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A thing that I should by now expect, but that still surprises me, is that the distractions are so great come the first signs of fall (signs including: chillier evenings, field crops turning yellow, and winter squash and potatoes harvested). There is plenty to still care for farmwise, but I am crocheting, preserving, spending a littleContinue reading “rainy blog”

Today: a recipe! And an abbreviated version of my rambling update routine. This week, we harvested the first of our winter squash, golden acorn, now curing in the field. We’ve really liked growing winter squash as part of a 3 sisters polyculture: weed pressure is low in these beds and all crops are doing well,Continue reading “for fat heirloom tomato slices”

Rain today means blog post today! This has been especially true lately, when it is hard to leave the fieldwork to focus on website, email, etc. Today’s rain was unexpected: I was raking straw into piles while N. was harvesting red potatoes, with loud thunder overhead for at least 20 minutes before precipitation actually materialized.Continue reading “More mulching, and carrots”

Over a month since the last post? This is hard to believe, but it’s true and for a good reason! Through early July, we, including N’s parents, were getting the farm into shape. My parents came from Massachusetts for an excellent visit, and also worked really hard and well to put on a big party,Continue reading “Still working at it!”

It’s here! Days are long, solstice is past, cukes and tomatoes are ripening, and zucchini is popular at the farmers market. Below is one of our first zinnia blossoms, palla rossa radicchio, and our June 23 market table. It seems that the blog shall become a biweekly venture rather than a weekly one, considering theContinue reading “summer 2018”

Things are moving around here! I’ve been moving enough that I neglected to post on the blog last week; I hope our dedicated readers were able to cope. In the last couple of weeks, we finished our 8 x 8 cooler, at least to the point that it works well, and N. finished building aContinue reading “working on all of the things!”

Over the last month we experienced a stretch of drought conditions, finally got some soaking rains, and recently the daytime temperatures have been in the 90s, at one point for a 4-day stretch. This is interesting because it doesn’t necessarily mean that plants are growing really fast and looking great. In fact, a lot ofContinue reading “the heat of May”

Hello from here! Since the weekend, it’s been relatively chilly and has felt somewhat muggy, which apparently cues the mosquito population. They are everywhere, in large numbers, and due to them I’ve slapped my own face at least 40 times since Sunday.  We haven’t received significant rainfall in over 2 weeks, and the soil showsContinue reading “market season begins”

Should have seen this coming. With N. still working full time I am racing about trying to get things in order and getting lots of things partially done! I generally consider my time spent successfully if I’ve accomplished worthwhile tasks while being aware/present enough to appreciate the glorious and peaceful setting in which I work.Continue reading “Busy week! Photo-farm-update for you”

The weather has been phenomenal, every day, for almost 3 weeks now. A massive improvement over the period when the lovely endless winter hashtag was used a couple of times, by me. Yeah, I am learning to love hashtags several years late. My birthday was on Saturday, and we were joined on the farm byContinue reading “#endlesswinter, it appears, has ended”