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Frost protection time again

24 Sep 201115 Sep 2011 by Mike (tfb)
Row cover frost protection

The frost-warning forecast from a couple of days ago, for 1°C (34°C), moved up a day to tonight. so there’s row cover all over the field. Some of it was floated out against the possibility of frost, the rest, as … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Tools, Veggies Tags beans, carrot, deer, eggplant, frost protection, peppers, pumpkins, row cover, Summer, summer squash, tomato, winter squash 3 Comments

Some winter squash

8 Sep 20117 Sep 2011 by Mike (tfb)
First harvest of winter squash

Brought in the first of the winter squash, an early variety of butternut (called…Early Butternut), Uchiki Kuri (orange, Japanese Hubbard-type), acorn and pasta. We didn’t grow a lot, a few 50′ beds, mainly for the weekly harvest shares and personal … Read the rest

Categories Harvest, Veggies Tags acorn squash, butternut, Hubbard, pasta squash, Summer, winter squash 3 Comments

Last of the spring planting

24 Jun 200919 Jun 2009 by Mike (tfb)

It’s another week till the start of CSA shares and the first picking of peas, and at least 3 weeks until some of the heavier crops—broccoli, cauliflower, summer squash—are ready, so Friday’s are still about general fieldwork, not HARVEST. Just … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, People, Veggies Tags Jordan, Libby, Lynn, mulch, pumpkins, Spring, transplant, winter squash 12 Comments

Hand-tended

19 Apr 202214 Jun 2009 by Mike (tfb)
Hand-tending pumpkin transplant

“Hand-tended” is one of the phrases that usually gets popped into the occasional bit of promotional writing about this market garden. Sounds good! If asked (hasn’t happened so far), I’d explain that we don’t use many machines, most of the … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, People, Seed starting, Veggies, Weather Tags pumpkins, Spring, Tara, transplant, winter squash 5 Comments

Middle of the day at the market

15 Dec 200811 Oct 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Here’s another slice of the action at the Saturday farmers’ market: recent market posts covered the beginning and the end, this is…the middle. In the first two pics, it’s about 9am—the market’s been open for two hours, but in colder … Read the rest

Categories Local food, Market & Stand, People, Planning, Tools, Veggies Tags Autumn, eggplant, kale, Lynn, marketing, parsley, sales, winter squash 10 Comments
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