14
Jun
Jun
Nick found a big nest of eggs when he was moving some hay so I enlisted the Monster’s help in picking them up. Big mistake.
Monster Milan and I have been picking “oranges” (his word for tomatoes thanks to our orange cherries) all morning and I just had to post a picture of a few we’ll be taking to Friday and Saturday’s markets. Cherokee Purple Heirloom Tomato Not a great picture but, top to bottom, Cherokees, Valley Girls, and Sungold […]
13
Jun
Jun
I knew we had a broody hen sitting on a nest but I wasn’t sure how long she’d been sitting by the time I noticed. Apparently, long enough. Three little critters. Nick found them today when he was cleaning out the chicken coop. Since we’d already run the other chickens out of the coop, we […]
12
Jun
Jun
Our garlic has been ready to harvest for a couple of weeks now but I’ve put it off because our lack of rain for a month has made the ground super hard. Normally I can pull the garlic up without having to dig it out but the first few attempts I made at this last […]
11
Jun
Jun
There’s no doubt we’re in the heart of it around the farm this week. Not only are the summer crops in full production but the last of the spring crops are coming out of ground that needs to be cover cropped and late summer/fall crops need to get in the ground to keep from stalling […]
09
Jun
Jun
We’ve been chasing blister beetles around the garden for a few weeks now but did manage to put a hurtin’ on a few of them a couple of nights ago. While picking cherry tomatoes Wednesday afternoon I heard the bugs before I saw them. It didn’t take much looking to find them working over the […]
A bed of delphiniums planted by the spring interns, Jessica and Katie.
Last week Robert worked out of town most of the week and Friday came and went with the Monster and I unable to get everything picked in time for Saturday’s market. When I got home from Hillcrest on Saturday I started picking again and loaded up Sunday morning to head back to Little Rock for […]
05
Jun
Jun
This is what two rows of purple hull peas look like after one doe has spent one night in them. Despite the fact that these are big, beautiful looking plants, we won’t end up getting much off of them. At the top of each of those stems there used to be a pea pod or […]
02
Jun
Jun
Monday morning usually involves cleaning all of the buckets, crates and coolers that we used over the weekend to haul produce and flowers to the different markets. Not my favorite job but one the Monster Milan enjoys quite a bit. Who knew a bucket of soapy water would be so entertaining? Hmmm. Apparently the makers […]