by Simple Gifts Farm | Aug 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Tuesday morning, a little after 7 in the morning, my little text notification sound went off. Was it one of my crew, telling me that the box truck was stuck in the mud again? No, it was the Cucurbit Downy Mildew alarm system, telling me that Downy Mildew had been...
by Simple Gifts Farm | Jul 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
New Potatoes are one of our fun crops of early summer. We usually start harvesting in late June or early July. In my early farming days, it was a stretch goal to get them in by the Fourth of July, but now we regularly harvest them a week or two ahead of that thanks...
by Simple Gifts Farm | Jun 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
When our kids got big enough that it was clear they weren’t going to be reading any more picture books, we took our sadly discarded picture books by the boxload to various book sales and other outlets until a few of the best ones remained. Those, some of which...
by Simple Gifts Farm | May 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
The seasons in New England are truly a roller coaster ride, especially for those of us who make our living with the seasons. The winter resembles the long slow chug up the first hill, building up kinetic energy for the long breath-taking hurtle down the track, which...
by Simple Gifts Farm | May 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
Pig Floyd, the charismatic boar beloved by many, passed away on May 1 after a very long life. Pig Floyd came to Simple Gifts Farm in 2007, as a piglet. Farmer Dave got him from a farmer named Floyd. Really! The name was inevitable. Pig Floyd helped to produce many...
by Simple Gifts Farm | Apr 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
This has been a very trying spring. Yes, it is a cold spring. and yes, everything is late! We are moving forward finally on getting some plants in the ground, while also dodging the raindrops and hopefully the last of the snow storms. We have planted almost a full...
by Simple Gifts Farm | Apr 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
We are officially into the spring planting season now! And we sure had a busy morning getting into it! We had two crews going this morning, one starting to transplant kale, lettuce, scallions, chard, fennel, beets, onions, and bok choy into the field. And the other...
by Simple Gifts Farm | Apr 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
…At least that’s what T.S. Elliott said. As for me, it’s a mixed bag. It has been a challenge to deal with the constantly changing weather. We have heard from other farmers, and by driving around and looking out the car window, that a few brave souls...
by Simple Gifts Farm | Mar 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
We have started with the first of our balancing act decisions of the season. As the season heads on, the decisions will be coming so fast and furious that we develop a certain flow with them, and many of them will be responding to dominoes that have already fallen,...
by Simple Gifts Farm | Mar 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Let’s take a minute to marvel at the power of seeds. It’s not often that I stop to think about it, but when I do, I’m amazed. Here is this little, tiny, brown, dead-looking thing. And it has the information contained within it to grow a whole...
