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I’ve known since the spring that I would save whatever seed I could, to encourage self-sufficiency in whatever areas I could. Last week I brushed up on my seed-saving skills with this video, and then got to work processing the bundles that had been drying in the greenhouse. Below, some photos of the process. Click [...]
This past Wednesday marked the season’s first CSA deliveries. The contents: one head lettuce, one gallon-sized Ziploc salad mix, one quart-sized Ziploc mustard greens, one sandwich-sized Ziploc arugula, one bunch flat-leaf parsley and one bag “garnish,” made up of a few sprigs of amaranth and six sugar snap peas (I know, ridiculous. But it was [...]
Weekend plans and Monday morning rain kept me off the farm for a few days. While I don’t like being away for too long (not being there means not knowing what’s going wrong, or right), returning to work this morning after a three-day wait was INCREDIBLE. These plants are making it their business to grow, [...]
This weekend, I finished transplanting the rest of the mesclun mix. This morning, I arrived at the farm to find a lot of dead lettuce. I’m not sure what the cause was. Too cold, too windy, too dry? I started to fret about the June boxes, but soon realized that there are still a lot [...]