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2012 Ecofarming Conference
You may remember that back in December, Emily got a scholarship to go to a fancy farm conference in New York. While she was there, she heard of another big one on the left coast, and called me to hurry-up-quick … Continue reading
Retrospective and things to come…
December is finally upon us, a time when all good farmers look back upon the year they’ve had, weigh their successes and failures, and then start planning for the year to come. In our first year of farming, we: Planted … Continue reading
Garter snake
This week has been “get caught up on the orchard” week. Most of the time, the orchard is on autopilot. This is good, since the veggies take up so much attention. But eventually I need to attend to my trees, … Continue reading
I get by with a little help from my friends
After being away for a week on business, the pile of work at the farm was higher than usual. Luckily, our friends Adam and Christina came by to help out! They spent the weekend here, and between games of Settlers … Continue reading
When elk attack!
That sounds pretty dramatic, but I guess it isn’t all that bad. Remember how I put up a special deer fence around the orchard? Well, I went out to check on the bees yesterday, and found a giant hole torn … Continue reading
The first days of the season
Well, we’re finally in the thick of it. Sorry for the lack of a recent post; we’ve been pretty busy with the start-of-season tasks. Who’d have thought farming could be this busy? (hah) Let’s roll through the latest, one thing … Continue reading
Seedlings abound
We’re slowly easing into full-on work here. As I mentioned a few weeks back, we began seeding the long lead time items first: about 25 flats of peppers, tomatoes, beets, and onions. This presented a bit of a quandary, though, … Continue reading
Planting trees
We’re getting down to the wire, but it now looks like we’ll get the orchard into the ground before the ideal tree planting season is past. We’d originally planned on planting 28 trees of several different types, but a few … Continue reading
Trees to plant
It’s tree planting month! A few friends have approached me in the last few weeks about sponsoring a tree or two in the orchard, and this got me thinking that there might be others out there who would be interested … Continue reading
Mechanical Muscle
The really environmental purists frown on using diesel to get work done on a sustainable farm, but sometimes, it’s just too practical. The site where we’re going to plant the orchard is in pretty rough shape; it was logged several … Continue reading