Two acres and some tools: a photo-blog of daily life on an organic microfarm.
Recent Posts[This post is for Nov-16-2009] So this is it for the season’s spinach, a last 18lbs (8kg) of Spargo, unfazed by many subzero nights and all sorts of up-and-down weather antics. Spinach is one of the great ones for cold-climate tiny farming, ea...
[Back post from Jul-7-2009] This first spring-planted garlic experiment is coming along just about as I imagined it would, from what I’d heard: slower and smaller. It’s 3-4 weeks behind where fall garlic usually is at this point, scapes ...
[Back post from Sep-26-2009] We’ve been faithfully bringing the matching pair of chalkboards to the farmers’ market since we bought them at an office supply box store in mid-summer, but it’s what to put on ‘em that’s th...
[Back post from Oct-5-2009] Just-rinsed carrots in the soft light of an overcast day: beautiful every time! Some veggies look particularly good without trying… These are freshly pulled Nelson, at a pretty fair size but not yet fully mature, fr...
[Backpost from Oct-8-2009] This season didn’t see too much pumpkin action in the garden, with less planted than in the past (although we’ve never planted A LOT). Mixed with winter squash in a couple of locations, the spread-out pumpkin...
Here it is, in the dim, chilly, gray 7:30 am light: the first snow to stick this fall. Familiar—we really do have such a short growing season, time flies—and of course not welcome, because there’s still fieldwork to do. And I’ll take...
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GillVery nice to see you blogging about your progress in your farming works. The posts are really very informative and refreshing. Do you use fertilizers for your farm. If so please post what you think about natural and artificial fertilizer. What do you think is best for crops natural or artificial fertilizer.
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Jason CarpentierI love this! It makes me want to sell the lots I bought to buy a few acres and have some fun micro farming! It looks like a lot of work, but so fun!
DeniseVery informative blog with great ideas. I like the idea of micro farming.
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i would love to grow sprouts myself!
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