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Tiny fall cauliflower tastes good - 3 days ago
Harvested a few tiny (tennis ball to softball-sized, like, orange to grapefruit…little ones!) cauliflower from the last-planted section of brassicas that also has kale and broccoli. It’s still producing in home-consumption quantities, but... Topics: Autumn, brassicas, cauliflower, fall crops, Fieldwork, Harvest, risk, Veggies
Spinach finale - 8 days ago
[This post is for Nov-16-2009] So this is it for the season’s spinach, a last 18lbs (8kg) of Spargo, unfazed by many subzero nights and all sorts of up-and-down weather antics. Spinach is one of the great ones for cold-climate tiny farming,... Topics: Autumn, deer, Fieldwork, Harvest, spinach, Veggies
Spring-planted garlic… - 11 days ago
[Back post from Jul-7-2009] This first spring-planted garlic experiment is coming along just about as I imagined it would, from what I’d heard: slower and smaller. It’s 3-4 weeks behind where fall garlic usually is at this point, scapes are... Topics: Farm lab (research!), garlic, Summer, Veggies
Eat good food - 14 days ago
[Back post from Sep-26-2009] We’ve been faithfully bringing the matching pair of chalkboards to the farmers’ market since we bought them at an office supply box store in mid-summer, but it’s what to put on ‘em that’s the... Topics: Autumn, Local food, marketing, Off-the-farm, Veggies
Yes, carrots! - 17 days ago
[Back post from Oct-5-2009] Just-rinsed carrots in the soft light of an overcast day: beautiful every time! Some veggies look particularly good without trying… These are freshly pulled Nelson, at a pretty fair size but not yet fully mature, from... Topics: Autumn, carrots, CSA share, Fieldwork, Harvest, rinsing, screen table, Tools, Veggies












