The rain has stopped (at least for now), the heat has arrived, and we are barreling full steam ahead.  There is so much to harvest.  On Monday we dug the red potatoes.  It was a huge relief to find them in good shape after sitting…

Green Beans! On Monday we cut all the green beans.  This was the tie-breaker spring for green beans.  A few years ago, following many years of not growing beans because harvesting them was too time consuming, we decided to try growing green beans for a…

I did it, you guys!  I shaped and wrapped ten beds.  When I told Meg how anxious I was about making beds she said, “But Randy makes it look so easy!”  That’s because he is a real pro.  But I am excited to have acquired,…

There is a lot of equipment that keeps a small farm running.  On our farm, one of those pieces of equipment is the lift that Randy uses to get on and off the tractor.  Randy does almost all the tractor work on the farm.  Now…

This is the final week of our spring share, thank you everyone for the privilege of being your farmers this season.   As always, some crops thrived this spring.  The beets have done exceptionally well, as has the kohlrabi.  (Full shares are getting it for the…

  Many of you have met Guin, Josephine’s mom. She’s always helpful around the farm and at the market. She’s headed back to Maine for the summer and we look forward to her return in August. A Limited Live and Let Live Policy We are…

It has been a damp week.  Which is mostly good because we are behind on rainfall this spring.  I know, it seems impossible after all that flooding.  But we did not get as much rain as Memphis did, and we have not had regular rain. …

What kind of grass is it, anyway? I’ve been saying for weeks that the spring garden is really grassy this year.  Usually our method of pre-sprouting in the fall and then tarping over the winter is effective at keeping the spring garden weed free.  We’ve…