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Potato digging party

Thu, Nov 05, 2009Fri, Aug 21, 2009

It’ll be hard to top THIS one for extremely labor-intensive tiny farming involving lots of peeps! Here, Libby, Lynn, Andie, and Mel hand-dig potatoes for tomorrow’s farmers’ market. The taters happen to be Gold Rush russets, and they’re in fine …

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Categories Fieldwork, Harvest, People, Veggies

Early season harvest day

Tue, Jul 07, 2009Fri, Jun 26, 2009

It’s a harvest Friday, second for the farmers’ market, and first for CSA, but the load is still light. After picking snap peas, we spent the day doing other field work. In the photo, Libby, Jordan and Michelle are hand-weeding …

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Categories Fieldwork, Harvest, People, Veggies

Last of the spring planting

Wed, Jun 24, 2009Fri, Jun 19, 2009

It’s another week till the start of CSA shares and the first picking of peas, and at least 3 weeks until some of the heavier crops—broccoli, cauliflower, summer squash—are ready, so Friday’s are still about general fieldwork, not HARVEST. Just …

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Categories Fieldwork, People, Veggies

Skinning the hoophouse

Mon, Apr 09, 2012Fri, May 22, 2009

This is the spring of Finally… Today, we finally got the plastic on the hoophouse, can’t believe it’s been over a month since the frame went up! Anyhow, it’s done! A kinda huge turnout of people: Libby, Jordan, Andie, Tom, …

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Categories Building & Fixing, Greenhouse, People

Filling the fields continues

Wed, May 27, 2009Fri, May 15, 2009

More slow but steady planting out. Flat-leaf and curly parsley, started so long ago, finally hit the field by the hands of Libby and Lynn. Later in the afternoon, we started one section of potatoes. The timing this spring is…unusual. …

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Categories Fieldwork, People, Seed starting, Tools, Veggies
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