What's happening around the farm.
Posted in CSA, Vegetables on Jul 14th, 2010
I skipped the farmers market today to catch up on fall seedings. We did not butcher chickens this week (did a few ducks and roosters), and the few frozen ones will keep or sell Saturday. The day started early spraying organically approved spinosad on potatoes where the Colorado potato beetles have gotten beyond hand picking. [...]
Posted in CSA, Vegetables on Jun 16th, 2010
Welcome – I apologize for not being more communicative, but I’ve been working hard at keeping on top of production for you. Pickup is at our field on Route 9, about a mile south of Bear Swamp. Please enter in the north driveway – there should be some big banners to show you where. Come [...]
Posted in Vegetables on Jun 15th, 2010
We have had a challenge with quackgrass and Canada thistle on part of our field. I was given some used greenhouse plastic a couple years ago, so we spread the plastic out in hopes of at least setting the weeds back, if not outright killing them. We don’t have enough to do the whole area [...]
Posted in Chickens, ducks, geese, Vegetables on Apr 7th, 2010
Well, the chicks awaiting part is actually ducklings awaiting. Mama muscovy has gotten serious about setting, but in about 35 days we should have baby ducklings. At least one goose is pretty serious. I say pretty serious because she is very protective, but not setting tight all the time yet. Our first batch of broiler [...]
Posted in Chickens, ducks, geese, Vegetables on Mar 29th, 2010
Here is a link to a recording of the sounds trees make as water moves inside. The sounds attract insects, which in turn attract birds. Fun and interesting, and read the information before listening. The Sounds of Trees Popping – Boing Boing
Posted in Vegetables on Mar 28th, 2010
I haven’t built the little heated mini-greenhouse inside the big unheated hoophouse yet, that we do in the spring for starting plants. I did get the old lettuce that was in that space cleared out so it is ready. The weather is so tantalizing – might we be able to get away without the heated [...]
Posted in Vegetables on Mar 4th, 2010
I started planting seeds in the hoophouse February 4th. The soil is so cold that they have been VERY slow germinating – it has taken a month. But, at last: This is spinach – that on the left was seeded into the hoophouse soil on February 5th. The plant on the right was seeded into [...]
Posted in Vegetables on Mar 3rd, 2010
A very small seeder that was great for salad greens used to be available. By the time I was ready to buy it, it was no longer available. Johnny’s Seeds made it available this spring and I immediately bought one ($239). There is just one problem with it – getting excess seeds back into a [...]
Posted in Bees, Vegetables on Feb 24th, 2010
I went down Monday while it was sunny and checked on the bees and the veggies that are under row cover in the field. First, take a look at the chard! I am amazed. After the snow melted and we had those cold temps I thought the chard would be dead. If this keeps up [...]
Posted in Chickens, ducks, geese, Vegetables on Feb 2nd, 2010
Last December before the price went up I bought 3 sling bags of Vermont Compost. They came today (no it was not poor service – I told them I didn’t need them until February). These are big, heavy bags as you can see by comparison with me standing by them. The shipping paper says 5000 [...]