Category: Monthly Summary

  • Monthly Summary – October 2013

    Monthly Summary– October 2013 Logs reviewed and summary prepared by Todd on October 15, 2014 General Observations: Log indicates both beautiful sunny days and rainy days in addition to some frosted mornings. Cover cropping is priority, and the tomatoes hang in until the 29th. On 10/10 the bunkhouse fire is first lit for fall! Equipment…

  • Monthly Summary – September 2013

    Monthly Summary– September 2013 Logs reviewed and summary prepared by Rick Morris on September 8, 2014. General Observations:  The drama of the small farm peaks in the late season! A succession of hardy greens failed (see ‘crop care’ below!), a new generation of baby chicks arrived, and apprentices were trained on the big tractors. All…

  • Monthly Summary – August 2013

    Monthly Summary – August 2013 Logs reviewed and summary prepared by JT, August 13, 2014 General Observations: August proved to be hectic and full of activity. Farm visit from NOFA and CRAFT Farm Tour, successions of core veggies continued to be harvested and planted (and even a 100 lb harvest of salad!) and the harvesting…

  • Monthly Summary – July 2013

    Monthly Summary– July 2013 General Observations:  July was another hot month but things carried on at the farm. The crew was able to get a lot of weeding, mowing and other maintenance taken care of leaving the farm looking tidy and awesome. Mike was out for some time because of back injury but Colleen was able…

  • Monthly Summary – June 2013

    Monthly Summary– June 2013 Logs reviewed and summary prepared by Rick Morris General Observations:  Extreme heat, heavy rains, and several equipment malfunctions interrupted the normal flow of day-to-day work. The rain allowed us to catch up on some administrative tasks, and a big push for planting at the end of the month kept the farm…

  • Monthly Summary – May 2013

    Monthly Summary – May 2013 Logs review and summary prepared by Jacob Thies. General Observations:  Markets up and running, wholesale seedling orders to WHC, all crew members finally together, some unseasonably low night temperatures (5/14-15 & 5/26) that led to major tomato set back, but rest assured, May finally revealed her warming smile with highs…

  • Monthly Summary – April 2013

      Monthly Summary– April 2013 Logs reviewed and summary prepared by Malangie. General Observations:  April was a busy month. The crew worked on special projects such as the spinach trials and growing microgreens. The regular day to day work was kept up of course i.e. seeding, planting, and weeding. But they also dealt with unexpected…

  • Monthly Summary – March 2013

      Monthly Summary– March 2013 Logs reviewed and summary prepared by CH General Observations: As tensions in the chicken yard heated up and a violent coup erupted, Big Cheese was found dead.  Cause:  chicken inflicted wounds.  Who done it?  The other rooster.  Perhaps it was name envy.  Elsewhere on the farm, the greenhouses are abuzz…

  • Monthly Summary – November 2012

      Monthly Summary – November 2012 Posted By: TH Date: 11/5 Insert Picture General Observations: first notations in log for the month are of the after math of Hurricane Sandy at the end of October. Eventually clean up began. Comparatively the farm did ok through the storm. Mostly it brought wind that wreaked some havoc on…

  • Monthly Summary – October 2012

    Monthly Summary – October 2012 Posted By: KG Date: 10/08/2012 General Observations: For the most part October 2012 continued the smooth sailing of September, our cold-weather fall crops yielded well and gave us a nice boost in marketable product that helped soften the effect of the tomatoes tapering off. Looking at the data and writing…

  • Monthly Summary – September 2012

    Monthly Summary – September 2012 Posted By: RR    Date:9/11/13 General Observations: Last year, the month of September gave us a bountiful harvest while operations were working smoothly! Equipment 63 hrs: KG and RR received various equipment training. The Billy Goat walk-behind mower arrived.  Fields were disk-harrowed for cover crop seeding.  Veg. B mid was chiseled and…

  • Monthly Summary – August 2012

    Monthly Summary– August 2012 Logs reviewed and summary prepared by MR, August 10, 2013 General Observations:  Eight Thunder storm events noted and 21 irrigation applications.  Electrical fire near farmhouse after powerline broke along route 579.  It seemed like a lot of tractor activity with late season plowing and haying, and lots of planting as the…