I fell and broke my wrist a week ago last Monday. I figure this is a fairly good explanation for the lack of recent entries here. I have several ideas for entries, but I’m not up to doing much typing yet. Turns out there are a number of things I have trouble doing one-handed. I had to hire in an extra worker to help at the farm yesterday, so it turn out the broken wrist is also painful in the wallet.
Entries Tagged as 'Farm Planning'
The tools & techniques of a farm. Part 1: Introduction
March 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Farm Planning, Farm Work
What do you need to farm? If you were starting a farm from scratch, what would you need to pull together to make a go of it? As the year progresses I’ll look at tasks such as planting or weeding. I’ll show how to create a corn maze and how to set a fencepost. I’ll show some photos and describe our equipment and why we made the choices we’ve made. Every farm and farmer is different, this series will reflect my own personal experiences and biases.
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.
Tags:chamomile·corn maze·essential oil·herbs·lavender·mazes·pumpkins·winter squash
Sustainability is a journey.
April 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Farm Planning
What does the concept of sustainability mean to us at The South 47 Farm?
Our goal is simple, but not easy:
We want someone to be farming this piece of ground when all of us are dead and gone.
For the best chance of making that happen, we must:
1) Work to protect and improve the piece of ground [...]
Tags:sustainability
No flowers to smell? Take time to visit the alpacas.
February 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Farm Planning
It is now coming up on two weeks since my last entry here.
Seeds are starting to arrive. Territorial Seed came first, then Johnny’s, and, yesterday, Seed Savers Exchange. I’ll spend some time on variety choices some other time. Our drip line also came last week. We drip irrigate almost everything. It saves a lot of [...]
Tags:alpacas·Farmer's Market·honey·irrigation·planning·seeds·Twitter
Seed catalogs: Love them, but don’t give them your complete faith and trust.
January 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Farm Planning
The blog is back! This year we will see if I can keep it going through the busy season. I’ll try to keep my entries short, so I don’t get hopelessly buried.
We are planning for another great year at the farm. The first big round of planning is complete and we have mostly decided on [...]
Tags:herbs·onions·pumpkins·seed catalogs·tomatoes·winter squash
