Farm Journal
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Monday, September 20, 2021
We’ve officially transitioned the garden to fall, pulling out the remaining corn stalks and squash and beans. The tomatoes are finally producing a bunch, and the peppers keep going as well. Planning …
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Tuesday, September 7, 2021
We harvested the corn a couple weeks ago. The yield was terrible, as birds ate about 85% of it on the stalks, but the Riverspirit Rainbow we did harvest was beautiful, a wild mix of deep burgundy and…
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Monday, June 28, 2021
It’s been a hot couple of weeks in the mountains. Most of the garden is enjoying the weather -- some of our corn is waist high, and the potatoes are flowering. I spent quite a bit of time trellising …
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It’s been a wild week in the animal kingdom, kicked off by the possum that drowned in my fish emulsion. The squirrels have continued to ratchet up their destruction, so we finally got the squirrelnat…
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Monday, June 7, 2021
Squash and teparies in the meadow have sprouted finally, and I’m hoping the squirrels don’t destroy them too soon. The damn squirrels have already gotten into the meadow garden and tunneled under som…
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Monday, May 31, 2021
The ground squirrels have decided to claim this land as their own. Anywhere a squirrel could conceivably dig a hole, a squirrel has done so (especially in and around newly planted trees and berries).…
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