Here We Come!
Wow, what a day! We spent all morning in the pouring rain harvesting for the first CSA pick up. We froze our fingers in the Collards, found a bird’s egg nested in the Easter Egg Radishes, and spotted a snapping turtle mosying along the barn. We were a little nervous at first that we weren’t […]
Goodbye Barbara!
Today was an emotional day here on the farm. We said farewell to Barbara Hittle, who retired today after more than 44 years of working with adults with developmental disabilities. For almost 30 of those years she has worked as a job coach with the ARC of Montgomery County and 14 of those she spent […]
CSA Muffin Luck this Saturday!
The start of the CSA season is right around the corner, and here on the farm we’re getting revved up for this Saturday’s season kick-off event, the Muffin Luck. Muffin Luck is a great chance for old CSA members to reconnect and for new CSA members to meet their farmers, get to know Red Wiggler, […]
Bluebird Babies!
This spring has been an amazing time for bird watching. We’ve had tons of sightings on the farm of a variety of different birds. The 10 or so bluebird boxes that we’ve had on the property turned out to not be enough for all the couples looking for nests, and so we just put up […]
Invading Invasives
You’ve probably heard about invasive, non-native species in the news. Sometimes they’re animals–like the Zebra Mussels that take over freshwater shellfish habitat from native species, and the introduced species of weasels that decimated the New Zealand bird population. Sometimes they’re plants, like Kudzu, which conquered the South, and Mile-a-Minute that can grow up to 6 […]
Water Water Everywhere
It’s raining! And we’re stuck inside, so it seemed like a good time to write a post about water, irrigation to be precise. Spring is the time for setting up irrigation for the rest of the season, and we’ve been doing our best to get all our hoses in a line so none of the […]
Here Come the Tomatoes
Today is another beautiful and HOT day! Yesterday it was well into the 90’s and today is pushing 90 as well. We got a lot done this morning though: we planted tomatoes, watered the pick your own flowers, and hooped and covered the tomatoes with fabric. Hopefully the fabric will serve to scare off any […]
It’s a-buzz around here
Today, as I zipped by the beehives on the golf cart I noticed that the bees were very active–in fact, the most activity I’ve seen yet this year. And like the bees, we here (the people) are very busy. The rain put a little hitch in our stride the past couple of days, but we […]
Tending To Tomorrow’s Tinctures (and Appetizers!)
Today we took a big step towards summer’s tomato and garlic salads–by weeding the garlic and planting tomatoes. Last season we had saved seeds from some of our heirloom tomato varieties, and today we planted eleven flats of tomatoes, using a good bit of those Red Wiggler seeds. The great thing about keeping seeds from […]
The Potatoes Have Left the Building
On Thursday we successfully planted our 250 pounds of potatoes! The wind died down and we were able to get them all into the ground. We ended up planting three rows under the landscape fabric and about five rows in regular hills.Come July we’re looking forward to harvesting several different varieties: German Butterballs, Red Norlands, […]