Last Week was Work, Work, Work
Last week was work, work, work, but it shows! Even our daughter, Annarose, got involved.
Other surprises popped up tooβ¦
We will continue laying down the last of the weed barrier cloth and try to keep up with the constant march of the ever growing weeds. We are also are trying to test the use of some cover crops like red clover and spinach in between the plants to suppress the weeds. Those kind of experiments keep things interesting and might even help cut down the work.
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We had a good year! We would like to thank all of our harvest helpers, Sara, Jessica, Ethan, Larry, Janet and of course our Numero Uno, Jesus!
We had a good year! We would like to thank all of our harvest helpers, Sara, Jessica, Ethan, Larry, Janet and of course our Numero Uno, Jesus!
Denise and I arrived at 3 on Wednesday, 10/4/17. The weather was clear and the air was crisp and it felt wonderful. At 4, UPS showed up with a big smile and 500 tulips.
All these buds will be beautiful peonies one of these days. The weather here has been cool and windy so things seem to be moving slowly.
We will continue laying down the last of the weed barrier cloth and try to keep up with the constant march of the ever growing weeds.
Keeping up with the weeds and posts is challenging, but we have an excellent new member of the team that is helping things move along.
Take off all that dead grass, thatch off, and what do you get? Peony buds! Only a couple hundred to clean off without snapping off the buds.
Team Inevitable! Triplets make our work three times less overwhelming. Oliver is definitely NOT a team player.
There are so many beautiful signs of early spring on the farm. We have lots and lots of daffodils in four different varieties.
We had a good year! We would like to thank all of our harvest helpers, Sara, Jessica, Ethan, Larry, Janet and of course our Numero Uno, Jesus!