August 2011
6 posts
11th CSA week
It certainly has started to feel a bit like Fall out there, at least in the mornings. The ground stays so wet now from the dew it is comical to see our boots and pants after harvest in the mornings. The shift always feels both happy and sad for me; happy as the weeds slow down and we can finally stay ahead of the weeding, but sad because that means we have definitely rounded the hump to Fall. This...
10th CSA pick up
Hello There, Well it seems like it is a season of feast or famine, as far as water goes. The farm is now officially well watered once again. With this cloud cover can come disease, unfortunately. Our outdoor tomatoes are beginning to show signs of early blight. This is not the same as Late Blight which essentially kills off your plants in a very fast and disgusting way. Instead, early blight is...
9th csa pick up
hello everyone, As I am writing this I am happily listening to the sound of raindrops pelting our roof. Rain right now is a good thing. Our plants were starting to look a bit depressed out there and our half-hearted attempts at irrigation haven’t quite been cutting it. Our Fall crops have been having a hard time germinating, so this is truly music to my ears. Today we just began pulling all...
July 2011
6 posts
8th csa pick up
Well, I can’t quite figure out how to make this picture appear the right way on the screen, so hopefully you won’t find this sideways glance at our onions as disconcerting. Infact, I’m hoping you will find it inspiring. This is one of the beds of our onions, almost ready for harvest. As you can see some of the greens are beginning to topple over as a sign of their maturity. This...
7th csa
Hello again out there, Often when I drive around Vermont and see all those huge, flat, lush fields for miles I feel a bit envious. Farm planning and management must be so much simpler when you just have one huge field to get to know each year. Here at our farm, however, in case you haven’t had the time to walk about yet, we are blessed with gobs of little tiny fields broken up by large...
6th csa
Greetings, I have a feeling we just worked the last semi-pleasant day for a few to come. The humidity is really setting in and I can’t say any of us are excited to work the rest of this hot week ahead. Try to be extra nice to us when you come to get your veggies tomorrow because we might be feeling a bit wilted by afternoon. We are still hitting the weeds this week, not a surprise, and will...
5th csa
Hi There, Obviously a photographer I am not! I tried to find you a few good pics from Sarah’s wedding at the farm last weekend, but alas, I never have been very good at finding that perfect angle. Suffice it to say, it was a beautiful day on the farm and we all had a great time celebrating with Sarah and Randy. They are now relaxing on the beach in Jamaica for their honeymoon- and well, we...
4th csa
Hi there Well, we survived our first Fourth of July float. I think we had a pretty good time, actually. The bunnies on the float were completely pooped at the end of the parade but they still managed to perk up for some good holiday candy. It will probably take me up until the next 4th of July parade to take the float apart, but thats okay. This week we are doing our usual round of weeding...
June 2011
2 posts
3rd csa
Hi there, Ok, so it is already the end of June, where did that month go? Here we are, beginning full on Summer weather and Summer mode at the farm. Weeds, weeds, veggies, flowers, and more weeds. I think my crew and I have spent more time weeding on our knees or with hoes in our hands than certainly I care to admit. Galinsoga, our weed of choice at this farm, is very healthy and robust this season...
2nd csa
Hi There In my renewed efforts to be a better documentarian, I am attempting to bring my camera to the farm once a week or so. I don’t know whether my memory is getting worse or seasons are just starting to blend together in my mind, but either way, I need some back up to jog the season memory come Fall. So, as promised, I have sent along a couple photos of our fun cultivator. The person in...
December 2010
2 posts
yikes, mother nature wins
well, a humbling storm indeed. folks are saying we had about 80 mile per hour winds steady for over 24 hours in this area. we were up all night long worrying about the greenhouses we had just finished building and how they would make it through the storm. unfortunately our fears were confirmed when we went to look. Our 30 x76 house was demolished, literally picked up and smashed down. The other 30...
November 2010
3 posts
ooops
Ok, so it’s been a little while since I last wrote. I just today attended our last farmers mkt and the weather is officially nasty, so it must be Fall. Whoever gave me the idea to start a blog while having two young kids and a farm to tend to anyways? Well, this week we are slated to plant our garlic and continue field clean up and harvest. For the past week and a half, however, we are up...
June 2010
1 post
oh my, where does time fly?
It’s already June 8th ( i think), where has this Spring gone? I vaguely remember each day passing, marked only by nursing Ada and watering plants, in my mind. Clearly I must be doing some other things I am sure, or else I’d be seeing some major problems by now. Actually, all things told, the fields are starting to shape up. We’ve started picking our first strawberries of the...
May 2010
5 posts
may crazy may
ok, so it’s been a little while. My grand plans for posting every week kind of went out the window with the arrival of May. Now that is halfway through this ridiculous month I will attempt to get back on the wagon. So, since I last spoke at you the farm stand opened for the season, the plants have all grown an inch or so, and about seven million weeds have popped out. I’ve really...
April 2010
19 posts
Snow makes it all look good
Nothing like a big snow storm the last week of April to slow things right down. Here we are running around like crazy trying to get the farm stand up and running, cleaned up and organized, and get early stuff planted in the ground; and then snow. This morning I feel like sitting back with that good book I’ve been trying to finish for 6 months now and a hot cup of tea. Of course I say this...
It's that time
Yup, we’re moving things outside. One, because we are running out of space inside our greenhouses, and Two, because it is officially mid-April. We’ve got a short growing season up here and that means you’ve got to capitalize on every week you’ve got. So, despite the 40 degree and raining weather outside, we are hardening off (essentially torturing with cold) our onions,...
school day
The glory -filled days appear to have left us for a little while, as I had secretly hoped. Forty degrees and raining, a little less inspiring to get out and seize the day, I admit. Yesterday, however, I was in awe of the energy that took over the farm for a few hours. We had a visiting 2nd grade class come over to learn about the farm and how we grow plants. They have a school garden program that...
March in the greenhouse, once underway, is definitely one of the 5 top reasons I am still farming. I’ve got my seeding list to get through, my soil warming up and ready to go, the radio playing, and only the potential of the season in front of me. I enter the greenhouse bubble in the morning and have the satisfaction of seeing the tables filling up as the day goes on. The first seeds begin...
