After our stalwart carrot variety under-performed last season, Landon and I decided to move away from the red-cored Chantenay and test some new options. The short, stubby carrots were too hard to bunch and looked less pretty on the market table […]
Monthly Archives: September 2017
In the weeks leading up to this newsletter, I knew exactly what I wanted to feature–our new O’Henry sweet potatoes. O’Henry taters are a white-skinned, white-fleshed variety with a dry, starchy interior great for roasting. They’re part of our 2017 push to grow more unusual varieties, and we planted about […]
Mystery Tater
The farm isn’t looking very photogenic on this gray, rainy day, so I didn’t bother taking any pictures in the fields. Instead, I decided to include this picture of Landon and Frankie on one of our morning walks to open the high tunnel. During the growing season, it can be […]
Family Chores
When I was a kid, I ran over the hose with the lawnmower so many times that my parents stopped asking me to mow the lawn. When I was 16, my driver’s ed instructor insisted I take extra lessons if I wanted to pass my license exam. When I finally […]