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Archive for March, 2009

What’s at Market? Week of March 29th

Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in What's @ Market ? | 2 Comments »

The list is somewhat similar to last week but different. That was my joke for the day. Anyway....... This week at market: Salad Mix Braising Mix Mustard Greens Loose Kale Carrots! Yes the really sweet ones. Parsnips! They're sweet too. Beets Leeks Potatoes Red and Yellow Onions We've been pretty busy this past ...

Spring Fields Planted Out

Sunday, March 29th, 2009 Posted in Farm | No Comments »

We've started our spring succession plantings. Things are starting to take off nicely. We have water in our pond again. The plants are always happy for that.

worth the read if you’re worried about HR 875

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 Posted in General Randomness | No Comments »

http://civileats.com/2009/03/24/stop-the-hysteria-a-closer-look-at-hr-875/

What’s at Market? Week of March 22nd

Monday, March 23rd, 2009 Posted in What's @ Market ? | No Comments »

Howdy, A bit late here but better than never. I wasn't sure what all was going to come out of the ground and look nice since much of it has overwintered. But here's what's at market tomorrow: Salad Mix Kale Potatoes Onions (Red and Yellow) Carrots (overwintered, oh ...

Beating the Rain

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 Posted in Farm | 1 Comment »

I'm really proud of our crew this past week. On Friday we pushed and got 90 flats of veggies in the ground. We were going to wait until Monday to do the second half of flats but decided if we ...

At Market on Tuesday March 24

Saturday, March 21st, 2009 Posted in General Randomness | 2 Comments »

We will be at the Farmers Market in Ashland this coming Tuesday. I'll post what we'll have there on Sunday night. Looking forward to seeing you all!

Garden at the White House

Saturday, March 21st, 2009 Posted in Soap Box | No Comments »

I just posted this over on Facebook but I figured it should get posted here too. I can't believe, well actually I can, that people are saying that a garden at the White House is snobby. Gardens are the #1 way ...

It must be getting close to spring.

Monday, March 16th, 2009 Posted in General Randomness | 1 Comment »

It must be close to spring. The bulbs behind our house are doing their thing. And the veggies in the hoophouses are definitely taking off. There's a good chance we'll be starting market in Ashland on Tuesday the 24th of March. Lot's ...

Great reads!

Monday, March 16th, 2009 Posted in General Randomness | No Comments »

I've been enjoying Don Tipping's writings over at his blog. I feel we'll be working with Don here in the near future building a seed farm/market farm relationship. This is the next phase in organics. Individual autonomy as a farm ...

Sub-Soilin’

Saturday, March 7th, 2009 Posted in Farm | 2 Comments »

I had the chance today to sub-soil the entire upper field. I'll hopefully be prepping that area tomorrow into beds that will be planted in the coming weeks. We suboil our soil to break any soil pan from past tillage ...