Yearly Archives: 2013

Fall fields full of kale, collards, mustards, and broccoli boast every shade of green.  From bright lime to near-navy, the beds undulate ombré.   We put together a digital version of the greens spectrum to test your fall greens familiarity.  See if you can match the green to the “paint […]

Paint Sample Challenge

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Our compost pile is kind of a mess right now.  Where there should be decomposing organic matter, you’ll find volunteer sweet potato slips, vigorous tomatoes, and mystery squash vines.  It’s not ideal for making compost, but it’s a good setting for a game of Photo Hunt.   How does Photo […]

Can You Spot the Difference?

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When starting a farm, it’s hard not to use whatever random stuff is lying around to build the farm’s tools and infrastructure.  The random stuff is free and convenient, and both those things trump the aesthetics and longevity of new stuff.   Our farm is endowed with one particular type […]

Our Secret Ingredient

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Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) thinks universal background checks on gun sales are “a bridge too far”.  For some reason, regulating guns seems like a scary proposition for Congress.  And yet, state and federal legislatures find plenty of time and motivation to regulate women, poor people, and farmers.  Just not guns. […]

A Bridge Too Far

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The day-to-day of farming lends itself well to audio content.  Whether we’re hoeing, weeding, seeding, or pulling buckets of rocks out of the fields, our ears are always free for listening.  Without podcasts, I listen to the unnerving sound of cows peeing in an adjacent field.  With podcasts, my ears […]

When I Get Sick of Silence

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