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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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First Harvest

By Peter | Published: April 15, 2010
It’s never in good taste to talk up your own products too much, but this is the best spinach I’ve ever had. It’s just unbelievable. Sown in September (or was is October?) of last year and covered with low tunnels over the cold Cleveland winter, it’s everything a wintered-over crop should be: sweet, succulent and [...]
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Planting Garlic and Our New Plot

By Peter | Published: October 18, 2009
A few items of note from this weekend. Our friends at Bay Branch Farm stopped by with their pride and joy – a brand new Grillo tractor tricked out with a Berta Rotary Plow – to help us prepare our newest plot. For breaking new ground the rotary plow is really an invaluable tool and, compared [...]
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