We started digging sweet potatoes.  Hooray!  Although it arrived over a week ago, the soil has been too wet to try out our new digger.  And while it’s still pretty damp out there, we were able to give it a go early this week.  Monday…

It may still feel like summer, but I know it doesn’t last forever.  We have a boat load of work to do before the soil gets wet and stays wet.  Once the wet weather of fall sets in, the ground wont be dry again until…

Welcome to the first week of the fall CSA!  While the contents of the shares are still summery at the moment, lots of fall vegetables are on the way.  We had hoped to have arugula and mixed mustard greens in the shares for Wednesday, but…

Overwhelmed by okra? Okra is one of those very seasonal vegetables.  Unless it is frozen, it has to be eaten very fresh to be any good at all.  It needs hot weather to flourish and thrives in high humidity that keeps the night time temperatures…

Here a goat, there a goat The other day when I got home from the farmers market the goats were out.  The does, who had been all the way out in the back grazing on a hillside covered with kudzu, had gotten out and wandered…

Cantaloupe Coup The garden is cranking out the goods.  There is a lot to harvest this week, and I am grateful for that.  I am grateful, even if I am a little tired of picking tomatoes. We are in the middle of one of the…

Good-bye Grammy G! Early Tuesday morning my mom hit the road, heading back home to Maine.  She was here for about six weeks and it was a wonderful visit.  Mom spent hours and hours each day playing with Cooper, who adores her.  Because she could…

This year is nothing like last year.  I think we can all agree on that.  So why do I keep comparing this summer to last summer?  As a grower, comparing between years is a major way that I measure my success.  But, right now, I…