Beginning of June

June has already begun and we are still busy planting crops. You can see only a few of the boxes have been opened up on the left.

Farmer No. 1 has put up bamboo trellis structures for the Avocado Squash and cucumbers to climb. We started all of these from seed and transplanted them a few weeks ago. Looks like they'll make it.

Farm renovation

There's been a lot of construction on the farm this season. The barn in the background is nearly complete. But the even bigger project has been to replace the crumbling concrete. We're laying down red brick (having it laid down is more accurate). It's been a few weeks of demolition and transporting 1400lbs of red bricks through the homestead. The upshot is that the brick will be stronger and taller than the concrete was. And it'll hold the dirt in. All the crops are doing well considering.

A very pregnant Farmer No. 1 surveying the land and harvesting.

In Progress: The Barn

What we've really been missing is a barn. So Farmer No. 2's project of late has been barn construction. Well, truthfully, it'll be more like a shed. When it's done it'll be useful all around structure for farm tools… and maybe a bar.

More pictures to come.

Cherry Hot Pepper

57" Snow vs Halloween Pumpkin

It was a brutal, record breaking winter. We surveyed the land this past weekend to see the damage and to start cleanup. A lot of pots broke and the halloween pumpkin deflated like a basketball.

We are really excited to get started. Unfortunately we might have to wait a little longer. More snow is in the forecast.

Farm Fall Cleanup

The cleanup was a little early this year. A few weeks back our region got hit with a massive hail storm which made all the leaves see through. Next year we need to remember to plant fall and winter vegetables. Lower maintenance and hail-resistant.

Berries and Broccoli

Recap: A year ago, Nick the Farmer passed over a shoddy twig and told us to stick it in the ground by our fence. That twig sprouted some leaves and grew 8 feet in every direction and produced some kind of mystery berry. This year that twig now spans half the length of our fence and has berries everywhere. We hope to finally resolve what kind of berries they are. Jams and pies galore. Also on the watchlist is our broccoli. This particular one is the first to sprout. On one hand we're happy it worked where we planted it (a little shady). On the other, it's pretty goofy looking and we've got our fingers crossed that the others will be nicer. Maybe there was some pruning we needed to be doing?

Pepper peeking out

Onions

We planted some early spring onions this weekend. 

We are still having problems with cats digging up plants. Plastic forks are the latest line of defense.

Farm Film: Clean-up 2009

Our Little Ones

Seems like a lot of our friends are enjoying having babies. Here are ours.

Baby Tomatillo
Baby Habañeros. These little ones are going to be HOT!
Baby eggplant.
And baby cucumber. This one is going through some ugly growing pains right now.

Progress 09: End of March

Documenting Progress

March 1, 2008

April 26, 2008

May 26, 2008
We are tracking progress  at the farm by taking a picture from the same spot every few days. Hopefully at the end of the season there will be a stop-motion video. Farmer No.2 would like seven or more cameras mounted around the farm that are on a daily timer. Farmer No.1 thinks this is ridiculous. It is almost impossible to show everything so there is a lot out of the picture frame. The new cucumber and corn crops are directly to the right of the camera.