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Rye thrives…

5 Apr 201311 Jan 2008 by Mike (tfb)

After enduring a pretty wintry two months, the fall rye can only be described as lush and green, the highlight of today’s brief walk around the field. It hasn’t grown much since late November, but it’s alive and kicking. Here, … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Weather Tags cover crop, experiments, rye, Winter 3 Comments

At the wheel

3 Nov 200731 Oct 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Tilling in the monster oats green manure/cover crop is a task where the Kubota compact tractor sure comes in handy. The oats is tall, dense and seemingly unstoppable by cold. It took a double mowing to get it down to … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Tools Tags Autumn, cover crop, experiments, green manure, oats, rototiller, tractor Leave a comment

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

Categories Harvest, People, Veggies Tags Autumn, brassicas, Conall, cover crop, green manure, Jo, Lynn, mesclun, oats, salad greens, spinach Leave a comment

Rye arrives!

23 Nov 200723 Sep 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Where the oats arrived with a dramatic, iridescent splash of green, the fall rye made a much more sedate entrance, so much so that I didn’t notice it until today. It probably emerged a couple of days ago. It’s looking … Read the rest

Categories Veggies Tags Autumn, cover crop, experiments, green manure, oats, pigweed, rye, seed 2 Comments

Trying fall rye

16 Oct 201113 Sep 2007 by Mike (tfb)

With the oats experiment going good all around the field, it’s time for experimental green manure-cover crop #2, fall rye (starts and grows well in cool weather). Reading about cover crops online, I found one apparently popular method for seeding … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Tools, Veggies Tags broadcast seeding, cover crop, green manure, rye, Summer 3 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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