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Riding mowers and farm subsidies

Riding mowers and farm subsidies

We have a new addition to our farm!  Randy had been thoroughly scouring Craig’s List on an almost daily basis looking for lawn mowers, both push and riding.  Making phone calls, doing research, weighing the pros and cons.  We did end up buying a used…

Our Third Work Day!

Our Third Work Day!

Sunday we woke up at three so we could be out at the farm by day break.  It was a cool foggy morning which was great for doing work.  There is a fence dividing the front property that we want to clear out so we…

Work day #3: bush-hogging!

Work day #3: bush-hogging!

Yesterday was work day #3 at the farm.  Randy and I are in the routine now of waking up at 3 am and getting on the road by 4 am.  I tried herbal tea instead of coffee, which doesn’t really agree with me, only to…

Garlic Harvest!

Garlic Harvest!

This morning, Randy pulled up all the Early Italian Purple and Inchelium Red garlic at the Angelus Street Garden.  These two soft-neck varieties have been very productive and problem free for us.  Inchelium Red is listed in the Slow Food USA Ark of Taste, a…

Second visit to the farm

Second visit to the farm

Yesterday Randy and I went to visit the farm for the second time since we closed on the property.  With our busy schedules including the GrowMemphis booth at the Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market on Saturdays, Sunday is really the only day we can get up…