more colors!

i simply cannot get over all of the colors that are showing up each day!

check out these specialty potatoes... adirondack red + blue.

(these are just the seed potatoes which we will plant so that they can grow whole plants to make more and more potatoes.)

what fun making mashed potatoes will to be!

colors!

today was quite colorful:

gray sky, green grass, brown soil... and chard!

we spent the day transplanting more veggies: broccoli, cauliflower, kale, and chard. there were many beautiful colors within this grouping of edibles.
i snagged a moment to capture the 'bright lights' variety of chard.
what great colors... even the roots are colorful!

poppy's

after a nice, long week of varied weather and on-farm tasks, i went out for a treat.
i met up with mary and lara, the apprentices at our 'neighboring' farm, Glynwod, and biked into Beacon for a burger and some fries at Poppy's.
it was DELICIOUS! i'm not a big beef eater, and i had never had grass-fed beef... man-oh-man. you can taste the difference (it has taste). AND they serve raw (unpasteurized) cheese on their burgers, so even a tummy like mine can partake!
*for those reading this who have not yet encountered the sensitivity that is my tummy... we'll get to that another time

i hope everyone has a great weekend. see you monday

let-us, on-i-on

crop transplanting continued today:

hedi and the guys worked on onions this morning, i joined heidi in the quest after lunch.

tim + devin finished the day with lettuce (remember these from the greenhouse?)

each and every one of these little guys are hand-planted and loved so that they will grow big and delicious. i can't wait!

finder's creepers

tim found this rusted out, awesome bike frame in the woods.
and i don't know where this dolly came from, but hopefully she will scare the deer out of the fields while our electric fence is on the fritz....


also, if your wheelbarrow has a leak and can't seem to hold water, this farmer suggests a handy old trick to fix it: gum!

today was epic! we transplanted onions. our first few beds of crop are in the ground. and counting. we'll be back out there tomorrow, transplanting more and more.
empty the green house - fill the fields - feed the people... the season has begun!
pictures from the field, and a coop update to follow.

a floor to dance on

update on the coop: there's a floor! tomorrow should bring walls and this thing will really start to take shape.

we had a couple of visitors to the farm today: one of the board members, sarah, stopped by to help seed up flowers with tim. she's spent the last many years working within horticulture in NYC and recently within agriculture at stone barns. it was great to have her energy on the farm on this gray, rain-threatening day! daniel moon, who will be apprenticing along with hiedi and me this summer, also stopped by to check in.
this will surely be an exciting season! (as if it wasn't already exciting)

earth of a different color

i finished the floor of the chicken coop today... but i neglected to take a picture of it. so, check back tomorrow for the updated images.
i know how much we all love pictures, so here are some images from the Black Dirt Region, also known as Pine Island, NY.

i was in the area on saturday for lunch- at the warwick valley winery- and couldn't resist a drive around the farms of the area.
it took all of my might (and the restraint of a safety belt) to not run out into the fields and wiggle my toes in that rich, black, amazing soil.
for years, the main crop here has been onions. recent changes in taste and economy has expanded the harvest to various other crops, such as lettuce and radishes.