Last Thursday evening, I dug a 100′ ditch next to the green house.. It is part of our 2010 clean-up project. We are going to install landscape fabric on the east side of the green house and put up a washing and packing shed for vegetables. But first, we have to install a underground irrigation [...]
Popping Garlic
That is what it is called when you bust up garlic bulbs into individual garlic cloves and that is what we did most of the day Tuesday with the help of CJ.
It is not that hard of work. We get to sit around. sit being the keyword, listening to the radio, and busting up [...]
First thing that happened, the post office called and said our 65 baby turkeys had arrived. We we not expecting them until Friday since they were coming from TX. but glad to get them early.
We ordered 65 and they sent 67. That is normal to account for any death loss in transit, but they all [...]
Wednesday, we were setting the last Better Boy tomatoes and some hot pepper plants out. Joe and Jenny were mulching them with wheat straw. I was at the end of the garden patch we were working on and turned around and a huge black snake was cruising by heading towards the barn.
Joe and Jenny got to [...]
Farm Work
Tuesday, I spent all day potting up young transplants of eggplants and peppers into 4.5″ X 4. pots. Why do I mention this? We used to transplant the plants directly from the flats into the garden. They did ok. We have found though that if we take the time and spend the money on [...]
What is Collard Raab?
I had not heard of collard raab either until last Saturday when Maria Fisher walked up with a handful of collard seed stalks and asked me what she should charge for them. I just gave her a blank look. Sensing that she was dealing with someone that was not culinarily hip and [...]
Apparently, I now own one. All I have to do is go get.
I met a woman back in December at a workshop and we exchanged information. She owns a farm in Cabarrus county about 7 miles from us. Although she lives in Charlotte, it was the farm she grew up on and it has been [...]
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