compost fail – and second try!
You may remember that we came up with a temporary composting system in the mudroom when we arrived at the farm. The outside compost pile (made almost entirely of horse manure and wood chips) was both frozen and very far from the kitchen (and also not an ideal size for incorporating kitchen scraps). We’ve been […]
wind erosion!
We intend to practice no till agriculture as much as possible, but we had our neighbor plow our field this first year because it was covered in grass and compacted in parts and we needed a jump start. Today the wind was about 25 mph! AAAAHHHH!!! Ha ha ha – I guess you learn a […]
naked farm field = terrifying
We arrived this weekend to see that our farmer neighbor had plowed our field for us as promised. Moving forward we are going to avoid disturbing the soil so deeply, but this first year we decided plowing was the only way to prep the entire grass-covered field in time (the alternative would have been sheet […]
Creative Farming
It may be the artist in me, or it may be a penchant for tinkering I learned from my parents. I love to create a solution to a situation using only things I already have. Sometimes it doesn’t work. Sometimes a purchased tool is much better than anything I could cobble together. Right tool for […]
Spring moving forward as planned
I am slowly starting to notice subtle changes as spring moves along that I never would have thought about before. On the 18th when we planted our first orchard trees two existing mystery-fruit trees were barely staring to blossom. Today all three of them were totally covered in flowers (and at least one of our […]
More Fruit Potential!
In addition to the trees we brought to the farm from the local nursery last weekend, Amber had ordered several fruit-bearing plants from Miller Nursery in Canandaigua, New York. They arrived yesterday by UPS delivery. This package contained four pawpaw trees, an extra dwarf bing cherry, an “all in one” almond, and three concord grape […]
What we're planting for the CSA
I’ve gotten a couple of questions about what all we’re planting this year. Here is a list of the veggies we’ll be planting throughout the season. We’ll probably end up including a couple more, and there is no guarantee a specific crop is going to do well, but the list gives a good idea of […]
