
Humid
July 12, 2021 The 2021 garlic harvest is complete. Roughly 10,000 bulbs are now hanging in the rafters behind the Tin House, or stacked...

Summer Solstice
June 13, 2021 Last week we transplanted the winter squash—roughly 1700 seedlings, spread over one third of an acre, a big job in any...

Picture Perfect Incomplete
May 12, 2021 Holy moly, there’s a lot going on. So much to do, so much to tell... So far so good, as far as spring transplants go. I...

Preparations
April 13, 2021 Transplanting has begun. Yesterday we had a full crew on deck—Dan, Steve, Peter, Jen, and Amanda, our newest volunteer—to...

Threading the Needle
March 16, 2021 Two weeks ago I seeded the first greens of the season—kale, chard, lettuce, parsley, and bok choy. Several days later, a...

Farewell to a Mentor
February 12, 2021 Just before Christmas, on a whim, I bought a 25 lb. bag of bird seed and poured a pound or two into several ball jars...

Let the New Year Roll
January 20, 2021 So apparently this pandemic is putting otherwise even-keeled people at risk of going completely bonkers—from boredom,...

Solstice
December 21, 2020 Last weekend we hosted our final winter share pickup and farm stand for the season. Rather than cram it all into one...

Just Keep Planting
November 27, 2020 By this time last year, winter had affirmatively arrived. The ground had frozen solid and all of our winter crops were...

October Gleaning, October Fun
On a Friday night in late-September, hours after our crew had completed the season’s final tomato harvest, I emailed the CSA to announce...