Week 1 – Green Season commences – note that the email to the Green Season members already went out. In the event you did NOT get said email – then speak up quick because the farm accounts are messed up and the world will fall apart even more than it has already. Now – Green… Continue reading Green Season Week 1
Author: Doug
--- 'farmer doug' is the planner and heavy lifter for the CSA and the LLC. Loves to teach; "ask him the time, he'll tell you how to make a clock." Always has a new idea to try, some of which work. BTW - if you try and phone call, and you are NOT in his caller ID you will not be answered - just leave a message and you will be called right back.
April 2022 Update
April is fully upon the farm – with the required bad weather here at the start. Lots of wind, rain & hail just to keep the job from being boring. Being inside the greenhouse in a hail/wind burst is a bit like being inside a drum with a long drum roll sounding. The old farm… Continue reading April 2022 Update
Week 8 – Winter season is done!
It has been a good Winter Season – Thank you to those who participated! Winter season pays for a lot of seeds! The overall production level has met the needs and expectations, and the couple of really cold snaps did not wipe things out (other than the tray of tomatoes: a moment of silence please).… Continue reading Week 8 – Winter season is done!
Week 7 (already!)
This week, next week, and on into Green Season. Lots of planting and bed preparation underway for the main season – it makes sense, but it feels funny, or odd – that planting needs to be done now for the first part of the main season. Lots of potatoes in the ground this week, for… Continue reading Week 7 (already!)
Week 6 Winter Season
The garden is really happy when the middle of March hits – lots of sun hours, and more every day. In fact, the whole farm is stretching and yawning, getting up and getting going. The cows, for example, were ecstatic about being put on fresh grass today – no more of that crusty old hay… Continue reading Week 6 Winter Season
Week 5 Winter Season
Officially this starts the second 4-week session of the winter garden. Obviously, it is still pretty much salad fixings – but there are some shifts to take into account. Bok Choi is replacing Cabbage as the second-green, the early radishes are done and gone, and white and red beets have greens big enough to be… Continue reading Week 5 Winter Season
March Update
Early March is always interesting. Prior years have been deep in snow, or mid 50’s during the day with sun breaks. The forecast people have not given a trustworthy guess as yet – they have delivered a guess (colder than average) but they have, in recent times, become “no longer a friend.” If the forecast… Continue reading March Update
Winter Season Week 4
Another week, another set of weird weather things behind us. The rain ‘thing’ ended up about 8″ over a three-day window – which was not fun here. The John Deere (Battery powered) Gator was just drowned and had to take a few days off in the barn to recuperate. All the alignment of boards and… Continue reading Winter Season Week 4
Winter Week 3
So much for warmish weather in February. To be honest, this isn’t really a surprise. The hard part is just doing a thorough job of protecting the very early warm season plants, and then going with the best data. Back in very early January it got down to 12F here; this most recent cold snap… Continue reading Winter Week 3
Winter Week 2
This last week was about as good as it can get for winter gardening – sun breaks, not very cold at night, only a bit of wind. Times like that need to be used when they happen – February won’t give up on winter at all even a little bit. Snow showers and overnight temps… Continue reading Winter Week 2