A freshly dug trench – the PVC irrigation line is almost in! These irrigation lines will distribute the overflow from our artesian well (which will be collected & stored in our newly constructed irrigation pond) to the drip tape that lines our crop rows during the growing season. Due to the excessive rains this season,…
Category: Responsible Stewardship
Lady Bugs
On a rainy evening last week, we released 1500 Laby Beetles into our hoop house. If all goes well, in a few days the Lady Beetles will start to leave clusters of eggs under leaves which will hatch into larvae shortly thereafter. Considering the fact that they’re finding food and that I’ve spotted a few already mating, I…
Reflection and Planning
As our landscape is buried beneath several inches of fresh snow, I’m dreaming of spring and longing for the joys and abundance of summer. But, as Anne Bradstreet wrote several hundred years ago, “If we had no winter the spring would not be so pleasant.” Winter allows us a moment to pause and reflect on the seasons that have…
Protecting Our Watershed
Watch Frontline’s presentation of Poisoned Waters. A few sound-bites: “The environment has slipped off our radar screen because it’s not a hot crisis like the financial meltdown, war or terrorism. But pollution is a ticking time bomb. It’s a chronic cancer that is slowly eating away the natural resources that are vital to our very…
Amazing Heart Farm 