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Tangling with hoses

3 Apr 201620 Apr 2008 by Mike (tfb)
Sorting out hoses

In smaller gardens (tinier farms!), hoses are generally a fact of life. In spring, it’s time to uncoil them all, check the fittings, and get set to deliver water largely by hand.

On BIG veggie farms, “hoses” are usually big … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Tools, Building & Fixing Tags pond, hoses, soaker hose, wind, watering, irrigation, sprinklers, Spring 4 Comments

Early spring rounds

13 Nov 20231 Apr 2008 by Mike (tfb)
Seeding plugsheets

A gray and gloomy, windy day…but WARM. Well, fairly above freezing for the most part, and with a little rain, yesterday’s speeded-up melting continued. But we’re still a ways off from actually doing any work in the field. So, another … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Seed & Seedlings, People, Greenhouse Tags leek, watering, Lynn, seed, tomato, Milkhouse, Spring 3 Comments

The watering tray

13 Nov 202313 Mar 2008 by Mike (tfb)

It’s funny how almost random objects can become practically indispensable tools. Like this rigid gray tray, given to me a while back, just the one, amongst a mixed bunch of plastic flower pots from bedding plants, passed along by a … Read the rest

Categories Seed & Seedlings, Tools Tags watering, parsley, seedlings, Winter 4 Comments

Get it in, get it done!

11 Mar 200921 Apr 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Conall, the all-new organic grower, starting from scratch as our first full-season, full-timer, waters in transplants. Today we set out three more beds of brassicas—so far, there’s cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, bok choi—prepared beds for a dozen more crops, set … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, People, Fieldwork Tags cauliflower, irrigation, transplant, broccoli, watering, timing, Conall, Spring Leave a comment
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