The New Frost-Free Farm
Last night we had another first here at Fresh Earth Farms. But before I get to that I need to mention a few things. The Garlic Planting Gala will be held Saturday, October 6th from 2:00 PM until it is complete. Following the planting we will have a bonfire and dinner. There are plenty of […]
Farm Poetry
As the season progresses I find I start running out of things to write about. So, as I always do in this situation, I resort to poetry. Everyone likes poetry, with the rhyming and the … rhyming. What’s not to like about poetry? But I am a lazy poet. Maybe lazy isn’t the word. I […]
The Challenge of Farming
Farming isn’t pretty and antiseptic as most have come to believe. It isn’t as simple as we make it seem. We farmers occasionally run into unforeseen difficulties – more often than you’d expect. Of course there are plenty of foreseen difficulties, like storms and insects and weeds and diseases and viruses and frosts and droughts […]
Farm Machinery
We are open for business on Labor Day. Veggies don’t take holidays off. They just keep right on growing. So please plan to pick up your produce at your usual place and time. Though it appears that I am singularly responsible for all the good produce that comes out of the farm, I am but the handle […]
Heirloom Tomatoes
This week’s newsletter is going to focus on tomatoes. But first a few announcements. This week we will have carrots, peppers, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, onions, garlic, beans, tomatillos, cabbage, and quite possibly watermelon. Peppers, tomatoes and beans will be in abundance! FruitShare arrives this week with a mixed box of peaches, pluots and grapes. Should […]
Matter and Anti-matter
Since I’ve already spent well over two hours today struggling with technology this week’s newsletter will be a repeat from July 27, 2009. I must say if tractors were as reliable as computers and cell phones, food would be prohibitively expensive and we’d all be starving to death. Luckily tractors don’t have error messages that […]
Newsletter 8-7-2012
I mentioned last week that I was uninspired and didn’t have much to talk about. I blamed it on having too much to think about and not enough time to let my mind wander. I seem to have the same problem this week. So what did I do? I looked for inspiration from a past […]
Newsletter 7-31-2012
I don’t feel inspired today. I think there was too much thinking needed this week and not enough time to mind-wander. Makes for an uninspiring newsletter. Anyway, here is some random stuff from the farm. Garlic harvest. We harvested all the garlic last week. It is now hanging in the patent pending garlic curing chamber. […]
Ask Mr. Answer Person
Welcome to another installment of “Ask Mr. Answer Person”, an occasional column where questions from readers are answered by Mr. Answer Person. This week he will focus on farm and food related questions. Dear Mr. Answer Person: How do I best store the delicious basil I get from my farm. If I put it in […]