Here we are, nearly mid-July, and it seems that the summer weather is still not ready to start in earnest. Even so, the plants are finally taking off and I’m feeling optimistic that this will be a good year at the farm.
Entries Tagged as 'Crops'
2010 Corn Maze, Crows in the Corn
September 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Activities, Crops, Farm Work
As a result of all the crow feeding we spent many, many more hours and days working on the corn maze than I had planned. When the time came to choose a theme for the maze, the choice was clear. Crows in the corn was the theme of my summer.
In the end, we were faced with a number of areas in the corn maze where there was hardly any corn plants to see. This is usually not a good thing to find in a maze of corn. To make use of those spaces and to add to the maze-solving fun we embedded five additional walk-through mazes and two labyrinths inside the corn maze. This is, after all, Dr. Maze’s Farm.
Announcing Dr. Maze’s Corn Maze & Pumpkin Farm and Dr. Maze’s Botanicals.
March 1st, 2010 · 4 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.
Tags:chamomile·corn maze·essential oil·herbs·lavender·mazes·pumpkins·winter squash
Farm Blossoms Set #9: Herbs, Anise Hyssop & Thyme
July 27th, 2009 · Comments Off · Crops
Here are two herbs from our cut-your-own herb garden, anise hyssop and thyme.
Farm Blossom Series: Set #8 Cut Flowers, Phlox, Rudbeckia, Yarrow
July 27th, 2009 · Comments Off · Crops
I’m falling behind on posting flower photos. Here are several flowers from our cut flower garden.
Tags:blossom·cut flowers·flower
Farm Blossom Series: Set #7, Tomatillo, Cucumber, Vitamin Green, and Zucchini
June 24th, 2009 · Comments Off · 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.
Tags:blossom·cucumber·flower·greens·summer squash·vitamin green·zucchini
Farm Blossom Series: Set #6, Cut Flowers; Jupiter's Beard, Coreopsis and Delphinium.
June 24th, 2009 · Comments Off · 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.
Tags:coreopsis·cut flowers·delphinium·flower garden·Jupiter's Beard
Farm Blossom Series: Set #5, The Drabs: Lovage, Sorrel
June 18th, 2009 · Comments Off · 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.
Farm Blossom Series: Set #4, Herbs: Catnip and Chamomile
June 17th, 2009 · Comments Off · 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.
Farm Blossom Series: Set #3, Peas, Raspberries, Thornless Blackberries, Tomatoes, Black Locust
June 1st, 2009 · Comments Off · 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 [...]
Tags:Black Locust·blossoms·flowers·peas·raspberries·thornless blackberries·tomatoes
