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Announcing Dr. Maze’s Corn Maze & Pumpkin Farm and Dr. Maze’s Botanicals.

March 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Crops, Farm Planning

Much is changing this year at The South 47 Farm, but some of your favorites will remain. Announcing Dr. Maze’s Corn Maze & Pumpkin Farm and Dr. Maze’s Botanicals.

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Farm Blossoms Set #9: Herbs, Anise Hyssop & Thyme

July 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Crops

Here are two herbs from our cut-your-own herb garden, anise hyssop and thyme.

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Farm Blossom Series: Set #8 Cut Flowers, Phlox, Rudbeckia, Yarrow

July 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Crops

I’m falling behind on posting flower photos. Here are several flowers from our cut flower garden.

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Farm Blossom Series: Set #7, Tomatillo, Cucumber, Vitamin Green, and Zucchini

June 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Crops

As we move into summer, I’m finding more and more blossoms in my quest to photograph the blossoms of each of our crops at the farm. In this seventh set, the flowers are all yellow.

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Farm Blossom Series: Set #6, Cut Flowers; Jupiter's Beard, Coreopsis and Delphinium.

June 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Crops

Some of the flowers from our cut flower garden are coming into bloom. Most of our annual cut flowers don’t bloom until late July, although I just noticed a few dwarf sunflowers are just starting to bloom already. These three perannial plants get an earlier start.

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Farm Blossom Series: Set #5, The Drabs: Lovage, Sorrel

June 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Crops

Here are two plants that produce large masses of otherwise inconspicuous, drab flowers. One has to look closely at both lovage and sorrel to see if you are looking at the new flowers or at seed heads forming. Pretty or not,  they get the job done.

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Farm Blossom Series: Set #4, Herbs: Catnip and Chamomile

June 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Crops

 I’ve taken a number of blossom photos in the last couple of weeks, but haven’t made the time to post them all. I decided to separate the photos into groups. Here are two herbs, catnip and chamomile. The thyme is also in bloom but I don’t yet have a photo.

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Farm Blossom Series: Set #3, Peas, Raspberries, Thornless Blackberries, Tomatoes, Black Locust

June 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Crops

This is my third set of blossom photos. Three weeks ago I set a goal to photograph the blossoms of each of our flowering crops this year. The flowers will be coming faster and faster now as we enter summer.
 
Of course, we usually never see the flowers of a number of crops that we eat before [...]

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Farm Blossom Series: Set #2, Chives.

May 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Crops

Just one blossom photo this week. Try the chive flower petals on a salad.

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What potatoes and raspberries have in common.

May 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Crops, Farm Folks, Farm Work

It has been several weeks since I wrote a general farm update. Since then we’ve planted, weeded, given our spring school tours, harvested our first crops, started our vegetable starts sales, opened the farmstand, welcomed our first Farm Tots, and signed up more Free Choice CSA members. We’ve been very busy, and pretty much stayed on [...]

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