Sunday October 25 was the long-awaited work bee to replace the shelter in the bush. The shelter was built many years back — while the exact year of its construction is hard to pin down, our memories of the event itself are now family legends. A picture of rusticity, the shelter had plywood walls and [...]
Archive > October 2009
Wasn’t that a party!
Twelve CSA member families turned up on this cold cold October Saturday to help us celebrate the end of the gardening season. Some strolled around the farm, others went scavenging vegetables from the garden to make up the harvest pot, and some chatted with each other and with the film crew covering the event for [...]
Harvest notes for October 15
One of the best tools for managing a garden is wandering in it. Observation is often cited as the foremost management tool in agriculture (other sectors too? Maybe.) We’ve done conferences, workshops, seminars, courses, lectures, and round-table discussions. Bar none, best way to work out challenging growing conditions or whatnot is to stroll around in [...]
Final Monday Harvest
Greetings on this frosty morning! Mateo is still in awe that last night’s water bucket is now a popsicle. The kids and I were also thrilled to see a group of 11 wild turkeys in the back of the field — now if we can coax the three loner young ones that were hanging out [...]
Harvest notes for October 8
It was a nice day for harvest – predictably chilly in the morning, but nice patches of a beautiful Fall sun to keep the cheer. I’m sure you all notice, but the cool season is obvious when looking at the baskets: roots, sprouts, and a few cool-hardy leaves for good measure. Root-wise, we’re getting close [...]
Fall in the Garden
Above is a snapshot of part of the field garden with rows of squash plants in the foreground, a few remaining flowers and beautiful swiss chard in the middle, and the hayfield at back that was cut in late August. The turkeys must be in there somewhere! On the weekend I harvested most of the [...]
October 5 Harvest Notes
Ah! That’s better! Although there were sprinkles of rain off and on, at least it was sunny at times and not nearly as cold as last week. We were kept company while preparing the baskets by five of the chickens who had escaped their pen. Funny birds! They will come right up to us while [...]
Chilly Thursday Harvest
I don’t want to be complaining all the time, but jeez, it was cold out there! The icy wind nipped at us all day, and the time we spent washing vegetables, with our hands in freezing cold water, was downright painful. It slowed the basket preparations because we had to take breaks just to thaw [...]
