bangin!
we have been working really hard… a lot is happening. will work to fill in pix and posts, but the truth is we may have forgotten half of what we have done. a few highlights.: 3 people planted their first seeds expert seed blocking continues to keep us on schedule path cutting to the train […]
Creative Farming
It may be the artist in me, or it may be a penchant for tinkering I learned from my parents. I love to create a solution to a situation using only things I already have. Sometimes it doesn’t work. Sometimes a purchased tool is much better than anything I could cobble together. Right tool for […]
Spring moving forward as planned
I am slowly starting to notice subtle changes as spring moves along that I never would have thought about before. On the 18th when we planted our first orchard trees two existing mystery-fruit trees were barely staring to blossom. Today all three of them were totally covered in flowers (and at least one of our […]
More Fruit Potential!
In addition to the trees we brought to the farm from the local nursery last weekend, Amber had ordered several fruit-bearing plants from Miller Nursery in Canandaigua, New York. They arrived yesterday by UPS delivery. This package contained four pawpaw trees, an extra dwarf bing cherry, an “all in one” almond, and three concord grape […]
What we're planting for the CSA
I’ve gotten a couple of questions about what all we’re planting this year. Here is a list of the veggies we’ll be planting throughout the season. We’ll probably end up including a couple more, and there is no guarantee a specific crop is going to do well, but the list gives a good idea of […]
things that are going well
mostly i’ve been talking about sprouts recently, and mostly about the mistakes we’ve been making. here are some photos of things that are blowing us away with their easy success. speaking of which, would anyone like to buy some scallions? we have a lot of them.
CSA ENROLLMENT HAS STARTED
the below letter went out to a few friends and interested parties yesterday. next monday we will open up to more people. “The Farm” CSA 2010 We have started a new farm 80 miles by train from New York City! We have not yet decided on a name, but are sure that during this growing […]
we have a truck
our friend alan made the 8 day journey across reno with his crazy co-pilot steven. the discomo is now happily parked in the barn as with her roof rack she does not fit in the garage – to say nothing of still being soaked in playa dust. hopefully the weather cooperates and we can take […]
