Category: Field Notes
musings about life and work on the farm
Gearing Up For Sunshine!
After the rains this evening, we’re gearing up for some sunshine! Today I prepared our seed potatoes for planting by cutting them into 2-3 pieces, each piece with at least one eye (see photo on the right). We do this several days before planting to allow the cuts to heal over before putting the potatoes in the ground. We’ll be planting three varieties…
Hot Pepper Seeds
This afternoon, I collected all of the hot peppers I’ve dried over winter to harvest seed for the upcoming season. Several of the peppers had rotted toward the center. I threw those out. Others rattled so perfectly, I decided to save them for the sheer joy of listening some rainy day this spring. The rest I cracked open…
A Bittersweet Thursday
(spinning on our new ladybug tree swing) It’s a bittersweet day here at the Amazing Heart Farm. Yesterday evening our dear friend Jane passed away at the age of 95. And today we received news that the Amazing Heart Farm is a recipient of the Project Orange Thumb grant through Fiskars! We’ll be receiving a…
March 19th, 2010
With this GORgeous weather, we’re crazy busy ’round here. And thoroughly enjoying ourselves, the work being so nourishing. The ground for the hoop house is prepared and I’ve planted some onions. We hope to get the structure for the hoop house in place this weekend. And I need to prepare the ground for the peas and spinach….
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