Here we are already, closing in on the end of April. I haven’t written here in a while, partially because we have been more than busy on the farm working to stay on schedule, and partially because my writing urges have been directed at Twitter. Now that my blog has this spiffy new home, I’ll [...]
Entries Tagged as 'rain'
A month of unforgiving deadlines and green releaf.
April 26th, 2009 Comments Off
Tags: apples · blueberries · compost spreader · cover crop · coyotes · crows · CSA · Farm Tots · farmstand · fieldwork · geese · heron · lettuce · peas · planning · plastic mulch · pumpkins · rain · raspberries · rowcover · seeds · soil · spading machine · Spring · squash · summer squash · thornless blackberries · tomatoes · tractor · Twitter · Weather · wildlife · winter squash
Searching for a silver lining during Rain Calamity Week.
April 2nd, 2009 Comments Off
There’s an old saying: “Inside every cloud there is a silver lining.” I am in the habit of searching out the silver lining, something to keep me focused on the positive, since there are so many ways things can go wrong on the farm.
This week it looked as if the clouds had dumped all their [...]
Tags: collards · compost · crows · flood · hoophouse · kohlrabi · leeks · lettuce · mustard · peas · rain · spinach · Weather
Today Spring Fever officially arrived at the farm.
February 28th, 2009 Comments Off
I’m sitting at my desk on a Saturday afternoon, trying to work on the greenhouse starts planting schedule, and making no progress at all. It feels just like Spring Fever back in high school days, but it is still February.
Tags: fieldwork · greenhouse · hoophouse · rain · soil · Spring