This weekend we have been very happy to finally have our backup power operational. After initial estimates of a few hours to restore power, over a day after the storm we are still not back to full power. Besides the storm the week was already so busy that it is hard to remember what […]
Spring arrived in a rush this week. After last weekend’s frost, the asparagus surprised us by bouncing back quickly, and we were harvesting by Wednesday night. Rhubarb is also nearly ready and the spring turnips in the greenhouse. In the field our early seeded greens are up and growing, but still tiny. We are mostly […]
Planting season is underway and it is starting to feel more and more like spring is here to stay. But as seems to be the case the last few years, just when the asparagus is starting to come up, and is looking promising to be ready within the week, we get frost again and it […]
As seems to be the weather lately, we have a really nice warm spell and then another cold snap. A week ago we were sharing about having planted out our first cabbages, but in the week between it has been more of the cold side of that swing holding us off from doing as much […]
It is really amazing sometimes how overnight you can go from waiting for field conditions to be ready, to hopelessly behind on work. The seesawing temperatures this spring haven’t made that any better for sure, delaying us planting out our cabbage a couple weeks from when they were ready, but there is always a certain […]
April 18, This week has flown by with such a hive of activity at the farm. The variable weather has kept us from the main planting rush, but there are so many preparations. Equipment to get onsite and ready, greenhouse work to have seedlings ready and hardening off for planting this week. And we planted […]
Garlic harvest has begun! On Friday we pulled just over a bed of Garlic and got it all tied and hung to cure for storage. The crop looks about as good as we were hoping it would, which is fantastic, but it should make it interesting figuring out where to hang the rest of it. […]
Farming is always a gamble, but right now that is more front of mind than some days. We’ve had weeks of good rain, and while it has been a challenge for managing weeds, the crop growth has on balance been worth it. But it hasn’t left a lot of good windows for making hay. So […]
It’s been another rainy week with the forecast looking like not much change on the horizon. There have been sunny breaks to get outside work done, but it has also shifted our focus inside more than it might be on a drier week. There was plenty that needed to be done between the greenhouses, cleaning […]
This week we have been blessed with good rains and moderate temperatures. The weeds are loving the conditions, but fortunately with the end of strawberry season, we will hopefully have more time to get them under control. We also finally got most of the squash planted, which, while late, is no worse than last year […]