Get Ready for July 4th
It is hard to believe that this weekend it will be July! Many folks will be having a long weekend in celebration of the 4th of July. In between going to parties, parades, and fireworks spend some time in your…
Tag beans
What To Plant Now That It Is Summer
Today, June 21st is the official first day of summer and many folks feel like if they have not started their garden yet, it is too late. But don’t worry you are not too late to start your garden or…
Finally Heirloom Popcorn
The long wait for local popcorn and beans is over, this week I visited a fellow farmer to use his thrasher. This was a speedy way for me to shell all the popcorn and dried beans that I had harvested…
Field Observations
Everything is getting tall. The popcorn is about hip high and so are some of their companion weeds … I did get about half the popcorn field weeded. The bush bean plants which will later be dried beans are blooming…
You Can’t Win Them All
Every season on the farm there are things that are frustrating and other things that seem effortless. This season I am so frustrated with the winter squash and pumpkin plants or lack there of. Last year’s all I did was…
Spring is Busy
I have been busy this spring both in and out of the field. Right now the greenhouse is still packed with seedlings waiting to find their forever home. Out in the field the tomatoes and tomatillos are growing tall, with…
Colorful Beans
Last week I harvested the first of this year’s dried bean crop. I am growing four different bean varieties this year Tiger Eye, Jacob’s Cattle, Hutterite, and Calypso. Each of these varieties has a distinct colorful pattern hidden underneath their…