Category: Uncategorized

Farming, a Million Acts of Faith

Farming, a Million Acts of Faith

What a week it has been.  I am sure many of you have also been watching and waiting and hoping and fearing as election results continue to come in.  At times like this I am grateful to have meaningful work.  Nothing clears the mind like…

The Early Bird Gets the Seeds?

The Early Bird Gets the Seeds?

The Early Bird Gets the Seeds? I have finished putting together our seed order for 2021.  This is the earliest I have ever completed a seed order.  It is typically a task for the dark days of December.  Why so proactive this year?  Because I…

Much ado about Mulch

Much ado about Mulch

Coasting into fall It is time to start coasting into fall.  While we are still busy and there will always be plenty to do, the sense of urgency is waning.  That runaway freight train feeling that defines spring and summer is gone.  It is time…

If implements were kitchen tools

If implements were kitchen tools

We did it!  We shaped 40 beds, each 180 feet long, for Spring 2021.  In order for us to plant anything before mid-April, we have to make the beds in the fall.  In spring, the soil is too wet.  It is a huge weight off…

Sweet Potato Harvest Complete

Sweet Potato Harvest Complete

Fall Party Cancelled We are cancelling our Fall Open House Party for this year.  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are not comfortable inviting a large group of people out to the farm.  We are very sorry to have to cancel an event that we…

It is a bulbous stem

It is a bulbous stem

This week the shares include kohlrabi.  Kohlrabi is a cousin of cabbage.  Nope, that’s not a root!  It is a bulbous stem.  Peel well and enjoy raw, steamed, stir fried, or roasted.  It is a versatile, delicious and highly underrated vegetable (in my opinion, anyway).…

Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes

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…

Here a goat, there a goat

Here a goat, there a goat

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…