Two Bees or Not Two Bees
Things are buzzing here on the farm this week but first a couple of announcements. The annual Garlic Planting Gala has been scheduled for Saturday October 6th from 1:00 until done. This is THE social event of the already crowded fall social calendar. The preliminary schedule is to plant garlic from 1:00 until 4:00 or […]
Break Time
So much going on at the farm there is no time for writing the newsletter! Farm News Well I finally got the parts for the tractor and with the help of member Scott put it back together. So we all know what that means right? That’s correct, something else has to break. This time it […]
The Better Half?
This is week 11 out of 19. Despite it being the last week of August we are just over half way done with the season. Which do you prefer? The vegies of spring and summer or those of late summer into fall? Either way we still have so much more to go! As I mentioned […]
Just a Newsletter
Not nearly as exciting of a week as last week. Hard to top a bear sighting and an armed and dangerous man in a blue shirt. This garden spider is as scary as it got. Anyway, here are a couple of announcements. I created a Facebook group for members and friends of the farm to […]
Armed and Dangerous
Lots of exciting things going on at the farm. But first, is anyone interested in a Facebook Group for members to share ideas about how they use the produce or other interesting tidbits? I’m not a big Facebooker (I have no friends) but every time I go to the farm page it asks me if […]
Yada Yada
We have a refrigerator that we use to store excess seeds from year to year. By keeping the seeds cold we prolong their shelf life. Then sometime in December or January I retrieve the seeds and count them to determine what new seeds we have to purchase for the next season. Well this winter when […]
I’m All Ears
A couple weeks ago I was talking about some of the benefits of having birds on the farm. They are good pest eliminators. Unfortunately they are also pests. Here are a couple of examples (and it always seems like it is the crows…) Because we grow our crops organically we do not use any treated […]
You Say Tomato, I Say Potato
First an apology for all the summer squash. We planted 2/3rds as many plants and seem to be harvesting twice as many squash! Sometimes the weather has more of an effect on production than we farmers do. Hopefully you are enjoying it. If you don’t know about spiralizers you might want to invest in one. […]
The Birds
Farm News Farming provides a great opportunity to observe nature. One part of nature that is fascinating to me is how birds have adapted to farming. Here are a couple examples. Whenever I use the tractor to cut the lawn, the pasture or other grassy areas two types of birds show up: Barn Swallows and […]