Welcome to the farm,
Kathleen :) The first week as an intern included helping to weed the
garlic by hand (about 3 days), start the microgreen operation (ready
to eat at our first farmer's markets coming up in May), make dandelion
wine, seed tomatoes, basil and cucumbers and prep for winter
squash, summer squash, cut flowers and a second wave of peppers and
eggplant. Morgan also direct seeded spinach, peas, and more lettuce.
At the beginning of the week, we saw two hard frost
days and we had to cover and protect the strawberries.
On the flower side of things, old beds are being reclaimed, reimagined and redesigned. The perennial herb garden was remapped and re-planned to fill in holes and start new plants.
Property projects include repairing two driveways with gravel, building four parking spots along the road for guests and building a new driveway for the intern house. A total of 10 tons of gravel was shoveled, spread and poured on this property this week. Also, we are beginning the process of doubling our storage and counter top space in the kitchen after a crucial thrift find.
14 Cups = 2 Gallons Dandelion wine (in 3 months)
Spring Farm
New wildflowers beds in the original compost pile. Liquid gold soil.
Creek rock and reclaiming old beds in front of the cabin.
Filled in the low spots in front of the porch steps that can stay wet with gravel.
Red hot poker bed that came with the property. Six beds done, four more to go.
Junk on the left. Discovering holes to be filled in with new life.
New parking spots along the road.
Soon to be our new kitchen. Thanks Habitat for Humanity.
A little sandpaper and paint, our kitchen doubles in size.
Found these old classics cleaning under the porch.
We went for a hike behind the farm on Sunday and found wild onions, blackberries, raspberries and strawberries. Can't wait to get back up there this Summer.
