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Month: June 2015

June 23, 2015 by Farmer Greg

The View From Here

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Despite the weather, harvest for tomorrow's #sweetwaterlocalfoodsmarket goes on! Just need to take moment here for some fortification, then back out to finish up! #fourseasonfarming #doingwhatittakes #verygoodvegetables

I know there doesn't seem to be much to look at in these shots, but they do show how the season is winding down here at the farm. (And none too soon, with snow forecasted for Friday!) Swiping left to right: (1) the solanacea plot, mowed off and being cleaned up by the chickens (who get moved to their snug winter quarters tomorrow), plus some fall brassicas (mostly kale) we'll harvest from for market the next couple of weeks, (2) the spring plot, disced under and sown to a rye cover crop, with next season's garlic planting tucked in for the winter with a deep mulch of straw, (3) the cucurbit plot, again disced and sown to rye (which has germinated a touch patchily for my taste), plus a few Brussels sprouts and fall cabbages for upcoming markets, (4) the deer fence plot, also disced under and sown to rye, later than the other rye plantings and so a little behind in germination and growth, (5) another patch of fall brassicas, mostly broccoli, with some salad turnips under row cover (which needs to come in before the snow) and the hoophouse behind it, all buttoned up for the gales of November, and (6) the greenhouse, also battened down for winter, and all cleaned up and ready to be set up for work next season come March 1--a mere 113 days away! #fallchores #windingdown #winteriscoming #thisistheend #butalsothebeginning

Godspeed you, Old Man Cat. We sure did have some fun. 😢

"I have planted by the stars in defiance of the experts,
and tilled somewhat by incantation and by singing,
and reaped, as I knew, by luck and Heaven's favor,
in spite of the best advice."

• Wendell Berry, "The Contrariness of the Mad Farmer"

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