Category: Planting

  • Favorable Furrow at North Slope Farm

    Favorable Furrows at North Slope Farm.. An ecological focus directs us to be conscious of Life around us.  As a Farmer, you learn about the irony of constantly battling nature, to yield a profitable crop…To read more about Todd Haldeman’s experience with Favorable Furrows – Click Here. Discussion, Observation and Investigation has popularized the awareness…

  • Second Year Summary – Planting, Dan DeLago 2016

    Planting Focus Summary 2016 – Dan DeLago   Goals 2016 Minimizing tillage and attempting to provide constant cover for the soil via intercropping were two major goals in the spring. In this passage I will discuss the various techniques applied to achieve these goals and potential improvements for the future.   2015 A chisel plow,…

  • Second Year Element Focus Introduction – Planting

    Dan DeLago – Second Year Focus Introduction – Planting Dan Delago – 2016 Element Focus Introduction; Planting When taking responsibility for an element focus this year, several considerations were taken into account. The size and experience of the next year’s crew, the priority of said element to the farm, the time of season the element…

  • Third Year Summary: Planting 2014

    Summary At the beginning of this season I began by inventorying the seed and culling a lot of old and miscellaneous seeds. This task was to help formulate the seed order, but also gave the whole process a fresh start. We then looked at maps of last season’s crop rotation and quickly established the fields…

  • Third Year Focus Introduction

      Planting Focus 2014 Intent: My intentions at North Slope Farm from the begging have been to grow my personal skills and know-how through what I find to be inherently rewarding work relevant to my long term goals.  I am excited to be focusing on planting this year, which falls in line with my interests…

  • Cover Crop Plan and Task Lisk 2013

    click on scan below for more size options… Task List – MikeR needs to maximize the opportunity provided by excellent weather and timing for Planting, and three Trainees who will be charged with Preparing for, and establishing our Main Blocks of Winter Cover Crops – Today. The weather has been warm and dry, soil conditions…

  • Second Year Summary: Planting Focus

    Prepared by KG on 2/25/2013 Second Year Element Summary – Planting 2012 In our second year at NSF, as part of the training program, interns are encouraged to choose a work element as a focus for the season. I chose planting because I wanted to get a thorough understanding of what is ultimately the main…

  • Introduction to Second Year Focus

    Introduction to Planting Focus Written by KG December 5, 2011 Intent: Create and execute a vegetable production crop plan for the 2012 season, working with the Farm Manager to ensure compliance with the overall Farm Plan as well as the organic standards and procedures of NOFA and USDA. Tasks/ Responsibilities: -Work with the Farm Manager…

  • Crop Plan Intro 2011 & Third Year Summmary

    Crop Plan Intro 2011 & Third Year Summary Prepared by ST on 10/6/11 The goal of producing the Crop Plan for NSF is to create documents that will aid in planting vegetables for three farmers markets. The plan will be based on the 2010 plan which gave us a good record of what and when vegetables were…

  • Frost Seeding in March

    Frost Seeding – Medium Red Clover into recovering fields Seeded March 2, 2011, by MR Using manual seed spinner, seeding at an approx. rate of 10 pounds (#) per acre.  Utilized opening at reccomended (on spinner) setting; aprox 1/8th inch. To provide even spread of the seed, at 10#/acre, I had to run.  I was…

  • Planting

    Planting is one of the most rewarding tasks at North Slope Farm.  It is a major step that takes the seedling from the Greenhouse element to the Crop Care element.  Many steps lead up to a successful planting, and then the job has just begun.  Cover those soil blocks you planters!!!