Farming Notes

It was just two of us today, so after greenhouse watering and chores we focused on setting up trellis twine for the tomatoes in the new greenhouse

11 min read   ·   May 28, 2025   ·   9 visuals

Two of us washed 43 dozen eggs in about 2 hours, then we planted dahlias and (finally) some tomatoes in the new greenhouse

17 min read   ·   May 27, 2025   ·   4 visuals

Today we prepared for 50mph gusts, I processed 40 dozen eggs, and we cleaned up the barn in prep for power washing next week.

15 min read   ·   May 22, 2025   ·   2 visuals

We planted tomatoes, lettuce, and fennel. We trellised tomatoes using the Florida weave method, and had a coyote encounter.

8 min read   ·   May 21, 2025   ·   5 visuals

We planted peppers, spread the last of the landscaping fabric, staked tomatoes, and celebrated our farmer's birthday

9 min read   ·   May 20, 2025   ·   5 visuals

We cultivated then planted zuchini and summer squash; then we processed eggs.

7 min read   ·   May 19, 2025   ·   11 visuals

I washed eggs while the other four team members covered the pepper field, then we planted.

9 min read   ·   May 15, 2025   ·   4 visuals

Today was mostly planting celery and eggplant, some greenhouse work, and a lesson in hand tool hazards.

12 min read   ·   May 14, 2025   ·   4 visuals

We seeded lettuce, spread black landscaping fabric, hoed in the high tunnel, and planted the last of the onions.

6 min read   ·   May 13, 2025   ·   8 visuals

We washed 83 dozen eggs, hoed in the dry fields, then planted more onions.

8 min read   ·   May 12, 2025   ·   8 visuals

We prepared boxes for bees and spread black fabric on a few fields

13 min read   ·   May 08, 2025   ·   6 visuals

We finished building the pig pen and then planted onions

9 min read   ·   May 07, 2025   ·   11 visuals

Processed 83 dozen eggs, preppared a pig pen, and planted in the rain

6 min read   ·   May 06, 2025   ·   3 visuals

Planting end rows of onions and lettuces, harvesting green garlic and lilacs

10 min read   ·   May 05, 2025   ·   6 visuals

Cleaned and packed 70 dozen eggs, planted some onions, and thought about a robot for watering greenhouses

13 min read   ·   May 01, 2025   ·   6 visuals

Planted 1200 onions in biodegradable mulch film and spread row cover over 6 field rows.

9 min read   ·   April 30, 2025   ·   4 visuals

Planted 3000 onions in biodegradable mulch film and spread row cover over 4 field rows.

8 min read   ·   April 29, 2025   ·   7 visuals

A trip to the preschool to educate kids on vermicomposting

2 min read   ·   April 25, 2025   ·   4 visuals

More progress on the new tomato greenhouse and many odds and ends tasks while waiting for a shipment.

9 min read   ·   April 24, 2025   ·   11 visuals