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Growings On 12/9/19
This is the last week of the season.
Normally at this time of year I'd be pouring over spreadsheets, taking inventory of my seeds and mapping out which plants will go in which beds in which weeks over the course of 2020.
With all the uncertainty, I'm focusing instead on the good shit happening.
I a1 read more »
Growings On 12/2/19
The stubborn math nerd in me wants the phrase to be "Fall down n times, get up n+1".
Because I don't know how many times I've fallen over the past few years. Both the literal falls (I still have a scar on my rear from landing on the tiller tines) and the figurative. I've been lied1 read more »
Growings On 11/24/19
Check out the mycelium on those roots!! We harvested sunchokes this week, which gave me the opportunity to check in on the soil development. We put about 6 inches of mulch down in the orchard in June, and things were still pretty hard when we planted flower bulbs in July. Granted, that was th1 read more »
Growings On 11/18/19
I made it home from Colorado on Friday night, worked the market and farm stand over the weekend, and then slept 17 hours on Monday!
And, despite having dragged my rear out of bed at 4pm to go feed the animals, I think I'm heading back to sleep after I send out this week's CSA options. Cause I1 read more »
Growings On 11/11/19
Hello from Boulder, Colorado, where it is 17 degrees, snowy, and the Boulder atheists adopt the roads. I flew in this morning for the National Young Farmers Convergence. I'll spend the next few days with 140 farmers from around the country discussing racial justice, climate change and g1 read more »
Growings On 11/4/19
I spent this past weekend learning from Jairo Restrepo, who jumpstarted the organic agriculture movement in Cuba during the US embargo.
I've spent a lot of time over the past few years trying to understand how to grow food without inputs. Brandy Hall opened my eyes to how we've disrupt1 read more »
Growings On 10/28/19
We're 3 days out from Halloween, and the pumpkins are going fast! After the weekend, the patch is looking a bit sparse, but there's at least a few hundred orange, pink and warty specimens out there for your picking pleasure. If you haven't come by yet, it's time to grab your future jack1 read more »
Growings On 10/21/19
On Friday we had four trees taken down on the farm! Two of them were in the chicken run, so I spent the morning with the dogs watching from a distance as the crew cut off the branches and then chunks of the trunks.
Taking down the trees is one of the dominos as we move towards slowly r1 read more »
Growings On 10/14/19
As much as the birds make up a significant part of the farm's income, I have to admit that there are regular moments where I really don't understand them.
This duck, for example, has an entire pond not five feet from where she is bathing in a 25 gallon water trough. All the other ducks spend1 read more »
About the farm
I farm because I believe that feeding someone is the most fundamental way to make an impact in the world. We are what we eat, and I do my best to make sure that I’m growing nutrient rich food that tastes amazing and powers my people to live their best lives.
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