Author: Josephine Alexander

Greenhouse Rebuild and Cowpeas

Greenhouse Rebuild and Cowpeas

Last Wednesday night the greenhouse blew down, and as of Monday afternoon the plants were moved back in! We owe many thanks Larry Smith and Bruce, Mary and Sophia from Lazy Dog Farm for coming out on Sunday and helping us rebuild. On Monday Randy…

Greenhouse Blowout!!!

Greenhouse Blowout!!!

Let’s just cut to the chase, shall we?  The greenhouse blew down.  Wednesday night we had a wicked storm.  The front blew through and we thought we were in the clear.  Then, around 9:30 or 10pm, a severe thunderstorm popped up and walloped us.  The…

Fall 2012

Fall 2012

An exciting time, fall 2012

Getting Ready for Fall

Getting Ready for Fall

Randy was in Nashville most of the week so I was left to my own devices on the farm.  What did I do?  Binge-watched the entire first season of Downton Abbey on Netflix, that’s what.  And I did some farming, too:  transplanted out kale, collards,…

Summer Visitors

Summer Visitors

  Time to spruce up the brooder; baby chicks are on the way!  This week we ordered 60 Cornish Cross chickens to raise for meat.  Thirty of them should be arriving next week and the others a month later.  With the risk of literally counting…

Summer Time Dreaming…

Summer Time Dreaming…

  Over our morning coffee, Randy told me about a dream he had last night.  He was hoeing his way through the field and the weeds were growing up behind him just as fast as he was hoeing, reaching well over his head.  I was…

Fall Planting under way

Fall Planting under way

Okra and eggplant again?  We understand if you are getting a little tired of summer and its vegetables.  I am pretty tired of summer, too.  When the weather is hot it’s hard to imagine that fall will ever come, but we are still getting ready…

Little Moments

Little Moments

One of the most beautiful moments I had on the farm this week was disking in the buckwheat cover crop.  Sitting on the tractor, the buckwheat reached my shins and was swaying with clusters of little white flowers.  The disk harrowed laid the buckwheat down…