June, July, and August on the Farm With the flurry of spring behind us, we headed into June eager for summer. There's nothing like endless days, flavorful harvests, and a quick dunk under the hose to cool off! Tomatoes' Return It's truly delightful to bite into the first tomato of the season. During the few months that these beloved farm fruits are available, we eat a lot of bruschetta, pasta, and of course, fresh tomatoes! We grow many varieties, including heirlooms like Che

March, April, and May on the Farm March arrived to find us putting the finishing touches on infrastructure projects and garden plans. The days lengthened, but the overwintering plants still slept under their covers. Here and there, green peeked into the chilly world. When the final frost melted in early April, the slow awakening of the farm quickly accelerated. Spring flowers bloomed and veggies ripened, and the growing season got underway. By the end of May, our earliest cro

Sowing Springtime Late February and March are times of change. Our main focus for the past couple of months has been seed starting,...

Bed Building our New Gardens In late December, we started converting the old chicken runs into new produce gardens. The manure-rich soil...

Chicken Champs The chickens have been on our flower garden plot for a little over a month now, and they have made a visible impact. With...

A New Pen for the Chickens The big project for late October was to move our chickens onto our flower garden. This plot of garden- our...

Making Our Beds In late August, we were quickly headed towards the window for fall planting, for both vegetables and overwintering...

Summer in Succession The summer vegetable garden is growing and producing well, helped along by consistent evening thunderstorms. The new...

It's summer on the farm, which means hot sun, bountiful harvests, and hoping for thunderstorms. The animals forage in the morning and...

April 22 With spring in full swing on the farm, there's too much going on to blog it monthly or even weekly. So I decided to chronicle a...

Starting from Seed With the frost date on the horizon, we've begun starting our seeds. In January, we spent many hours preparing a...

The New Year The first month of the new year passed quickly. Concetta, Lilly, and I worked hard to complete all of our winter tasks....

Chicken Time After weeks of molting and (surprisingly mild) winter weather, the chickens are more eager than ever for treats. They...

Fall Feast The last weeks of November were carried in on cold winds. Trees shed the last of their leaves and hunkered down to slumber...

Luffas at Last After an entire season of growth, our luffas' time has come. The day before the first heavy frost was destined to hit, we...

A New Home for the Little Ones The Rhode Island Reds chicks are finally old enough to merge with the hens. We moved them in pairs from...

Hibiscus Harvest Now that our hibiscus are blooming, we harvest baskets of fruit every other day. Though nowhere near as spiny as okra,...

Little Harvests The borage and chamomile continue to mature, yielding tiny but beautiful harvests. I've noticed that the borage flowers...

Every Day, Something New Over the summer, many parts of caring for the farm have become routine. Weeds must be pulled, zinnias must be...

Summer Harvests The final weeks of June heralded in diverse harvests. The tomatoes's limbs would be torn off by their fat fruit if not...