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 […]
It is very important that we keep our small farms in business. Please call your senators today and urge them to either amend or oppose S. 510. Clicking on the link will provide you with good talking points when calling your senators! An example letter sent to my senators: RE: S. 510 – FDA Food […]
Last week we had an inch of rain which was just perfect timing for our first succession of transplants to get the much needed water required for them to flourish. During that rain storm, which lasted the entire day last Thursday, we worked in our tomato greenhouse driving T-Posts, with a little help from Arnold, […]
It is suddenly dry and warm, which is what we have been praying for, and that allowed us to work up some ground and transplant the first succession of greens out to the field. Last Friday after transplanting just two beds we became a little worried about our little babies because they wilted so bad […]
Michael Pollan is one of my favorite food writers so I am posting a link to articles of his that are extremely thoughtful and worth re-reading from time to time. With Health Care Reform underway I think the below article is worth re-reading: Farmer in Chief Below is a great article in support of a decentralized […]
We are so thankful that our soils dried enough this week allowing us to work up some ground for direct seeding. Direct seeding is when we place the seeds right into the soil out in the fields. We do much more seed starting than direct seeding. We use the term seed starting (growing transplants) for when we […]