Apple tree pruning is a classic Vermont farming job, something akin to a rite of passage for most farmers here. This winter I did my first stint working for my
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I gave someone a tour of the farm the other day. When I asked them if they had any thoughts or questions at the end of it they said,
When I started the farm eight years ago, the one crop that I started with was strawberries (of the everbearing variety, also known as day-neutral.) I knew that there was
May first, 5:24 in the morning. The birds are chirping madly outside despite the wind and rain. Like the birds, I have already been “madly” at work for the
As I was just digging a trench along the edge of a new greenhouse I am constructing (of which will be detailed in a future post), I was listening to
With intentions to keep up the blog over the summer, I did not set the time aside to do just that. Finding the right balance of the day to day
May is the month of planting. It is a crush. All I can do is hope that I stick to some sort of plan so that I don’t get
The question: Is March spring? Well, the animals certainly think so. This morning there was a large gaggle of turkeys moving through the fields. I start my first seeds in
It is the beginning of January and there is a high of two degrees predicted today. It is the perfect day to keep the fire stoked, do computer work for