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Measuring peak oil by the can

27 Feb 201316 Jun 2008 by Mike (tfb)

This tiny farm’s entire direct connection with the world of oil is simple: six red, 20-liter gas cans, three for gasoline, three for diesel. It’s a really stark way to watch spiralling gas prices and the so far bubbling-under peak … Read the rest

Not turkey, beets!

2 Dec 200826 Dec 2007 by Mike (tfb)

While a bit of a tradition of leftover-turkey crepes were being cooked up for brunch this morning, I was eying the leftover boiled beets. It was something about shapes and the muted, earthy shades of purple, and maybe the bowl … Read the rest

Local food luxury

4 Apr 201315 Dec 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Today was the farmers’ market’s annual winter market, held indoors in town. It’s supposed to be local produce and locally made crafts, no reselling of manufactured stuff, and for the most part it is. I go to hand out CSA … Read the rest

Root cellar check-in

12 Oct 201114 Dec 2007 by Mike (tfb)

This is going quite well! Mainly, the idea is to do the regular tending, and see how things hold up. Although I’m calling it root cellaring, it’s really quite a limited experiment this first time round. The veggies weren’t too … Read the rest

The seed…

12 Dec 20078 Dec 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Keeping up with the early start, I got out the seed from its storage chest to take a look. With the tiny farm’s growing HISTORY (hey, Year 6, coming up!), keeping the seeds sorted for freshness is an ever more…serious … Read the rest

Heat!

26 Apr 20232 Dec 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Finally finished a bit of hot pepper harvest, now there’s a convenient pile of dried heat! A few weeks ago, wondering whether to cover for frost, I decided to also pull up some hot pepper plants, roots and all, instead. … Read the rest

Outpost returns

6 Dec 201825 Nov 2007 by Mike (tfb)

The mildly ambitious veggie outpost experiment of earlier this year has returned in pieces. The stand came back today, courtesy of Conall, who took it apart and dropped it off (you can’t help but notice, he’s pretty thorough when it … Read the rest