Brr. After the glorious (at moments HOT) weather we’ve been having, it feels like a rainy afternoon in November, not May! Today’s the first CSA pick-up- lots of greens: spinach, arugula, greens mix, lettuce mix, head lettuce (a green romaine), radishes and chives. Included with the CSA shares is the recipe of the week, a delicious…
Category: Field Notes
musings about life and work on the farm
The garden teaches me about bugs.
I’ve always loved how the camera teaches awareness and now that I’m spending most of my time in the garden, I’ve been thrilled to learn about things I never thought I’d be interested in. Things like bugs, for example. After my troubles with Cabbage Loopers last year, I became quite invested in learning more about the…
Beauty & Joy
If we do not permit the Earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food either. Joseph Wood Krutch *Wish I could take credit for growing this beauty!
Project Orange Thumb Tool Set: the arrival
The Amazing Heart Farm’s Fiskars tools arrived on Friday! As recipients of Project Orange Thumb, we chose the cultivating tool set, a generous combination of: 4 garden tool sets, 4 big grip garden knifes, 5 bypass powergear pruners, 4 hardshell kangaroo containers, 6 premium cloth knee pads, 3 powergear bypass loppers, 6 garden shears, 4 steel compost/mulch forks, 4 garden rakes, 4 garden…
What a beautiful day…
In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. – Margaret Atwood
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