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Growing in the dark

19 Mar 202416 Mar 2024 by Mike (tfb)
Beets growing in the dark

Beets, harvested last fall, stored for six months in a covered bin in a cool room, have been busy growing in the dark. This is a familiar early season sight, there are always leftover beets from last year. They’re still … Read the rest

Categories 2024 from the start, Veggies, Cooking & Eating, Farm lab (research!) Tags beet, storage, Winter Leave a comment

Stored carrots for stew

7 Mar 20167 Mar 2016 by Mike (tfb)
Assorted stored carrots

Long-term veggie storage can get fairly involved, with root cellars, sticking things in piles of sand, adjusting humidity, spotting and culling the spoiled, that sort of thing, or it can be as simple as tossing a plastic bag of small … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Cooking & Eating, Local food Tags carrot, storage Leave a comment

Seed store

13 Mar 201627 Jun 2012 by Mike (tfb)

My current seed bank is around 60 Ziploc freezer bags. In alphabetical order. I haven’t been as careful lately with storage conditions as at times in the past, these plastic bins with lids (there is third one with bigger bags … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Farm lab (research!), Seed & Seedlings, Planning, Tools Tags seed, storage Leave a comment

After market

24 Sep 2011 by Mike (tfb)
Packed up farmers' market stand

Around 1:25 p.m. and it’s just about time to head out from the farmers’ market, which officially ends at 1. This season, we’ve been storing the entire farm stand in the communal cage where vendors can leave stuff from Saturday … Read the rest

Categories Market & Stand, Tools Tags farmers' market, storage, farm stand, Autumn Leave a comment

Winter storage

10 Feb 202414 Dec 2009 by Mike (tfb)
Farm gear stored in hoophouse

Snow’s here—it’s definitely overwinter storage time! Winter storage is a little different every year, as needs, facilities, and plans change. This time around, a fair bit of gear is in the 20’x32′ (~6×10 m) hoophouse, with its full sun exposure … Read the rest

Categories Greenhouse, Fieldwork, Tools Tags snow, overwinter, storage, Summer, Autumn, Winter 21 Comments

Chickens, frozen

3 Feb 202230 Jul 2009 by Mike (tfb)
Frozen chickens

There they are: 38 newly processed chickens, freezing solid in the chest freezer (39 minus the one we took to roast fresh). It’s the last stop before the table on what was a pretty fine meat bird run.

Like everything … Read the rest

Categories Animals, Tools, Local food Tags meat, chickens, future, storage, Summer 9 Comments

Drive shed clean-up continues

24 Mar 201311 Dec 2008 by Mike (tfb)

You can see the back wall! The fairly massive, once-in-a-century farm clean-up continues, and the two-floor drive shed, home of a million parts and pieces of not-junk, is an action center. I can’t imagine how one could capture a real … Read the rest

Categories Tools Tags storage, clean-up, drive shed, Autumn 3 Comments
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