08. November 2015

For some reason, November has arrived and winter has begun. It seems neither logical nor possible, but is apparently true. We had such warm and cooperative weather through most of October that our plants are still happily chugging along as though it were still late summer. Overall, it's been a good year. The "no-till" approach worked well for the most part and we've learned a great deal about how to further develop this process next year. The garden was generally healthy, the yields were...

02. August 2015

A month has passed since our last blog update and, as you see in the photo above, the garden has matured beautifully. We've had a couple of rough spots: an aphid infestation which began in the forest of seed kale and spread to the adjacent beds; and a mystery illness(s) in the spud bed we planted in April which has left the Kennebec variety nearly inedible. It wouldn't be gardening though without a certain amount of heartbreak and woe. However, due to our earlier start this year, we had an...