We're holding out for a good (yet non-damaging) thunderstorm to roll through here this afternoon and break the heat and humidity. We purchased all of the parts and pieces of an irrigation system three years ago following another particularly hot, dry summer. After two wet years … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Heat and Dry Skies
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Full and By Farm: Dwindling Egg Numbers
You may have noticed in the last few weeks that the egg compartment looks a little more spacious than usual. Our egg numbers have been slowly dwindling and we are now down to about half the usual yield. It is typical for numbers to bounce around a bit, with some dips and rises. … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Dwindling Egg Numbers
Full and By Farm: A Pretty Beautiful Season
This has been a pretty beautiful season so far. Three-quarters of our fields are in some stage of haying and should be up in the mow by this weekend. It's a lot of sweaty, exhausting work to tackle all at once, but also a welcome relief to have so much under our belts so early in … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: A Pretty Beautiful Season
Full and By Farm: Weed Killing
The hot, dry days make for good weed killing. We've been hoeing, cultivating, harrowing and handweeding like crazy, getting caught up from the days before our summer help arrived. This season has really started off with a bang—hot July weather in late May and early June. It's … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Weed Killing
Full and By Farm: Hot, Dry Spring
It is the last pick-up of the winter share and it's a good one to leave that season behind on. We have lots of new veggies out of the field—spinach, spicy greens mix, prize choi, pac choi, baby radishes and turnips, micro leeks and full sized kale. And, as promised last week, we … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Hot, Dry Spring