After lots of waiting and plenty of pleading summer has finally made it to our vegetables fields. True, it is just in time to catch the tail end of August, but I'll be happy for what I get this year. Our third succession of green beans are finally plentiful, the tomatoes are … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Barn Raising
James Graves
Full and By Farm: Cutting and Baling Hay
We got one more hay field cut and baled this week. This round only got rained on one half inch. Our entire definition of what a hay window looks like has changed in the last couple of months. Generally you want to make sure there is no rain whatsoever in the forecast for at least … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Cutting and Baling Hay
Full and By Farm: Rain and Then Some
Three and a half inches of rain answered our needs and then some. It also stopped us in our tracks during this busiest of planting times, postponing lots of seeding, transplanting and weed control till next week. It's still a boggy mess out there in the vegetable fields, the warm … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Rain and Then Some
Full and By Farm: Three Season in Two Weeks
In the two weeks since I wrote the last farm note I feel like we have lived through three seasons. It's been a wacky start to the growing year—passing straight from the frozen soil of winter to the high eighties of summer and finally retreating to some springlike chilly nights … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Three Season in Two Weeks
Full and By Farm: Some Dry Days
It was a great week for getting caught up on outdoor work. The brisk wind dried the saturated soil out quickly and the long sunny days help raise the ground temperatures a bit—it's still surprisingly cold out there but at least it's plantable now. I'm doing a big push today and … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Some Dry Days