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
Sara Kurak
Full and By Farm: Up to Our Eyeballs
It's been a few weeks since I've managed a note. We've been up to our eyeballs in weeds, fall transplanting and seeding, haymaking, and pasture moving, with little time to spare for writing. Luckily it's not just the weeds that have kicked into high gear lately. The heat, sun and … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Up to Our Eyeballs
Full and By Farm: More Rain This Week
I'm beginning to sound like a broken record, but more rain this week has been taking its toll on the vegetable fields and hay crop. We really need a solid week to dry out, and then a second week to get caught up on cultivating and to get a start on this year's haymaking. The kale … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: More Rain This Week
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: Grants, Greens, & Volunteers
We're still glowing from yesterday's news that we are going to receive a grant from New York State for construction of our new pole barn. We're one of 19 farms across the state to win funding (one of three great farms in the North Country). We can now move full-tilt into … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Grants, Greens, & Volunteers