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Working the new potatoes

8 Sep 200917 Jul 2009 by Mike (tfb)

Another installment in the crazily labor-intensive tiny farming techniques series: Andie and Jordan in action, hand-digging for new potatoes without uprooting the plants! This one is hard to top for stunningly low hours-to-yield ratio. It makes picking peas and beans … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Harvest, People, Veggies Tags Andrea M, digging, Jordan, labor-intensive, potato, Summer, techniques, yield 10 Comments

Filling the fields continues

19 Apr 202215 May 2009 by Mike (tfb)
Transplanting parsley

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. … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, People, Seed starting, Tools, Veggies Tags Libby, Lynn, parsley, potato, Spring, timing, transplant, unusual, waiting 2 Comments

Potatoes delivered

3 May 200927 Apr 2009 by Mike (tfb)

Seed potatoes arrived today, all the way from tiny PEI (Canada’s potato province!). It’s still difficult to find certified organic potato stock, especially in more-than-home-garden-less-than-big-farm quantities, so it’s back to Veseys for another 300 super-expensive pounds, from 1,000 miles (1,600 … Read the rest

Categories Seed starting, Veggies Tags potato, seed, Spring, tractor 13 Comments

The family that digs together…

18 Dec 20085 Nov 2008 by Mike (tfb)

We’re still digging potatoes! Ryan, Corrie and their youngest, Hannah, came out today to salvage some potatoes. There are still a few 50′ (15m) beds of Chieftan and Kennebec. With all the rainy summer and wet ground, a lot of … Read the rest

Categories Harvest, Local food, People, Veggies Tags Autumn, grass, kids, potato 6 Comments

Digging up potatoes

15 Jul 20092 Oct 2008 by Mike (tfb)

There’s still about 1,000′ of potatoes to dig, a few Yukon Gold, lots of Kennebec, and maybe a bed of Chieftain. This time around, it’s a bit of an unconventional approach. Some beds were kinda…weedy, so a week back, I … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Harvest, People, Veggies Tags Autumn, digging, Michelle, potato, Toshiko 2 Comments
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