Finally our third sunny day in a row…. A brake in rain so we are spending our time getting plants out of the greenhouse and into the fields, our fields plowed and much more…. We are so thankful for the great crew on the farm this year: they are easy going, hard workers, dedicated to […]
We need rain here in the mountains. We are still in a drought and have been for the past couple of years which makes me not want to complain one bit about the snow and rain the past few weeks; however, we FINALLY had a couple days of sunshine, just the right amount giving our […]
I totally feel sorry for my husband because I lack the knowledge and ability to fix our broken equipment! I think I might need to learn some new skills because it is totally unfair that all the responsibility for repairs falls on him….. I am simply thankful that our tractor works, our health seems good […]
Harvey Our Guard Dog (click Picture for larger size) Harvey is our guard dog who is an Anatolian and Great Pyrenees mix. He spends his entire life living with goats and currently has 16 goats to care for. A typical day for Harvey begins with his breakfast early morning. While he is eating, we also […]
Greenhouse 101 with cover crops seeded and mini wobblers irrigating the seed in! New washing machine and dryer installed in the barn! (click on the pictures for a full page view!) Greenhouse 102 with cover crops seeded and mini wobblers irrigating the seed in! We have installed a new washing machine and dryer in our […]
Joey was one of the folks to leave without notice in the peak of our season, I am now forgiving him, because I have to say he put in some good energy into this farm. We have a new greenhouse in production and the land was graded with a dozer, thus the earth very hard, but […]
We just finished transplanting our strawberries for the 2009 season and seeded cover crops in most of our growing areas. We feel a certain “RELIEF†that these major chores are completed and that we will soon have a rest from the demands of the farming season.   As our drought continues, we are contemplating setting up […]
Click on the above picture to see a field with more rocks than ours! My husband is forever complaining about the rocks in our fields, each new season suggesting that we pull all the rocks out of our fields, with me arguing back that it is an impossible task! In the picture it is beautiful […]
I have been so focused on the workload required of my husband and I this season because of the folks we hired who did not fulfill their commitment to us, that I felt I was overly negative of the new “me generation”, so I thought I should post about Apprentices that we hired in the past who were very dedicated […]
This has been another year of unreliable help for us. Last year was our first year where our farm help left without notice, and it has happened once again this year. We hired four apprentices in March when we normally have only one with the expectation that 2 of the 4 would stay for the […]