Farm Journal – weeks of
September 3 2017 – September 16 2017
Most of the tomato plants have been removed from our main patch.
The peas are so spindly that David had to prop them up with hay.
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5 Sep
Out With the Old
Farm Journal – weeks of
August 6 2017 – Sept 4 2017
For the past month we have been taking out the old and putting in the new.
It is time to move the strawberry bed. David dug up the healthiest looking plants and potted them. The hope is that they will send out runners which we will replant in the new bed. After the desired plants were removed David tilled the old bed. The new bed will be on both sides of the trellis behind David.
I harvest the baby popcorn, from the right side of the trellis, and peeled back the husk and let them dry. David cut down those plants.
Our main tomato patch is looking poorly and is coming out this week.
However, our second smaller patch is still going strong.
David removed some tomato plants last week and planted pea seedlings.
“O.K. so much for the photo op. send the intern down to finish this.” David is delusional no interns here.
When David harvested the potatoes from this bed he sowed it with buckwheat and Daikon radishes. The Daikons are not for harvesting. Their roots will grow and die in place and hopefully loosen the hard soil.
6 Aug
Seeds to Transplant
Farm Journal – week of
July 30 2017 – August 5 2017
This week David planted beet, kale, spinach and mustard seeds in open ground and I transplanted seedlings that will be planted in the tunnels, in about a month.
We also celebrated our eldest son’s birthday.
Happy Birthday Matthew
30 Jul
Alpha and Omega
Farm Journal – week of
July 23 2017 – July 29 2017
This week David began to harvest the black-eyed peas and put in his last rotation of beans.
