Goumi berries in full bloom!
Month: April 2024
Stretching the southeast fence
The final corner of the field is the southeast fence. OUr friend Nicholas came over yesterday and helped stretch this, and thanks to his help we were able to make some great progress. Unfortunately, we had some setbacks and some upset tummies, so we didn't get it quite finished. As always, the first step was… Continue reading Stretching the southeast fence
Worm castings, and soil temperature
Yesterday afternoon the soil temperature was about 60°. Then it rained all night long. Barely over 50. Nothing cools the soil down like 12 hours of cold rain. Nevertheless, still warm enough for some cool season crops like radishes, spinach, lettuce. We have some seeds in the ground so we decided to feed them some…… Continue reading Worm castings, and soil temperature
Starting tomatoes and cucurbits.
Cold, blustery, rainy, gray. Typical early April day in the Pacific Northwest. But inside the cold frames, it is plenty warm enough to start some seeds.
Stretching the fence…
Is more fun with family. At 5 AM I was out in the field tying down this inside corner. It was a tough job, getting all the thirteen longitudinal wires pulled back against the wood post. There was just too much tension, not all of them got pulled back. I will probably revisit this in… Continue reading Stretching the fence…
Best laid plans
Thursday was the first day we tried to stretch the fence in the pasture. Got off to a good start, but ended up not going according to plan. The problem was that I actually have no idea how to stretch a woven wire fence, and had no idea how much stretch it would have. So… Continue reading Best laid plans
Building Fence Anchors.
There are two things you must have in place before you can intensively rotate animals on pasture: Water Control With the plumbing finished, the yard hydrants connected and operating, and the trench filled in, the pasture set up moves into what we hope will be the final stage before we can put animals onto it:… Continue reading Building Fence Anchors.
All this Farming…
All this farming... And hard work... Can make for one tired baby girl. But in an hour she will be up and at it again.
Installing the Water Tank
We have been doing site prep for a water tank install for the last couple of weeks. It was supposed to Arrive on Good Friday, but had to be delayed until the following Tuesday. It was supposed to arrive at 8:00 AM but at 6:30 in the AM I got this picture from Adam. It's… Continue reading Installing the Water Tank
Prepping for Arrival
We have a tank coming tomorrow. Not an army tank, a rainwater catchment tank. So Ryan and Adam spent a good chunk of the afternoon planning out exactly how we were going to get a 700lb tank in place between the barn and the pole barn without damaging themselves or any other important infrastructure. All… Continue reading Prepping for Arrival
Little Farm in the Big City 