It is so hot… and dry! This week has all been about getting a more robust irrigation system hooked up – it is so much drier that the system has to be run twice, and the number of emitters doubled for some plants. The crops are loving the heat, mostly – although by the end… Continue reading Ninth week of the main season… August!
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This is week 8…
The big excitement on the farm this week was the round up of the runaway bulls… They came back (with a lot of flies!) tired, slimmer, and stressed out. It was odd to watch them crash (eat, sleep, fight with each other) and then kinda settle in. They are in the confinement quarters usually assigned… Continue reading This is week 8…
Main Season week 7
What a busy week… On Sunday our young bulls came up missing – which precipitated several door visits in the neighborhood. Farm houses – it is best to stand in the yard and holler “Hello the house” not really knowing which of your legs might get chewed off by the Dog Patrol. In the course… Continue reading Main Season week 7
Week 6, yep, week 6
tarting off with the usual complaint about “how different this year is,” but bear with it – there is good stuff coming. There are six rows of green beans, six rows of potatoes, four rows of sweet corn, a lot of rows of squash, some new cabbage – it has been a busy time here.… Continue reading Week 6, yep, week 6
Main Season Week 3
After winter season and green season it is time for some warm weather crops… just not yet. If watching a tomato can make it get ripe there should already be some – but alas, no matter how hard they are observed the fruit is still green – and only on some of the cherries. The… Continue reading Main Season Week 3
June 2023 Monthly Update
Here at Shilofarm the most frantically busy time is about oh say 75% over – that is the time when all the long (warm) season crops are in the ground, beds that are fallow are prepared, and about 200 acres of weeds and grass (and moles, voles, deer and birds) are managed as best as… Continue reading June 2023 Monthly Update
Main Season – week 2
This is the weird part of the main season – always is, and so far there isn’t a good way around it. The true warm season crops are still being set out and are kicking into gear; the Green season crops are coming to the end. This usually promotes anxiety in the farm team, and… Continue reading Main Season – week 2
Week 7 of the famous green season
This is week 7 of the green season – wrapping things up here real soon and moving on into summer. It always feels like a whole new garden when the summer crops start running along. That said, there still are two deliveries and farm call days to put behind us. The main activity for the… Continue reading Week 7 of the famous green season
May Monthly Update/Main Season head up!
Wow – look at the time… Obviously the sudden onset of “Summer weather” has generated a ton of Garden work. As a casual example in the last 10 days the grass between the beds that was 1.5″ became 12″ or more – which is a real nasty chore to get out and down! The really… Continue reading May Monthly Update/Main Season head up!
Green Week 6 (day late and dollar short)
My how time flies… First, the intent is to get this out on Wednesday. Due to a number of honeydo and other jobs, well, it didn’t happen. The prior years Main Season had a lot of Full Share boxes – well, for this weekend they have been repurposed to pack every Women’s Tea cup, saucer,… Continue reading Green Week 6 (day late and dollar short)