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Tennille workin the patch..
Dilly Carrots-to- be! |
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Daniel is such a poser! |
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Harvesting |
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Farmers turn their field. We have to turn ours 90degrees from
North/South to East/West. Tons of organic compost needs to be moved to
cover the freshly tilled soil before weeds start to grow again. |
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Little by little we are moving garden #4 into its new spot from
running North South...... |
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to its new orientation East West. Plant height can be much better
optimized to maximize sun exposure. |
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It was alot easier to put straw &
silage down last year. Moving the garden a couple hundred feet and
running it east west is done! |
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The Leaf Crew! We managed to get 75 bags into this load. One of many
to cover the ground into deep mulch for the winter. |
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Goatees in the Garden.....November 18th and ground still not
freezing. |
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Getting into Deep Mulch Gardening! Prepping the carrot beds for
spring seed planting. Only the very tops of these beds will be exposed
for seed germination. All else is will be covered so no weeding!!! |
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Tennille Garlicking. A few hundred feet of our own garlic will be
nice to have for our ferments. |
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Having a break from leaf spreading |
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Almost done! Over 1500 bags of leafs collected and spread! |
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Gaining Ground at the ferment farm. |
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still lots of beets under the leafs. |
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Lifting up the old straw was a LOT harder than
putting it down! |
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last years ground cover didnt make it for a
second season |
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we took apart old bales and fit them together
like pavers and put sprouted soy beans between. No weeding! |
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The new Ferment Farm has straw pathways from the
recycled old one |
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Here is the beginning of our first crop of
cabbages |
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Uncle Shpuds knows how to grow cabbage. All us
Russians grow great food! |
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The cold frame filled up with over 600 plants! |
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Watering our Ferment Field is NOT like
turning a tap on.Our irrigation dich needed to be cleaned out before
water is diverted from Mission Creek. |
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Andrew helped get starter soil from Dean Dacks
Classic Compost |
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Ten helped do all the big lifting |
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And the ToyTruck did the rest |
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We then dragged old irrigation lines to our new area. |
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A special thanks to Kiwi
Steve for helping out. I made him feel at home with a fly hat and
Veggiemate. |
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Ten is the BEST helper! |
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Lawnmowing the perimiter is an extra..... |
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one of our cabbages hid in a box outside all
winter. It started to grow babies all on its own, so, I planted it! |
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Ten wanted to get in the pic of the cabbage
sprouting flowers. She still had to finish picking all the carrots from
last year. Deep mulch saves them all winter for harvesting. |
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Maddie was amazed at how easy beets stayed fresh
under the mulch too. |
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I let her get dirty to absorb the best soil
microorganisms through her skin. This is a three row carrot bed. Note
the "mountains" and "Valleys". the mountain tops get the carrot seeds,
the valleys get leafs compacted into them. |
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Just gotta pose for the camera |
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This is a double row. |
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Ten is stuffing carrot seeds |
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starting seeds on onion skin paper in plates
makes for easy transplanting |
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Big Larry, the Worlds Laregest Pickle, and his
seedlings! |
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Big Larry babies hittn' the dirt! |
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Ten is in cold frame #2. Its been so warm this
year we almost didnt need it! |
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Me and my Ho! |
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Planting first cabbages |
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Our first cabbage row was planted a bit close
together, but quick and easy. |
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Spreading BIG bags of leafs! |
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Found some rolls of silage from Armstrong way |
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No weeding was required once the silage got rolled out. Silage is
sauerkraut for cows. They produce twice as much milk and are never sick because
of this fermented grass. I wonder if kraut does the same for lactating humans. |
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Best helper! |
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Favorite Youngest son Adam helped plant. |
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Irrigated and growing! |
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We planted a section JUST for making miso from
organic soy. Its our version of "square foot" planting. We put
seedlings inbetween the sheafs of old straw. No weeding necessary
again! |
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Mid summers Full moon over the Ferment Farm |
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Not bad! In a six foot row. |
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Corn to the West sunblocked. Wont happen when
rows going East - West. |