Category Field Crops

Humbling

Just as I was starting to agree with passersby, that yes my field was looking good. Boy, those corn stalks are getting really tall. Those tomato plants are filled with tons of green fruit and those gourd vines are huge.…

Hello, Fall

Today is the fall equinox the sun is hanging much lower in the sky, there is a crispness to the morning air, and the daylight turns to twilight much sooner than before. It seems too early for all these autumnal…

Time for Tomatoes

The cherry tomatoes have begun to ripen, just a few on this plant and that plant. I have to walk up and down many rows to fill a flat of pint baskets. The extra early heirloom tomato variety glacier has…

Women in Farming

I have been following the cross-country journey of two wonderful women, Caitrin Hall and Lake Buckley.  They have recently finished this amazing journey which they did all by bicycle. What makes this cross-country journey so important is that during their…