We finally have transplanted broccoli, mustards and kale to the field. We normally transplant these first crops to the field the first of April so the kale and mustards will be ready for our CSA around mid May. Being Vegetable Market farmer’s, every week from April through October, we are seeding and transplanting trying to have a continuous harvest throughout the […]
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We have already seeded little seedings in the greenhouse but it is finally warm enough to direct seed our first succession of spinach, peas and arugula. To us, “Direct Seeding” is puting the seed directly into the soil in the field, while “Seed Starting” is seeding into flats in the greenhouse. The weather was warm and the […]
 Daffodils Poking Out of the Ground during the warm Spring Days  Snow on Bluff Mountain Over which the Appalachian Trail Passes Just the other day we had a high of 78º and we were outside digging holes and setting greenhouse posts in short sleeves. Last night it sleeted here in the valley, while […]
Little Arthur Farmer Mandy Little Arthur and Brother Frank I thought that Farmer Mandy deserves a special place on this site. Mandy apprenticed with us in 2005 through 2006. During her apprenticeship, she experienced the birth of some very special goats. These goats have since been adopted by Mandy and are waiting for her and […]
 Setting a post for the greenhouse  Getting ready to check level  All posts concreted and curing We got lucky that the first week and a half of March was a dry week because Alvin was able to complete the grading required for our new greenhouses. We ran into a Spring so we were […]
 Alvin in his dozer wile grading for our 4  new greenhouses         Alvin with Carl and Donna checking the level after a pass with his Dozer Alvin has some very funny phrases and this weeks phrase came out when we were discussing his new diesel truck. (The engine of his new […]
  Peeper Eggs! Can you find the Peeper?      More Peeper Eggs! We were working outdoors sanitizing flats and inserts when we began hearing the soft chirps of the peepers. They are the first sign of warming weather when they make their presence at the top of the pond. They sing such delightful music that […]
        Our Little Seedlings! We constantly have projects lined up and it seems that if we don’t have enough projects in the pipeline to last us a few years, we must think of more projects, just to keep us from thinking that we might someday have nothing to do but sit on the porch […]
Our farm, like most businesses, always has some emergency to deal with, but it seems this week we might have more than our share. We normally winterize our barn because we have running water to the top floor where we have a kitchen and bathroom for our farm help. We fully drain the pipes each […]
Spiffy’s baby #1 after disbudding Spiffy’s baby #2 after disbudding Disbudding is where one uses a really hot electric “disbudding iron†to burn around the kid goat’s horn bud. We put the baby goat in a box so that we can hold its head still during this process. We first shave around the horn buds […]