Big Work Weekend – May 15/16
If anyone is interested in coming to visit, we are planting the field this weekend and would appreciate the extra help! (See posts below for pics of all the beautiful transplants that need to go out) Send me an email or post in the comments if you are interested and I’ll send directions. After chores […]
we planted an orchard
We are very busy getting the veggie operation off the ground, but orchards take such a long time to establish that we decided it was worth the extra time this year getting it started. We went to Native Landscaping and got 1 Red Bartlett Pear, 1 Dwarf Keiffer Pear, 1 Black Tartarian Cherry (sweet), 1 […]
More friends visit the farm!
This weekend our friends Erin and Emily came out to visit and help transplant the strawberries and blueberries we brought from our former rooftop garden in Manhattan. Working with a group is even more fun than being out in the sun alone, and I hope we have visitors every weekend. I think we transplanted just […]
observations so far about our seedling/planting process
The eggplant we seeded in the miniblockers must not have been deep enough, because over half of them managed to pop their roots entirely out of the ground. It was pretty horrifying to see their naked white roots just lying ON TOP of the soil like that. I noticed right away and only 2 of […]
deer fence posts – and the one person post hole digger
HEAVY equipment… hardly, but who would have thought that operating a power tool would be so tiring. this thing was kinda nuts, but it was way better than banging a digging bar into the ground. i drove to home depot this morning – something i fear that i will have to do many more times […]
