summer plantings

These photos are a few weeks old - it's hard to keep up with the blog during these busy days!


 One of our younger volunteers planting Hopi red dye amaranth.  : )

keyhole bed before and after weeding.

summer squash blossoming

 baby celery

pallet chickens

 

main summer field as of June 28th....everything has grown by leaps and bounds since!

Parents' Picnic

Annie, Sarah, and visitors Marilyn and Joe take a break by the tomato babies.  Sunday was our parents' picnic on the farm.  The 80+ degree weather was a huge change from the last time our parents were here when there was over 2 feet of snow on the farm!

^Diane, Ralph, and Megan assemble the wash station.  Right: A finished drying rack assembled from all salvaged and recycled materials!  (It's great to get a break from the sun here.)  

 < Part of our main summer crop field in process of being plowed up and tilled by tractor.  This plowed section measures at about a quarter of an acre.  We applied lime to the field to help balance our soil pH.

Before and After:  This is our keyhole bed section - the path is shaped like a keyhole within a circle to maximize bed space and minimize the space for paths.  This was a fun space to create and fill with lettuces, endive, greens, arugula, and radishes.