Tractors make farmers very happy. New tractors make farmers so happy they jump up and down. New tractors hand made in Austria just for us? There are no words...
Let us introduce you to our brand spanking new "Rath Machinen" cultivating tractor. Now THIS is cultivating Austrian style!
Our New Potato Planting Equation...
8 varieties of potatoes + 2.5 men + 1 new German potato planter + 1 beautiful sunny day = 6 ACRES OF POTATOES PLANTED!
Did you know that it takes a potato to grow a potato? We cut up the potato "seed", which is basically just a potato, and plant it into the ground. This piece of potato will grow into a potato plant and produce many new potatoes for us to harvest this summer. Check out the pictures of our planting...
We started our first seeding of onions for the upcoming 2010 Summer CSA Season! Here are some shots of the winter greenhouses full of greens and the onion seeding.
Our greenhouses are planted with greens for the winter shares. Here you can see some spinach and kale growing...
Thank you for joining us for another season. We wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Check out Farmer Matt's interview on WBAI radio this week: http://www.grassrootsinfo.org/112409.html
Click on "<<Click here to listen to the farm story>>" at the bottom of the page.
Some pictures from our final sweet potato harvest of the season...
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