Monthly Archives: March 2011

Compost is king!

By Peggy | Published: March 24, 2011
Mark Marchetti aka…the manure connoisseur…is all about the composting here on the farm. This week that man was knee deep in his chosen element…the barn yard. It’s clean up time and after a fall and winter of allowing the animals to do their job here on the farm Mark and his farm crew were harvesting [...]
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Sowing up a spring season!

By Peggy | Published: March 21, 2011
March madness…that is what it feels like during this month. As a farmer or gardener we all know that spring time planting is one of the busiest times of our entire season. The window of opportunity when planting out cool season plants here is very narrow. While I am feeling confident that we have gotten [...]
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All Hands in the dirt!

By Peggy | Published: March 16, 2011
March is a crazy month on the farm. The weather has begun to warm a bit and soil workable once more. It is also a rainy month so when the sun shines we work sunup to sun down getting those crops planted. We have been planting for the past few weeks…taking chances and installing low [...]
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