of oats, and quite orderly. Specks in the distance, Heike from Germany … Read the rest

Tiny farming down the road

17 Oct 201126 Aug 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Most of my last four years as a veggie grower have been spent on the farm, like, practically every day (this seems perfectly natural to me, although some wonder how I handle it—they just don’t know how absorbing it is … Read the rest

Pigweeding and local food

26 Apr 202315 Aug 2007 by Mike (tfb)

In the foreground, a pigweeding throwdown with the crew of the day: Eoghan and Alison (trying out a little tiny farming for the first time), Jo, Mami (our second WWOOFer, also from Japan), Conall. Everyone pull! (The most alarming giant … Read the rest

Farmer in field

26 Apr 20233 Aug 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Conall watering in mesclun in the late afternoon. Even on busy harvest Friday, plants need water if they’ve had no rain. Guest photo by Erin, with a different than usual, no less…realistic, view of the field. There’s nothing like being … Read the rest