Tiny Farm Blog
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A day-to-day photo-journal of organic market gardening: growing local food with two acres and some tools! I started this tiny farming blog in earnest about a year ago, with the clear idea that it was simply about my gardening efforts, about growing stuff. I didn't begin with a cause or a philosophical platform. I wasn't blogging with any audience in mind, it was just a personal field..
Tiny Farm Blog
2d ago
As important as any tool around here, the battery for the electric fence is absolutely critical: for several years now, it’s powered the first and last line of defense against…deer! As of last season, and the addition of a low-strung …
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2d ago
The first round of lettuce, five days from germination, under the lights. I could have started them earlier: two weeks, three, four? It all depends on the weather, when it seems right to transplant, and when you’re hoping for the …
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2d ago
Tomato check-in, around a month after germination. On the left, the pair of plain, generic-looking seed leaves that come first—they’re still stuck together at the tip by a tiny bit of the seed shell. On the right, the true tomato …
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1w ago
Here’s what it looks like from the sweet pepper seedlings’ point of view, under the fluorescent tubes on a shelf in one of the light racks. It has a bit of an alien spacecraft hovering feel. The seedlings would be …
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1w ago
Yep, the grass is definitely getting greener! It’s the planetary order of things, formerly known as seasons… In the back of my mind, I have this cartoon thought-picture of massive gears slowly turning, an unstoppable, unyielding world machine. That’s what …
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1w ago
Yesterday’s special weather advisory about a bunch of rain turning into a bunch of snow left us with this 7 a.m. scene. Wet, mushy ground covered by heavy, wet snow. Neither rain nor snow were particularly intense, just…wet. It won’t …
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2w ago
The seedling room is in a fully modern building with all the modern conveniences like electricity, heating, ample insulation and screened windows well-positioned for a bug-free cross-breeze and lots of natural light. The only thing missing is a handy supply …
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2w ago
Around two weeks from germination, and the tomatoes are spreading their leaves and aiming for the sun. These Big Beef are growing together in a tray and will be separated into their own cells of soil, and maybe even small …
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2w ago
In the spirit of dog years and fast-growing tomatoes, this tomato seedling at about 10 days from germination is a toddler, or maybe more an infant. First the root, then the leaves push out of the seed and up to …
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3w ago
This is the difference that a few days, or even a few hours can make with our everchanging weather. Not the greatest photo illustration, and in reverse order (you can see the amount of snow better on the right side)…
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