Our Archive: Watch as Farmers Grow

  • Monthly Summary November 2010

     Monthly Summary – November 2010 Prepared by KG November 3, 2011 General Observations: By November we are getting late into fall and temperatures are falling below freezing many nights. WWCFM has ended with the exception of their pre-Thanksgiving market, and Summit ends the sunday before Thanksgiving as well leaving only Hopewell after that. November is…

  • Hoop House Tomatoes

    Special Projects – Hoop House Tomatoes Prepared by ST 10/6/11 Grafted Heirloom tomatoes were trellised with the double leader technique. Each tomato plant’s leaders were pruned except for two which were clipped to its own individual string hanging from the top of the hoop house. This provided adequate airflow for the plants and made it…

  • 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…

  • Monthly Summary October 2010

                                  General Observations:  Winter is coming!!  That is what was on everyone’s mind this month.  All three markets that north slope attended were still in full swing and therefore produce needed to be available.  With temperatures dropping crop health was a concern.  Measures were taken to regulate crop temperatures in the field and all…

  • Monthly Summary September 2010

    Monthly Summary – September 2010 Prepared by KG September 7, 2011 Image- Oats planted as cover crop on Veg B mid after bed forming General Observations: September seems to be another month of transition. As May marked the transition from greenhouse production and season preparation to full scale production, September marked a return to the…

  • Green and Beans/What is an Herb?

  • Monthly Summary August 2011

    GENERAL OBSERVATIONS:  A real indication of the the success of our training program is the fact that the farm manager and family are able to take a vacation at the beginning of August.  This is one of the most demanding months of the season as our bodies are tired and the harvesting is at it’s peak.  Second and third…

  • 2011 What’s Cooking

       

  • Monthly Summary July 2010

      Monthly Summary –_July_, 2010 ___RR__: Logs and records reviewed, and summary prepared 6/30/11 General Observations:  When I think of July, I think of sitting on the porch after a long day of with my hand wrapped around a cold drink. And I imagine that’s just what the crew did last July after a long…

  • Greens and Beans

    The “Greens and Beans” page was created as a space to share nutrition information and recipe ideas for the bounty of life giving plants foods that we grow and make available to our community.  It is for individuals who  are interested in cooking and eating with the seasons. The Story of One “Sister” It has…

  • Monthly Summary June 2010

    Monthly Summary – June 2010 Prepared by Jess on June 14, 2011 General Observations:  This month was all about switching everything into full gear.  A lot of time spent establishing the grain fields now known as the Madonna field.  A large amount of equipment training was given to the crew because of this task. 15…

  • Monthly Summary May 2010

    Monthly Summary – May 2010 Prepared by KG May 16th 2011    General Observations: May was a very busy month. In worker hours it was the second highest of the year with a total of 1051 hours. Spring is in full swing, the vegetation around the farm is growing heartily and the weather is getting warm enough…