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Garlic all in

15 Dec 200830 Jul 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Harvested in three parts over the last week, the garlic is now all in! This crop seems to’ve done well once again (I LOVE growing garlic!). For the first time, there’s a small pile of damaged goods, water-logged from all … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Harvest, People, Tools, Veggies Tags garlic, grass, Lynn, mulch, oats, Summer, tractor 3 Comments

Field wakes up…

27 Apr 20226 Apr 2008 by Mike (tfb)
Garlic emerging

There’s a kind of magical moment between winter and spring, as the snow rapidly disappears and the water runs off. It lasts only a couple of days. Unusual sights are everywhere you look. I watch it closely every year, but … Read the rest

Categories Veggies Tags garlic, melt-off, oats, Spring 4 Comments

All clear…

24 Nov 20088 Jan 2008 by Mike (tfb)

After a night of rain and 50°F (10°C) warmth, the field is just about clear. What a difference a couple of days can make… I took a walk. The ground isn’t even frozen—with the odd way all that snow came … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Veggies, Weather Tags experiments, melt-off, mulch, oats, rye, sage, snow, Winter 3 Comments

Cleaning up

31 Oct 201319 Nov 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Here’s a look to the north from my new favorite photo spot, on top of the farm stand. We’re down to mainly brassicas, oats and rye (that’s the low, darker green section poking in on the left). The oats has … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Greenhouse Tags Autumn, brassicas, clean-up, mulch, oats, row cover, rye 4 Comments

More fall finishing

14 Nov 200712 Nov 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Fall clean-up is moving along bit by bit between the weather. Half the field is cleared, fertilized, and tilled or about to be. The rest is mostly covered by oats and a little rye. The Kubota compact tractor is ready … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Tools Tags Autumn, clean-up, oats, rototiller, rye, tractor Leave a comment
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