It was so nice to be dry for a few days in a row last week! I keep thinking that this time, it will stay dry but we’re back to rainy weather most days out here. It’s really unbelievable. Despite the rain and even as it was raining, we harvested […]
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It was dry on the farm! In fact I was going to have to turn on the irrigation if it hadn’t rained, of course it did. We got another couple of inches in the past few days. But we took advantage of the dry weather which allowed us to do […]
News from the Farm – August 10, 2013
We had fairly productive few days recently. Thanks to those worker members that have been coming out. Their labors are so needed and appreciated. We planted the last round of cucumbers, which we plant in the greenhouses to keep warm as the summer rolls around into fall. As the crew […]
News from the Farm – August 3, 2013
Well, it didn’t rain today (tues.)….however it did rain hard on Saturday and Monday. We’re racking our farmer brains trying to figure out how we can make everything work. We’ve come up with a few ideas that could work, but it’s just got to stop raining for a few days […]
News from the Farm – July 27, 2013
The rains culminated last Wednesday night creating 6″ of standing water in our lower fields and raising the creek to within an inch over-flowing the bank. More rain over the weekend as well. All of this added up to near disaster, and we’re not out of the woods yet. We’ve […]
News from the Farm – July 20, 2013
The rain is the big news about town and on the farm this week. As many of you may have read in the Citizen-Times, WNC is 22″ above normal for the year and has received over 8″ of rain through the 8th of July. Here on the farm we aim […]
News from the Farm – July 13, 2013
Somehow it got to be July! Of course there’s a lot going on here on the farm. The big project we’ve been working on is harvesting the garlic. It looks good. The best bed of garlic is actually still in the ground, hopefully to be pulled on Thursday. But this […]
News from the Farm – July 6, 2012
It’s officially Summer! It seems we’ve found ourselves in the summer pattern of thunderstorms every afternoon. Monday afternoon we were out mulching the spaces between winter squash beds with our newly cut hay. It was HOT and muggy. One of those thunderstorms came through the valley, we watched it approach […]
News from the Farm – June 29, 2013
Happy Summer Solstice! Let’s see…we’ve been working away over the past week; hoeing, planting, sowing seeds. I think we’re starting to hit our stride. The interns are getting much more familiar with what needs to happen and how it happens. The “how” is mostly them working really hard, with Vanessa […]
News from the Farm – June 22, 2013
We grow Asiatic Lilies in crates in the greenhouse throughout the season. We potted up the second to last round, which will bloom in September. It’s really hard to believe but in another week or so we’ll be doing all the fall vegetables sowings?! We’re just getting going, and already […]
News from the Farm – June 15, 2013
The big news out here on the farm this week is some personnel changes. Ben had to leave due to severe allergies. So we wish him well. But, Maggee has just arrived, a recent graduate from Cornell and Asheville native. She started Monday and fits in wonderfully. You’ll see her […]
News from the Farm – June 8, 2013
We seem to be turning a corner out here on the farm. Spring is rapidly moving along towards summer, or maybe it’s not. Over the weekend we had temperatures in the mid 30s on the farm and today it was close to 90. These temperature swings keep us really busy […]