For the past couple of years we have been interested in bees and this winter building a hive is on our to do list (it’s been there in past years and hasn’t been completed, so now that I’m putting it on the blog, maybe that will hold us accountable to actually building it this year). […]
About 6 weeks ago we planted garlic. Since then, it has grown quite a bit. Only one hard frost and unseasonably mild temps have me concerned. Is this okay? Will it survive when it finally snows and freezes? Should we mulch it? It’s covered with black landscape fabric. Read more about the original planting. […]
What’s up at the farm? Well, we have been in planning mode with one night a week devoted to planning what to plant, when to plant, how much to plant and where to sell. It’s pretty exciting and the initial planning session outlined our primary goal of being able to grow to sell next season. […]
The garlic is poking its beautiful head through and smack in the middle of the holes in the black landscape fabric…..yeah! Click here to read how we planted a couple of weeks ago.
We recently had the opportunity to try out our plow at Urban Growth Farms, our friends’ farm in Ohio City. They have got the SPIN farming method down. Take a look at their sweet beds! When we were there, they were getting their garlic in the ground.
Since we purchased the Grillo Tractor with the Berta Rotary Plow attachment (now affectionately known as Bertha), we’ve been contemplating how we can use this to help other small farmers, while at the same time generating income for our farm venture to keep it sustainable. One idea is to turn the plow into a service […]
It’s fall and that means time to plant garlic! This year we’ve increased our garlic production significantly and have high hopes for tasty garlic next summer. We ordered about 7 pounds of organic garlic, including the following: From Peaceful Valley 1 lb. California Early White Garlic 1 lb. Music Garlic 1 lb. Georgian Fire Garlic […]
The strawbale compost is full…..well, at least pretty full. We covered it with straw in hopes to keep it insulated. The plan is to allow the pile to fully compost and use it next spring to amend the soil. Now we’ve started filling another straw bale structure, which we’ll fill over the winter.
So, what’s alfalfa look like? Well, here’s a close-up of the plot where we’ve planted this cover crop and it’s growing quite well in most areas.
Have you ever planted something and then just kind of left it, thinking maybe that will grow, maybe not…..Well, that’s what happened when we planted sweet potatoes. The vines went crazy. Still, we weren’t sure what to expect since we hadn’t grown sweet potatoes before. Pulling up the vine led us to a few exposed […]