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Spring is coming!
| Tuesday, February 9, 2010 |
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Well, a very happy belated Groundhog Day to you too! :) Things are starting to move at a faster pace here on the farm. I'm trying hard to get myself in gear for the upcoming rush of planting, digging, and hauling that comes with March. The snow we got yesterday, while annoying to drive in, was a blessing for the farm and our fields. With any luck we'll be fully melted by tomorrow and back at it! I'm excited to say that we've added some new produce to the site, 3 types of radishes as well as our famous Egyptian bunching onions and baby turnip greens. The turnips are the size of a small marble right now, but they tend to grow pretty fast. I've also planted new beds of beets, carrots and radishes over the last week, with any luck, we'll have a really strong spring for y'all. The chickens continue to lay slowly, especially with this spate of cold weather. They tend to just stop on us, so eggs are still hard to ration. Please feel free to order in advance to pick up the day listed as available in the order online section. I hope y'all are enjoying this sunshine, I'm off to plant... something. :) Cheers! |
| Wednesday, December 9, 2009 |
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Hi guys! Finally and at last I have a (slightly) faster and easier way to blog. I always make things way harder on myself than I should, but I really felt that the blog should stick within the look and feel of our site. Which meant figuring out how to do that without my previously terrible and cumbersome system. And voila! Amazingly enough, -15 degrees at night and -1 during the day forces me to be a good girl and get those pesky jobs done. It's that or explain to Mom why it sounds like I'm playing World of Warcraft. *sigh* Somehow we've survived the last few days... *crossed fingers* The lettuce got hit particularly hard, as did the kale. But since I've had them "sold out" for weeks now... I suppose that's not much of a change. It will slow down how quickly we can get back on track with them though. Doh! I'd better get back to perfecting this and uploading our old blog entries. I hope life is great for y'all! Cheers! |
| Sunday, May 3, 2009 |
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All I ever seem to write about is how bad I am about blogging. That's a sad statement. *sigh* One way you can keep up to date without waiting for me to write something it by signing up for our twitter! You can find us and follow us at http://twitter.com/jayhillfarm . Yesterday was the fifth farmer's market of the year. And as we have come to expect, it was cold and raining. You would think that this would insipire misery, but we actually had a lovely time! Many of you came out to see us despite the terrible weather. Mom and I brought quite a bit of produce as well which was great. This was our second week for Asparagus, though we still don't have much, as well as our first week for Rhubarb. The rhubarb was a real hit of course. Those two crops are our first real signs of spring. At this point, the constant monotany of potatoes, onions, salad mix and chard are getting to all of us I think. We'll be adding new crops as fast as we can this time of year, though I freely admit to being slightly overwhelmed. The outdoor crops loved this burst of moisture though, so yay! It looks as though good weather will return to us in the near future and the nights are supposed to stay above 40 degrees for the next 10 days at least, so a lot more will be going into the fields. I'll be updating the site fairly consistantly over the next few weeks, so keep an eye on the order online section. I'm off to the farm to check on all the happy plants... and to get some more in the ground. *whee!* This blog post goes out to Scott -- See, I will blog if you guilt trip me... in a good way of course! Thanks! |
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