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 form, with a little wireworm damage … [Read more...] about Potato digging party
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Early season harvest day
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 the small strip of spring-planted garlic, and we … [Read more...] about Early season harvest day
Last of the spring planting
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 ahead of the end of spring, Lynn, … [Read more...] about Last of the spring planting
Skinning the hoophouse
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, and Lynn (planting grain elsewhere during the hoophouse … [Read more...] about Skinning the hoophouse
Filling the fields continues
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. We're still tilling and retilling sections … [Read more...] about Filling the fields continues