Tag: Michelle

Harvest board revisited

16 Nov 20234 Sep 2009 by Mike (tfb)

As the afternoon shadows get longer, Michelle checks out the harvest board to see what’s left to do for tomorrow’s farmers’ market. This same whiteboard is now in its third season of service, a little worse for the wear, with … Read the rest

Packing shares: done!

6 Dec 201820 Jul 2009 by Mike (tfb)

CSA shares are packed for another Monday of on-farm pick-up! It’s one of those great hits of momentary satisfaction to see them all, 100% absolutely and finally done, waiting to be collected. Mel, Jordan (above), Michelle, and Tara were all … Read the rest

Early season harvest day

7 Jul 200926 Jun 2009 by Mike (tfb)

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 … Read the rest

Another hand-watering method

20 Nov 201324 May 2009 by Mike (tfb)

Another fine temporary measure this spring (and another of the many things the trusty Kubota compact tractor can do) is our new spot-watering method. Michelle waters in a last, experimentally late tray of onions with a slightly modified, inexpensive ($5) … Read the rest

50 feet!

16 Nov 202317 May 2009 by Mike (tfb)

Nice sun, but kinda cool and definitely windy. Michelle came by for a day of mostly organizing and arranging: managing seedlings, and measuring and staking out garden sections (now, according to the new garden map). We’re once again using 50′ … Read the rest

Allie’s photo gallery II

19 Apr 202210 May 2009 by Mike (tfb)

Michelle, back for her first farm day this year, sorted out seedlings while daughters Allie (7) and Violet (3) checked out the new farm. Clearly, kids take well to…activities, so, to follow up her first successful camera mission last summer, … Read the rest

Allie’s photo gallery

15 Dec 200819 Oct 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Without much thought, I handed visiting Allie my camera and let her take pictures around the farm. After she’d disappeared from sight, I did start wondering if the camera—500 bucks to replace—was safe. But if this six-year-old can, just from … Read the rest