What's happening around the farm.
Posted in CSA, Vegetables on Jul 29th, 2009
Had a real smooth ride Monday actually to visit a “mentor” farm in Argyle. He is to help me with winter greens production, but for this first visit I got some good ideas for equipment and scale of plantings (how much of what to plant). This followed a really smooth Sunday during which I got [...]
Posted in CSA, Vegetables on Jul 19th, 2009
I surprised you with tomatoes Friday, and you surprised me by not taking all of them in the first half hour. When I don’t have enough of things for everyone, I make it an “either or” selection. So, this week it was the first summer squash (scallopini, Zephyr, yellow straightneck, and zucchini) or the first [...]
Posted in CSA on Jul 15th, 2009
OK, I finally admit, it is a soggy summer so far. I did get some cultivating done this afternoon (Monday). Ideal conditions for cultivating are the morning of a hot sunny breezy day, so the little plants that are uprooted in cultivation dry up and die. It dried up enough this afternoon, on a cool [...]
