Category Archives: Farm

Let the tilling begin

Posted on February 14, 2008 by chris

I made the first pass over the first acre we’ll be growing on this year with the tiller yesterday. The soil on the new property is beautiful! A really nice sandy loam. Every farmers dream. I plan to go back … Continue reading →

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Applegate Bridge Update and Fieldwork

Posted on February 11, 2008 by chris

For the time being they have one lane of traffic open. Which is nice, considering I know quite a few folks that had to make the 40 minute detour today. On more of a farm related subject- I got into … Continue reading →

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Snow

Posted on February 1, 2008 by chris

We’ve had a fair amount of snow over the past week. Of course it always melts off the next day, which is nice. Talking with some other farmer friends in the valley I found out that we weren’t the only … Continue reading →

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Iced Kale

Posted on January 29, 2008 by chris

Well we all run out of produce from time to time. Which we did. So I conveniently have a field full of overwintering produce. Overwintering….that means sitting there until the spring when it grows again? Well not necessarily. We have … Continue reading →

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Soilblocks aplenty

Posted on January 25, 2008 by chris

It’s that time of the winter when I have to force myself (with the aid of Melanie) to get out there and start making soil blocks again. Considering that we can’t plant the seed without them, I generally leave myself … Continue reading →

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Chasing the weather

Posted on January 21, 2008 by chris

It’s gonna be a close one. I’ve been watching the weather over the last week hoping that it would dry out enough, that I can get into the first section of the new field to get some disking done. It’s … Continue reading →

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Seed ordering time!

Posted on January 11, 2008 by chris

We’ve ordered most of our seed for the 2008 season. It’s always exciting to get the seed order in. Makes you feel like the season is inevitable. We try a couple of new seed sources every year. Some of them … Continue reading →

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First Seeds of 2008

Posted on January 5, 2008 by chris

Today I tromped out into the rain/snow and made up the first mix of soilmix for 2008. A double batch to plant 30 flats (120 plants per flat) of salad mix that will go into our 30 by 100 foot … Continue reading →

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