Photo Album

Fairy Circle- Drew found this fairy circle in the hay field. He wanted everyone to see it. It is his first time to ever see one.

Fields of Biotelo

Field finished, ready for the drip tape to be pulled up. Biotelo breaking down further.

Corn was planted on Biotelo. You can see where the edges of the mulch have already begun to break down.

Fields just planted for fall harvest.

On August 18, 2010,  we sent10 bins like this to be processed into chopped tomatoes. They will be available in #10 cans, and new this year 26 oz. jars.

Fresh picked tomatoes ready for packing.

Waverly Market July 3, 2010

Blueberry bushes planted May 2010.

Summer crips lettuce field.

This is how the overhead watering system looks . We use it on fields that get direct seeded into the field without the use of mulch.  It must be an early,lateor a fast growing crop where weed pressure won't be an issue. This was the spinach and beets you ate in June.

Baby Red Summer crisp lettuce.

Corn plant peeking out of the biodegradable mulch. You can't see the drip tape under the mulch but it is there.

I wonder who will eat the corn from this plant?

Nicole's Prom Night.

We wouldn't let Andrew near her, he was too dirty. She won't look like that at the market.

Then David Showed up.

First Box turtle I have ever seen on our farm.  I brought him up to the house to take his picture. Then a CSA member ( 7 year old boy and his sisters) put him back where  I found him.

He was a little guy. My shoe size is 8 1/2.

Snow damage- the doors fell off when the snow melted.

Graduation-They graduate from the green houses to wagons. We can watch them as they harden off. I liken them to teenagers- they think they are big and tough, but really still need a bit of attention.

2009

   See the hawk on top? He just wants dinner so badly........

       Beautiful Sunset on the farm.

Eleanor loves the watermelons. That one almost pulled her back into the bin!

    Eleanor with Stars and Moon heirloom watermelon. They do not produce well, but have HUGE seeds and taste great.

                   New Ford tractor and potato digger.                                                               Freshly dug potatoes.

        Men picking potatoes in the field. The potatoes are dug up by machine and picked up by hand.

Carmela and Drew in the greenhouse. Don't you just love the size difference!

Claire and Frank 'graduating' the goats to a field.

Over-head Sprinklers in the sun.

Deer Damage

This is all over. Bites are being taken out of the drip tape. Drew thinks it is so dry there isn't enough water in the plants. They are biting thru the irrigation line when it is running to ge to the water.

Swallows sitting on the top of the pepper stakes. There was about 30 of them, and they all faced the same direction, into the wind.

The big barn needed a new floor and floor joists. Rain from a leaky roof, (we fixed that last year) ruined the floor joists. The pile on the right is what comes out of a barn that needs the floor replaced., 25 years worth of

'put it up top in the barn."

Sweet corn on plants July 9, 2009.

The red chard bolted, went to seed. It rarely happens, but when it does it is always the red chard.

It looks like a weed when it is all together in the row.

Drew wanted you to see the watermelon field - perfection. There are no weeds, good growth, healthy plants. Just what the farmer likes to see. (7-09-2009)

Claire with the new goats. There are 2 large goats, and 4 small kids. Their job is to eat the weeds behind them. It seemed better to feed goats than to weed wack or try to cut with the mower. I'll keep you posted on their progress. They began 'work' on July 5.

The barn is getting a new floor, so it had to have everything taken out.

26 years of accumulated 'put it in the top of the barn.'

Hereford July 4th Parade.

Sam on the steel bandfloat.                                    Nicole marching with the FFA (Future Farmers of America).

Sam at the Waverly Market with a lovely strawberry display.

This is the same field of lettuce seedlings ready for harvest...................almost.

  Deer like the lettuce too. They have eaten the center of most of these heads of lettuce.    

Didn't their mothers teach them not to throw food?