We took our first day off since April last week, and we didn’t know what to do with ourselves. There are so many things to be done at this time of year. Between the growing, weeding, watering, and marketing, there are literally things we could be doing twenty four hours a day.
Summertime has finally arrived. The weeds are tall (but slowly getting knocked down). the squash plants are going crazy, and most exciting, we found our first ripe tomato of the season!
I’m sitting here writing this newsletter with wishful hopes that it is going to rain today. See the weather man says there is a 40% chance of rain today, a thirty percent chance tomorrow, and similar chances for Thursday and Friday.
Being the type of farmers that we are (namely young) we are learning new techniques, methods, and schools of thought every day. The more we hear and learn and about permaculture, the more we realize that we are actually utilizing many theories of the practice. In case you didn’t know, permaculture was initially developed in in the 1960s and the basic idea is to design both agricultural and human systems that mimic the relationships found in our natural environments. In a nutshell its goal to to copy the great thing known to mankind, mother nature.
Whew, what a busy week it has already been! The weeds are growing out of control, the arugula is gone, but at least the strawberries are here.
It’s that time of year again, and well we can’t contain our excitement about our first ever strawberry crop. Certified Naturally grown strawberries are considerable …
Living up to the hype is one thing but actually exceeding it is another. Especially so on a cold, rainy, and windy Saturday somewhere in the Cherokee National Forest.
We didn’t think it could get much busier than last week, but then this week arrived along with all of the preparation that goes with the beginning of the market season. Not only have we been tilling, planting, weeding, and watering, but we’ve also been working hard on our plans for this year’s farmer’s markets.
And we don’t have any cows, so its going to be a long week! So far this week (and last week) have been some of the busiest of the year! We’ve been busy doing everything from planting and weeding to cleaning and watering.
After several incredibly busy weeks of preparing, tilling, planning, and planting, we’re momentarily not insanely busy. We have heard this period of time compared to the eye of a tornado.