Farmer Blog

our new tractor

Frmgrl — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:54:19 +0000

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!

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Potato Planting

Frmgrl — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:26:04 +0000

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...

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First Seeding for the 2010 Summer Season!

Frmgrl — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:44:19 +0000

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.

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Winter Greenhouse Growing

Frmgrl — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:21:30 +0000

Our greenhouses are planted with greens for the winter shares. Here you can see some spinach and kale growing...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Frmgrl — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:11:59 +0000

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
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Some pictures from our final sweet potato harvest of the season...

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New Greenhouse

Frmgrl — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:21:20 +0000

Here we're putting up the plastic on our new greenhouse which will be used for in-ground planting for our winter share.

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Planting Beans

Frmgrl — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:50:57 +0000

One week and counting - a crop update!

Frmgrl — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:29:36 +0000

Just one more week until the CSA starts, and here's a quick photo update from the fields.

Grass for Dinner

Frmgrl — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:14:03 +0000

Cutting fresh meadow grass the old fashioned way - with a scythe - for our goats & sheep.

Bat House

Frmgrl — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:05:41 +0000

Matthew's dad built these bat houses for us a few years ago and we just recently mounted and installed them in the back fields. Now we'll just have to wait and see if any bats will want to make this their new home! (click images for a larger view)