Good Evening, Planning for spring is happening. Seed Catalogs, garden maps, equipment brochures, there is so much to do!

It was a beautiful fall day. We dug some potatoes, cut out some celery, picked some tomatoes, gathered a few butternut squash among other things. A couple of young men came and pulled out the outside tomato plants, their stakes and cages, the mulch put that stuff away for the season. Yesterday Joelle spread winter…

Hi In your box or bag this morning you found some of the following; zucchini* tomato cherry tomato peppers leek* sweet potato potato-maris piper garlic* thyme carrots * whole/full share only Maris Piper potatoes are a favorite in the British Isles. We grew them instead of Kerr’s Pink which we had in other years, they…

School has started again, and the temps. the next few nights will give things that “fall feeling”. I think I’ll need to get out some moth balls as extra insurance against all of the moths that have been sneaking into my house. Every time someone comes to the door, we all rush to turn out…

The college students left for vacation before school starts up again several weeks ago and now our high school students are talking about being in school next week! Time flies. This week we have been able to roto-till some ground, burying some rotted plants and weeds. We are incorporating some manure/compost and we will seed…

It has been a busy week. We were able to spend the weekend with John’s parents and celebrate Dad’s 83rd birthday. Crossing the state Monday, we saw lots of flooding and areas of standing water and just today viewed pictures of the flooding in the Ames area. As usual, the work doesn’t disappear when you…

Hi folks, here’s the evidence. There was a waterfall from the brussel sprouts over to the beans (in the bottom of the picture). The unfortunate celery and fennel are standing in a few inches of running water. The leek rows make for nice creek beds don’t you think? There was about three inches of water…

Rain continues to be the theme of the summer. We spent some time this evening watching video of the flooding in eastern Iowa and marveled at the power of water. Also, some pictures of flooding in China – scary! When we look at the damage in other areas we feel pretty blessed and humbled as…

The weeks have been flying by quickly. As the season turns, so do the gardens. Many crops have produced and finished and as they are harvested, John tills the spaces to get ready for another crop or seeds it in a cover crop that we will till under for soil fertility. Long term crops continue…