The pale, parched soil gladly accepted a little rain yesterday. We are still sorely dry around here but the established vegetables are still dark and lush and fruiting out. It's a little harder on the newly seeded and transplanted crops with their short, thin roots, reaching just … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Water from the Sky and Boquet
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Essex Farm: Wet Hay Is Not Okay
"It is solstice time now, with long days and strong sun. Last week, the forecast promised exactly what we were hoping for: a three-day window of no rain in which to get a huge load of hay mowed, tedded, raked, and baled. Courtney, Asa, and Chad each took a team of horses and a … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Wet Hay Is Not Okay
Full and By Farm: Good Things to Come
Thigh-high by the 28th of June doesn't have quite the ring to it, but it sure looks nice. Our first ever planting of sweet corn is a tall, lush deep green. The adjacent cabbages are the size of softballs and the zucchini plants have thin, long fruits already on the … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Good Things to Come
Essex Farm: Chickens and the Fox
"We had an actual fox in the actual henhouse this week. He ran across the barnyard with a chicken in his mouth, and when Jenny came out of the milkhouse and scared him, he dropped it, but later returned to the scene of his crime. We found him tucked in a nestbox, his red head … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Chickens and the Fox
Full and By Farm: Garlic Scapes and Soap
We've all passed the exhaustion stage and have made it safely to delirium. With just one and a half fields of hay left to make and a big concrete pour scheduled for tomorrow at 8am there is rest, a little ways off, but in sight. Peek your head in the barn doors tonight, but don't … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Garlic Scapes and Soap