EvolvingThe Farm: A New Identity
Notice anything different? In a recent post I mentioned that we’ve found ourselves on a path that we wouldn’t have predicted we’d be on just a few short years ago. Although we’re not quite ready to quit our day jobs, the more we do here, the...
Mid-Winter Cleanup: The Strawberry Bed
I have a fondness for strawberries. I still remember, as a very small child, when I was given my first piece of garden to tend. It was all mine, to do anything I wanted with, and I didn’t have to share. In addition to the garden bed, I was gifted a dozen...
Pear Leaf Blister Mites
Many pests, and pathogens, are adept at overwintering among leaf litter, dormant buds, and bark. This means that for fruit trees the dormant season is often the best time to try to remedy pest problems noted in the orchard during the previous year. Last season, as the...
Farm Expansion: Where The Dream Meets Reality
Be forewarned, this is something of a personal rant, but with the expanding organic, and sustainable food movement, coupled with the continuing loss of small scale workable land in this area, I do have to wonder just how many others are as frustrated as we are at the...
Seeds 2013: Something Old, Something New
Although we’re only a few weeks into winter, seed starting has already begun here on the farm. Our long, mild, growing season doesn’t give us a lot of time off. Last year we were distracted through most of winter, and early spring, with bringing our first...
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