Monthly Archives: October 2014

For me, garlic marks the beginning of the next season. It is planted in the fall, allowed to winter in the ground, and spring up through the April chill. Battling weeds in the garlic rows was disagreeable in May, discouraging … Continue reading →

The drying golden hues of grass has settled over the farm. While neighboring farmers have cleared their land and planted a cover crop for the winter, we are on the relaxed schedule. There are still many tomatillos to be collected … Continue reading →

With night time temperatures dipping right to about freezing, we walked through the rest of the squash field to retrieve the remaining winter squashes. Surprising to find this many more spaghetti squash left in the field. When cooked, they are … Continue reading →

Looking at the droopy squash leaves with a black-green color tells you that the temperature dipped low enough to form ice crystals. We are approaching the “first frost date”, mid-October, for our zone and region. So we set about clearing … Continue reading →