Author Archives: Peter

Homemade Compost and Other Thoughts

By Peter | Published: August 22, 2010
What can I say it’s been a tough summer. The first half of this year – from late April to early July – was pretty smooth sailing. The crops looked and tasted good, we were hitting our revenue goals at the farmers market while more or less managing to keep our sanity. Then the heat came. When it’s [...]
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Gardensquatch

By Peter | Published: July 18, 2010
This rarely sighted creature appeared on a recent Friday morning while we were harvesting. We couldn’t understand much of his subhuman growlings, but he seemed to be ranting about the market for purslane.
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Garlic Harvest

By Peter | Published: June 27, 2010
Well, after waiting and guessing and second-guessing we decided to harvest our garlic. Back in October we planted about 13 beds – or about 650 row feet – of hardneck and softneck garlic. The hardneck variety “Music” faired the best in our trials, it grew vigorously and produced the largest heads. The softneck faired the worst, [...]
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Cool Pics By Other Peeps

By Peter | Published: June 24, 2010
Check out the full album here.
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Another Great Day in the Valley

By Peter | Published: May 30, 2010
This year we have have the simple goal of showing up at the farmers’ market each week and so far we’re making it work. The most obvious difference from last year is that our customer relationships are growing more intimate, dedicated and valuable. When they can count on us being there each week, we can count [...]
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