Garlic Mustard: Not Just a Nuisance
Our second Spring on the farm was when we first identified garlic mustard, and once we had, we started noticing that it was everywhere. It was one of the first green things up in the Spring, one of the first…
Our First Asparagus: Worth the Wait
We planted purple asparagus crowns during our first Spring here. Normally, you are meant to wait two years after planting before you begin to harvest asparagus, so last Spring should have been our first harvest. We had so few…
First Sign of Spring
Its been a long winter, but the first bud on our Rhubarb came up and its starting to feel like spring.
Peas!
Our pea plants have been looking very healthy and happy this year, and late last week I was excited to notice the first few blooms. I’d forgotten though, how quickly flowers turn into actual peas, so I was surprised and…
Slug Prevention: This Year’s Method
Being in a bit of a hollow, most of the time our little acreage stays pretty damp and cool. Where the garden is concerned, that climate is a mixed blessing. While we rarely have to irrigate, crops like tomatoes and…
Holy Bolting Rhubarb
We planted this rhubarb plant at the end of last summer and were thrilled at how rapidly it was growing and filling out this Spring. Then Cory noticed an odd pinkish knot in the middle of it. I thought might…
How to: Building a Cold Frame
It took a bit longer than I expected, but our cold frames are complete. I wrote about our idea for collapsable cold frames two months ago, with the overly optimistic notion that it would be a weekend project and I…
Forced Blooms: A Bright Spot Amid the Late-Winter Gloom
Yesterday, when, for the second day in a row, I spent several hours outside doing yard work, I was heartened by the sense that Spring had finally arrived. Today I awoke to 4 or 5 inches of snow and despair…that…
Willow Fences
This past weekend we ventured to Westport, Connecticut – about an hour from the farm – to attend a class on making willow garden fences. The class was held at Terrain, a beautiful garden shop created by the people behind…
Garlic
While most of our garden was devastated by bunnies this year, our garlic survived – and thrived. We planted it last September, covering it in old leaves, and it poked through early spring. We ate the scapes at the height…