planting crunch in the heat
a scorcher this weekend, but we still jammed out a 10 hour day on saturday! cory, our neighbor, did a truckload of compost in the rows and transplanted a couple of rows of beets. amber and i focused on row prep, transplanting, and direct seeding. our goal was to get everything for the main season […]
freezer hacking and farm coolers
ok, so i did not find some old freezer for free on the corner, but we successfully completed the ubiquitous freezer hack. we want to be able to store a large quantity of veggies in a fridge that cools things quickly. why? in order to deliver great veggies you want to cool them down as […]
hot and dry and how to irrigate
we should get enough rain every month during the growing season… roughly one inch a week. however, the rain comes in storms, as opposed to a nice steady flow, and we cannot always count on it. for example this month we have been short an inch and these hot dry spells are great for picnics, […]
Japanese Beetle Invasion!
Just when we get the flea beetles under control, Japanese Beetles attack! There were a few last week, but this week they were everywhere! We got “homeopathic” (not sure how much I believe that) beetle-sex-smell traps that we’ve hung along the fence. In the end you are supposed to end up with a big bag […]
what a party…
… we took 4 pictures – please share yours so we can put them here: staci’s pix
i can't believe that worked II
Last weekend Anna and I were planting beans, and then we ran out. So we planted a giant bag of organic pinto beans we had in the cupboard. And you know what, it totally worked. Also amazing – Our newlywed friends came up and planted 300-lb pumpkin seeds!!!
i can't believe that worked!
A couple of weekends ago we found that our eggplants were covered and flea beetles and most of the leaves were so eaten-through that they were like lace. So, after a little internet research (yikes!) we went out and killed as many of the bugs as we could by hand. We made a few passes […]
The Many Powers of Garlic
People may have been on to something when they hung garlic around their necks to ward off vampires. Turns out the pungently odiferous bulb repels a wide variety of pests. In researching a natural way to keep the sheep from harboring worms in their gut, one answer is to feed them garlic. I now cut […]
Farm Open House + Picnic: YOU ARE INVITED!
Save the date – Saturday, June 26th. If you haven’t been out to visit yet, now is your chance! The weather is beautiful, the air is clean, and the sheepies are adorable. Picnic time! More details to follow…
