Just yesterday, Carl and I had just finished weeding some bulb fennel and flowers, after which we went up to our trailer around 6:45 PM, when the sky suddenly turned very dark. I was outside petting Kaiser (who is our NOT livestock guardian dog) when I said to Carl that the clouds over Bluff Mountain […]
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One of the many luxuries here in our valley is that there are not many “Safe Shine” lights, which those lights are provided by the electric company so they can earn money during non peak hours (wasting valuable fossil fuels), so our valley is GEORGOUS at night. On a clear night the sky is filled […]
This post is NOT for the folks who think that all beings can co-exist in harmony. PLEASE READ NO FURTHER if you have issues with shooting semi domesticated animals. Carl has been keeping his guns in our truck so that they are accessible should our neighbors dogs visit the farm. A couple years ago while […]
Tuesday Morning, around 5:30 AM, we were in the house drinking coffee when I heard a horn honking outside. I went to the door and found our neighbor, Jay Green, who said “Wild dogs are killing your hogs”. I yelled to Carl, “Get your gun wild dogs are killing our pigs.”. Carl grabbed his glasses […]
From around mid May into the first or second week of June we HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO. Unlike “Peak Oil”, “Peak Workload” will disappear only to reappear next year at this time. It is at this point in the season when we need to transplant those warm loving plants, those that must stay […]
It is about time that we finally made ourselves pull the kale and swiss chard out of our greenhouse! These crops fed and nourished us all winter long and into the spring which is why it was so difficult for us to pull these crops up. The kale and swiss chard finally bolted (when a […]
Pesticides in kids linked to ADHD Click here to read the article about pesticides used on common kid-friendly foods may boost the chances that children will be diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, new research shows.
This past Saturday we had our single largest sale day of the season requiring all of us on the farm to be at Market! Since we are selling plants at this point in the season, it took us a lot of time to prepare for market, and I totally underestimated the time to tag and inventory […]
Last week was another productive week on the farm as we seeded 500 pounds of potatoes! Readers, you might wonder why a small farm such as ours plants so many potatoes and alliums? The answer is because those are the only two crops the deer don’t eat, not to mention that we have more farmland […]
We used our transplanter that plants 2 rows at once which required 4 people: a tractor driver, two people sitting on the transplanter putting plants in the carousel, and one walking behind fixing plants and carrying additional trays to the tractor. Although it went much faster than transplanting by hand, we were required to fix quite […]