Author Archives: beth
Garlic harvest is underway!
We harvested the first row of garlic Saturday – looks nice. Garlic needs to be “cured”, dried, for storage, but it is incredibly juicy and wonderful fresh. We have it fresh in the farmstand, and you can only get it juicy fresh, well, when it is fresh, as it is being harvested, so enjoy it … Continue reading
One More Week til the CSA starts!
One more week!! First pickup for veggie shares is Tuesday, June 6. We may, or may not have chickens ready on Tuesday – will update that. Some of them are getting big, and Tony leaves the 11th for three weeks to visit family in Nebraska, so they will be harvested sometime that week. I have … Continue reading
Spring onions in the farmstore.
Getting the row cover on the sweet corn and zukes Monday morning was not bad at all. Wasn’t cold, and I was able to use the breeze to unfold and position the row cover instead of fighting it. I just laid it out flat over them. Corn and zuke were fine – even the three … Continue reading
New pullets arrived
The past few years we have gotten certified organic pullets from a gentleman near Lancaster, PA. It is much less expensive for us to buy them at his price than to raise them during the winter (probably to raise them anytime, but especially during the winter). Since we have many more egg customers in the … Continue reading
Making a warm bed for seedlings in the hoophouse!
I was totally out of space in the house for seedlings, and many need to be “bumped up” into larger pots, taking more space. And I need to seed more. I make a “hoophouse inside the hoophouse” in the spring for tomatoes and such, with two electric heaters in it. I wanted something more energy … Continue reading
Watermelon!! Absolutely incredible watermelon!!
So, how did you like the yellow watermelon??? I know those that sampled it here thought it was great. There is more this week. This is a first for me, and I am learning about ripeness. Some are over ripe, and lost their flavor except up by the rind. Probably safest to open them here … Continue reading
The Hoophouse Came Today
They arrived about 11:30 from Penn Yan. The truck, trailer, and one of the Penn Yan men who works with these hoophouses. We had two helpers, plus Chico Braun and helper Andrew came over, since Chico also had a hoophouse in the trailer. This is VERY different from our other hoophouse. This one had welded … Continue reading
Chicks out of the house!!
Moved the chicks out of the basement yesterday. Yea. Well, it was nice having them there to go down and look at frequently, but they have stirred up a layer of peat moss on everything down there, are getting enough feathers that very soon they will be producing their own “dust” of feather bits, and … Continue reading
Bees in the house
I realize we don’t have a “normal” American house. This spring the photo of the dining room showed plant stands. Now we have the indoor “observation” bee hive going. While checking the bees last week I found a couple “queen cells”, meaning the bees were dissatisfied with their current queen, or the current queen was … Continue reading
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