One More Small Step in the Effort to turn the Climate Change Ship
I had the great pleasure to go in and talk about farming with the Wildwood 6th grade class yesterday. They are reading the book The Omnivore's Dilemna, which talks about 4 different food production systems, and talks about the ways they impact our lives and the...
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One small step in the effort to turn the climate change ship
My old cross country skis wore out last winter, so I got a new pair for myself in December. One of my great winter joys is skiing to work at the other end of the farm, but this winter, I didn't get a chance to put them on until last weekend after our first...
read moreCracking Jokes and Cracking Garlic
Rainy Day activities get a little hard to find in November, and we have a big crew on Fridays. But there's still some garlic left to crack! The garlic seed that we plant is just cloves of garlic planted in late Fall. Each clove grows into a head; before you go out...
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A good day for sailing
The forecast for Wednesday was for a SW wind, around 15 miles per hour, with gusts up to 38 miles per hour. On our list for Wednesday: covering our late fall salad greens with row cover, and raising the Harvest Festival tent. In other words, two jobs involving...
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Total Crew Turnover!
This season has been challenging in many ways, not least of which was the 15 inches of rain we received in the late July and August. You all were probably aware of all the rain, but you probably didn’t know about how much trouble we have had this season with an evaporating farm crew.
read moreOf mildews and men
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...
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