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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 [...]
I’ve been paranoid about pests (deer! Groundhogs! Potato beetles!) ever since I started this project. Last week, I encountered my first one: the flea beetle, which has been RAVAGING the winter greens. A friend suggested I spray with a botanical insecticide. I picked up a bottle of pyrethrin last week and tested it out on [...]
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, [...]