Blackbird Farms

Coopersville, Michigan

Month: June 2015

June 23, 2015 by Farmer Greg

The View From Here

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#paradiseofbees Last season I planted a section of the field into a cover crop of yellow sweetclover, and this season it's really coming into its own. This hard working cover crop is doing a number of jobs for us: 1) fixing atmospheric nitrogen in its root nodules, making it available to other plants, 2) sending long taproots deep into the subsoil, breaking up compaction, 3) generating a great deal of biomass that will contribute to the organic matter levels in the soil, and 4) attracting loads of pollinators. The clover is in full bloom and just teeming with honeybees right now---dial up your volume to hear them hum!

This is what our greenhouse is looking like after loading up for tomorrow's markets. Which is to say, bare. Which is to say, if you would like to choose from the broadest selection of our herb and vegetable plants, tomorrow is the day to do it: Rockford Farmers' Market 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM, and the Sweetwater Local Foods Market from 10:00 AM to noon. Hope to see you there! #wordtothewise

And the transplanting continues. Today, the allium family goes in the ground. Then, later in the week, more brassicas. #itsallhappening!

"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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