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Stakes vs cages

6 Jul 200813 Dec 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Every year so far, there’ve been two or three major projects that I’m sure just HAVE to be done. They’re usually EXPENSIVE (at least, expensive in the world of tiny farm finances!), which means, they take some thought. We’ve had … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Planning, Tools Tags tomato, projects, marketing, staking, Autumn 7 Comments

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

Categories Seed & Seedlings Tags carrot, beans, lettuce, storage, seed, peas, tomato, germination, onion, brassicas, books, Autumn 12 Comments

Four shares on the table

28 Sep 20074 Sep 2007 by Mike (tfb)

After the long holiday weekend, I did a quick new harvest for the handful of usually-on-Monday CSA shares. We have three CSA pick-up days, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, and harvest for the last two can be mostly combined on Sundays. … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Harvest, CSA Tags mesclun, carrot, garlic, tomato, green onion, onion, peppers, beet, broccoli, summer squash, CSA share, salad greens, Summer Leave a comment

Tomatoes to the heap

4 Sep 20071 Sep 2007 by Mike (tfb)

It’s not the waste it seems! At a distance, they may look whole, but they’re not. Most of this 100lbs (45kg) of tomatoes are well split or explosively squishy and really not worth reclaiming as gallons of sauce. Given the … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Fieldwork, Harvest Tags tomato, Summer 4 Comments

Share of the week

17 Oct 201130 Aug 2007 by Mike (tfb)
CSA harvest share

A specially Thursday-picked Large share, tiny farm flexibility in action for a shareholder who missed the weekend pick-up. A Large is about one and a half the size of the standard Single share. This week: carrot (Touchon), beet (Golden Detroit, … Read the rest

Categories Harvest, CSA, Local food Tags highlights, garlic, carrot, tomato, potato, onion, peppers, beet, heirloom, summer squash, CSA share, salad greens, mesclun, Summer 1 Comment

More from the Market

26 Apr 202318 Aug 2007 by Mike (tfb)
Market wares

Today’s wares set up behind the stand at the farmers’ market. First thing in the morning (that’s around 7 am), we open and arrange all of the crates and use them to stock the stand and assemble CSA shares. Here, … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Harvest, Market & Stand, Tools Tags farmers' market, peppers, beet, heirloom, carrot, beans, garlic, tomato, Summer 4 Comments

Cherry tomatoes

3 Feb 202216 Aug 2007 by Mike (tfb)
Cherry tomato selection

Life imitates…candy! Picking cherry tomatoes may take forever, but it’s totally worthwhile for both looks and taste. This is newer tiny farm thinking for me. In my concern for quantity, having enough every week for market and CSA shares, I … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Harvest, Local food Tags tomato, heirloom, Summer 5 Comments
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