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Google Earth rules
While I was working on my other job, I was looking up a client’s property on Google Earth, and noticed that it showed some VERY recent changes he’d made with a bulldozer. Excited, I zoomed over to the farm to … Continue reading
Recipes?
One of this things I had imagined to do with this blog when I originally started it was to post recipes. Yeah, yeah, I know- there are a million recipes on the internet, and I’m not even that much into … Continue reading
What’s next?
Now that the winter has come and the rains have finally set in, it’s time to do two things: A: Chill out and take a wee break B: Perform statistical analysis of past income and production performance. The chill out … Continue reading
Emily’s last stand
The end of the farming season has arrived. Or, more precisely, the end of the farmers’ market season. Here’s a picture of Emily at our stand in Tillamook. At both the Manzanita and Tillamook farmers’ markets, we had somewhat slow … Continue reading
Honey again
The big surprise of the week is the bees. A few weeks ago, they were looking a little sparse and lackluster, but now we’re buried in honey. It’s all due to the japanese knotweed, an invasive plant that has all … Continue reading
One Mile Up
Since we returned to the US two years ago, we’ve been pretty distracted. First by the rather prolonged (and not yet fully completed) process of readjusting to first-world existence, then by the obsession of starting this farm. In all the … Continue reading
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Garlic is in
The farm work continues unabated! It seems like the entire summer is a blur of work, punctuated by occasional blips of socializing as we sit behind the stand at the Farmers’ Market. The work has its relaxing moments, though: … Continue reading
15 minutes of fame
We appeared this week on the front page of the B section of The Headlight Herald, the county newspaper. Our county has a pretty progressive Food section, huh? (click the image to enlarge)
Planting is never done
Planting is never done. Until we started this project, I always figured that gardeners planted seeds in the spring, and harvested stuff in the fall. That overly simplistic view, like most overly simplistic views, turned out to be misguided. Once … Continue reading
First appearance at the TFM
Last week was our first appearance at the Tillamook Farmers’ Market. We’ve been involved with it since last year, and even sold some vegetables there through the Food Roots FarmTable, but this was our first time there with our own … Continue reading