New Stuff for 2012 Sunflower Shoots. . . . in addition to Pea Shoots Salsify Atomic Red Carrots White Satin Carrots All manner of potatoes, normal, purple, and fingerling Sweet Potatoes Sweet Snack Peppers Massively Increased Yellow and Orange Sweet Pepper Plantings (Because they did amazingly last season) Kabocha Squash
One thing that the new, joint venture shares is an addiction to rusty old farm equipment. Much of the new stuff these days is either way too expensive, way to big, or both. Either way, new organic farming equipment isn’t particularly practical on a small farm that only uses a
Whole Fraud: Exposing the Myth of So-Called Natural Foods.
It is the year of the GMO vegetables. . . supposedly, most of the sweet corn sold at grocery stores will be GMO (roundup ready). GMO sugar beets in the Pacific Northwest have the potential to contaminate organic beet seed crops. None of these crops are required to be labeled
Happy New Year! It’s the off-season, but there’s still plenty to do around here. We’ve spent most of this week making crop plans, figuring out next year’s budget and wading through seed catalogs. Beyond the regular preparations for the growing season, we have had our hands full since the fall
As far as practical details go, part of this year’s crop will come from the Needham property, and we will continue to farm in Danville for 2012 with plans to move the barn, tractors, etc. to the new site at the end of the year. You will see a few
Oh. . . and this is the newest tractor we have. A 1980 International Harvester with a hydrostatic drive. I bought this at auction in the Fall of 2009. It had low hours and some issues. . . all of them relate to how well rubber holds up over 30
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