I love food. I know that won’t come as a surprise, seeing as I am an organic farmer. But I didn’t intend to be one. Nope, my food journey began at 15 as a girl who’d learned the horrors of feedlots and CAFOs and declared to my bewildered parents that I was swearing off meat …
The Vermont Non-GMO Cookbook: interview & giveaway with author Tracey Medeiros Read More »
Just a week ago the hillside was alight in orange, yellow, and red. Maples, birches, and ash loudly announcing autumn. Now those leaves are falling to the ground, and its the pines and hemlocks that stand out, their green amidst bare gray limbs and the last brassy orange still hanging onto deciduous branches. It’s another …
5 Steps to Keep Critters Out of Your Winter Garden Read More »
It’s early October and the fall rains have settled in this week, replenishing the land after a hot, dry summer. As the days shorten and cool, we’re preparing the garden for winter’s rest. We shoot to have all our storage crops harvested by October 15 at the latest, giving us one last window to cover …
Putting the garden to bed: 3 steps to help your field rest well Read More »
Kale is a cold-tolerant crop, but it can be grown successfully all season long. Which is good, because I love kale. For a long time, whenever someone asked the question “If you were a vegetable, what would you be and why?” I always answered, “Kale. Red Russian Kale, to be specific.” {This question comes up …
By mid-June the fields are filling up: Tomatoes, eggplants and peppers are firmly rooted in the greenhouse, while outside potatoes root into the soil, green beans stretch under row cover, kale and chard fan out, and countless heads of lettuce grow in their beds. And finally, after the flurry of May planting, we fall …
How to Triple Your Harvests with Succession Planting Read More »
When it comes to market farming and gardening, there’s no shortage of tools to pick from. And if you’re a tool geek like we are, you’re always searching for just the right thing to make your work easier and more efficient. We’ve tried out many tools in our years of growing, and these …
The Best Tools for Organic Market Farmers & Gardeners Read More »
