.84 or 1.3 inches of rain
i’m just saying… normally not big news but to us a BIG DEAL! YEAH. back up to 1400 gallons of rain water and a few days break from hand watering. it has been a heroic effort between anna, abbie, amber, lucas, christina, emily, and others. we figure you can water about 50 gallons an hour […]
July Farming
As each month goes by, we get more efficient and proficient at the activity that happens most during that part of the season. In March and April, we honed our seed-blocking technique. In May and June, we worked our way through transplanting and direect seeding. Now in July, we’re learning more and more about two […]
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 […]
bangin!
we have been working really hard… a lot is happening. will work to fill in pix and posts, but the truth is we may have forgotten half of what we have done. a few highlights.: 3 people planted their first seeds expert seed blocking continues to keep us on schedule path cutting to the train […]
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 have a truck
our friend alan made the 8 day journey across reno with his crazy co-pilot steven. the discomo is now happily parked in the barn as with her roof rack she does not fit in the garage – to say nothing of still being soaked in playa dust. hopefully the weather cooperates and we can take […]
expanding and experimenting
so our friend and mentor, verena, had this great idea that we should be able to use a bunch of 1-2″ sticks to make fence posts for deer fencing. here are the first few in the ground. i spent an hour pulling various pieces of already fallen wood out of the woods. i then watched […]
