Transplanting
We transplanted winter squash along with some watermelons. We direct seeded summer squash and some green beans as well. The squash we started...
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Farmers’ market
Welcome to Seacoast Community Marketplace! The grand opening of our farmers market began today that will continue until the end of October. There...
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Tomatoes & wood chips
Yesterday we finally got to plant our vigorous tomato plants. One trick that we have learned in the past is to plant them as deep in the ground as...
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Forestry introduction
Positive impact forestry is the topic for today’s post. We spent a lot of time in the woods today with Tim and a friend. We were moved with the...
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Dairy business
Today a big synchronicity occurred for us: a women called us from across the state who happened to hear from a friend that we were looking for...
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Sawing lumber
Today, Tim and Austin tried out the sawmill for the first time. We started where all building projects ought to start: in the woods. First we...
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Cover crops
Today we manually spread 30 lbs of cover crop seed across the 5 acre forest patch cut on the property. It was a really rewarding endeavour because...
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Planting potatoes
How wonderful it is to get our hands back in the soil again, connecting with the Earth’s amazing soil. The soil ecology unbelievably diverse...
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Starting the garden
The weather has finally allowed us to break ground in the new garden space. Last summer, Tim planted a cover crop of daikon radish to help...
MORESeedling progress
It’s been a month since we last wrote about our seed starting progress. We knew that starting out in March at the farm would provide some...
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More goats
The goats have been doing amazing! The Oberhasli breed is very quiet, almost making no noise, which is a huge plus. We are really happy we decided...
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