chicken

I ran an errand to the local Co-op store then helped finish setting up the layer coop yard. We harvested tomatoes, mizuna, and hot peppers. We cleaned and finished out the drying onions from one of the two storage locations.

20 min read   ·   October 29, 2025   ·   9 visuals

On a perfectly sunny and breezy fall day, we moved chicken coops then harvested kale, carrots and broccoli rabe. After lunch, we collected soil samples from some of the fields and packed the van for Essex distribution. In the evening during my online course call, I started dehydrating butternut squash chips, hot peppers, and leeks.

14 min read   ·   October 21, 2025   ·   6 visuals

We moved chicken coops, harvested kale and broccoli rabe along with some beautiful red bell peppers, then cleaned up garlic heads. We also brought in the last of the pumpkins.

25 min read   ·   September 29, 2025   ·   9 visuals

We moved chicken coops then harvested peppers, radishes, winter squashes and pumpkins. Gourds are a lot of heavy lifting work.

14 min read   ·   September 22, 2025   ·   3 visuals

We were a crew of just two today but moved the chicken coops, harvested tomatoes and squash, tilled in the high tunnel, and prepared beds for planting with the crew tomorrow.

14 min read   ·   September 08, 2025   ·   11 visuals

Today we moved the chicken coops, harvested tomatoes, and applied row cover. There was a power outage and some of our work had to be delayed, but with a small crew maybe the timing was best that way.

21 min read   ·   August 25, 2025   ·   10 visuals

Spent three hours moving chicken coops, harvested sunflowers, and planted lettuces. At home, another five pounds of tomatoes goes in to the dehydrator, making my whole house smell like a sandwich shop

15 min read   ·   August 18, 2025   ·   11 visuals