Firsts

I never knew farming would involve so many trips to the hardware store. Our first purchase was a table saw.

Matt and I moved down to Penn Valley in the middle of January at the beginning of a 10 day rain storm. Coming from Portland, OR we decided that the joke was on us. Luckily, we had plenty of planning, reading, and painting to do to get our new home ready.

The minute the sunshine peeked through the storm clouds, we headed outside for some bare root planting. The property that we are farming on has been cultivated and well-tended for the past 10 years. Matt was able to come down in September for a few days to help till our main row crop field, add soft rock phosphate, gypsum, and plant a cover crop.

This week has been all about the hoop house and seed sorting. Our first planting will be Sunday with the new moon.