This is a view of about one third of the field garden: on the left are rows of garlic, and running from right to left are the beds of leeks, onions, lettuces, broccoli and cabbage. In the two sections in the background are potatoes and beds ready for the squash and cucumber plants. The funny looking ball hanging from a post is an attempt to keep crows out of the rows of corn.

Snow peas are growing on the left and wee beets are transplanted in two rows starting from the middle of the photo. Between the two is Joël’s first experiment with polyculture, which is kinda like planned chaos. Sure does beat the weeds though!

The small area named June’s garden is one of the rare spots on the farm that is sandy soil, so we can plant here much earlier than in the field garden. The first rows of snow peas are in flower, there are a couple of rows of spinach, then beets and cilantro. Carrots seeded here have germinated, but they’re too small to see.

Next up:

Cucumbers, melons and squash in the greenhouse, ready to be transplanted, and below, the last few trays of lettuce, kohlrabi, cabbages, flowers and herbs waiting for their turn.